I almost threw up at the dinner table...

We went to Fogo de Chao tonight for Chris' birthday dinner with my mom, her fiancee and our best friends, Mike and Sonja. We went into this experience with a lot of advice from people who had been there before. Things like:

• "Don't eat the salad bar. Save room for the meat."
• "Eat the bread. It's incredible."
• "Don't eat the cake. Save yourself for Fogo de Chao." (There was birthday cake in the kitchen at work today.)

The salad bar looked so good, that I had to give it a shot, although I was very picky...only taking things that I thought would be worth it.

Then the meat extravaganza began...and the flipping of the card from red to green. How fun. Apparently they have 15 kinds of meat. Holy cow. I have no idea how many of those 15 I tried, but it was quite a few. I think it's safe to say that I've never eaten that much meat in a single sitting...EVER.

I had pretty much reached my limit but decided I wanted one more taste of the beef ribs (my absolute favorite). And with only one more bite of the beef rib on my plate, I seriously thought I might throw up. There was this wave that came over me and even though it was chilly in the restaurant, I was afraid I was going to break out in a sweat (affectionately called "the meat sweats"). Thank God I was able to focus and get things back under control because it didn't look good for a few minutes. ;-) Seriously.

The meat extravaganza ended with a complimentary dessert (for Chris' birthday)...key lime pie...probably the best I've ever had (and I'm a key lime pie conisseur)...and don't worry, we all shared it.

I think it's safe to say that I won't be eating meat anytime soon!