Cranky Domestic Goddess

Two weeks ago, my friends and I went to Bossa & Boteca located at 21 Annankatu Helsinki for a girls’ night out. It was also a pikku-joulu for us. It’s been a while since we last had a gathering. I think the last time we were out all together was on Chinese New Year where we had Yee Sang at YP’s place.

Bossa Boteca hosts a varied choice of Brazilian dishes. From the menu, we know that tapioca is a main food staple for Brazilians - just like rice to Chinese. I had deep-fried chicken with steamed/ boiled tapioca. It may looked like a simple main course - dang! It was sure filling! Seija and I both had the same. YP had grilled lamb ribs, P had vegetarian and L had the best of all - beef steak! It was a large portion and considered quite cheap for just 25euros. The portions may seem a little small but it’s really filling.

The atmosphere was not so inviting. A bit too simple and doesn’t carry a Brazilian feel. The setting of the tables was quite disappointing as we had to squeeze ourselves and sat bump-to-bump with patrons seated behind of us. Service wise, we’re very happy about it. Our dinner was overly delayed. I think we waited like 45 minutes for our main course to be served - so you can imagine the hang of it right after some mouth-watering appetizers. Our stomachs were already screaming for MORE … We had the waitress over a few times asking her when our dinner would be served. Then I quickly added that we shall all be compensated with desserts for the long wait. WOW! I got it for us. We had yummy yummy desserts, tea, coffee and espressos after the dinner. The girls had red wine during the meal while I only had orange juice - I’m allergic to alcohol! How pathetic!

Too bad, there isn’t a site for Bossa & Boteca yet. It’s newly opened and it’s first premier was 29 November. I’m sure they will have a website coming soon! And oh by the way, I don’t recall the name of the food. Was too busy snapping pix of the food without thinking of a pix of the menu. Anyway, here are some pix:

Here’s the website of a sister restaurant in Turku.

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