Teeth and Beer

I bet most of you realized that Ronaldo and Ronaldinho each have a pair of very prominent buck tooth. But ever wonder how they ever get so white? They brush it and very frequently too! Let me tell you this… Brazilians are one of the most orally hygienic people I’ve ever seen! After every meal, you’ll see a whole bunch of them like giggly school kids each with a small bag in hand heading to the toilet. There you’ll see all of them busily talking and laughing while brushing their teeth! God! I’ve never seen so many toothbrushes being used at a single time! And not just brushing, they floss them too! Try walking around and you’ll see 2 to 3 orthodontist clinic at every block! Now I’m beginning to understand why they pronounce “R” as “H”…As R is one of the most used consonant, they want to show off their fresh breath as often as possible.

Teeth aside, last night I head over to a place called Vila Olímpia. Vila Olímpia is something like our Bangsar in Malaysia. That place is full of nice restaurants, pubs and bars. (Apparently a bar is of a higher standard than a pub here. Bars can be pretty expensive with cover charge.) I went to a bar called “Bar de Juares” with Gushiken and a bunch of his friends. I’m now pretty sure that I’m like a circus freak show. Everytime Gushiken ask me out, there’s bound to be a bunch of his friends in tow. He would then introduce me to his friends and say that I’m from “Mareisha”. Then all his friends would have the same standard response: “Oooh, Mareisha…Twin Towers…big…long…good”. It’s like a bad script from a porn movie!

Now, Bar de Juares was a Whiskey House. It made me wonder what a whiskey house is. But apparently the definition of a whiskey house is that it serves whiskey! What you can do is order a bottle of whiskey for your party, and if you cannot finish it, the ‘house’ can keep it for your next visit. Man, if that’s the case, all our discotheques in Malaysia would be whiskey houses. In fact, they are also brandy house, tequila house, whatever you want housed, and they’ve got it!
Dinner was nice in Bar de Juares. We ordered some main dishes to be shared. Chicken nuggets, Pincanha and Carne Seca with cebolas. I’m sure there is no need to explain what nuggets are. But Pincanha is actually beef served on a hot plate. It’s actually our steak back home. However, the meat is sliced into small strips for you to cook on your own. And usually you’ll eat it with Farofa rice. Now Carne Seca was the more interesting food. It was beef jerky (Bak-knuah) strips stir fried with cebolas (onions). And instead of fries, it was served with deep fried tapioca. All that downed with free flowing Brahma Chopp Light bee. No one brought a camera that night. So the only picture we managed to take was using Masami's phone (Nokia 2.0M pixel with a big screen whatever the model is).
Now...ready? Un, dois, tres, say "Chopp Beer" and show off your pretty teeth :D