Restaurante Prata

In Town Dining in Águas da Prata

"Come to taste the best home cooked food and appreciate the wonderful landscape that only Águas da Prata has to offer"

Food by kilo - Self Service - Marmitex -
Take-Out - Drinks in general

This Restaurante Prata is in the heart of Águas da Prata, near the train station on the main highway to Campinas and Poços de Caldas. Therefore there is a lot of traffic passing by all the time. Truckers call ahead and have them prepare lunch to be picked up as they pass by.




The parking lot is small and sometimes difficult to get out of when traffic is heavy. We parked here this day.




Judy walks towards the front door.





The building is long and narrow.




It curves around the corner towarsds the train tracks.






It is a very popular restaurant with excellent food. We eat here often.




The food is at the far end in self serve tables.




The steam table is large with a variety of choices of delicious Brasilian dishes.




The food changes little so you always know what to expect.




You can take as much as you want of whatever you want as often as you want.




But, then you take your plate to this Senhora and she weighs it and bills you per kilo.





You can see her in this photo filling an order for someone who called in.





The dessert table has a variety if very sweet dishes. This is sweet potato candy.





This is milk candy.





This is peanut candy.




This is a light milk pudding in syrup.





This is a popular dish, milk cream.





This photo finaly reveals a secret. Have you every wondered where Santa Claus went in the summer (in Canada)? He was seen here in the kitchen. Now I know!




There is a large bar for those who like a drink.




There is seating for about 70 people in the restaurant.



This is an outdoor patio. It seems like a good idea however with all the heavy truck, bus and car traffic it actually is an unpleasant place to sit so they no longer use it.




Here is Judy paying the bill. The food is quite economical. It usually costs us about $R20,00 for the two of us. That is about Cdn$10.00.



Whenever we want a break from the daily routine we just come here and enjoy a good meal. The Restaurante Prata is only six blocks from our home.




Photos by Urso Branco

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Restaurante Arvorismo

Country Dining in Águas da Prata

A few kilometers outside the town there is a delightful restaurant in the forest called Caminho da Serra or more familiarly, Arvorismo. It is a restaurant and an outdoor sport center with young people riding the wires from tree to tree. They also have a well stocked fishing pond that the kids love.


The restaurant is nestled in a sylvan setting beside a quiet lake.





It is a pleasant restaurant with home-made cooking on a wood stove.




The locale is quite beautiful.




Dining beside the lake is a wonderful experience.




The serving staff are courteous and helpful.




The chef is excellent and cooks your food as it is ordered.




The chef, Rodriguez, hard at work grilling beef and pork.




The salad bar.




The salad bar again.




Egg plant with onions and zuccini.




Broccoli, fried sweet potatoes.




Flour mix and fried bacon rinds.



For dessert there was a choice of a sweet banana dish with cheese, or jello or fruit salad.


Urso Branco enjoyed a tiny Brasilian coffee. *SMILE*



The outdoor Sport Adventure part of the visit.




As we are dining the young people ride the wire out of the forest, over the lake past the diners.




This looks like quite an adventure. If only I was 30 years younger . . . . . . .




This young girl came flying out of the forest.




But she was not heavy enough to reach the end so she had to pull herself to the finish.




When she reached the end she had to walk across this bridge.




Our guest, Diana Pereira outfitted to ride the wire.




They have a similar experience for kids. Here they are getting ready.




The sister and brother are ready to fly. Notice the safety gear. Everything is done safely here.




They climb the tower with an attendant to guide them. He hooks them to the wire.




First, the young girl comes flying down the wire.




A man is waiting at the end to unhoook her.




Then her brother flies down the wire.




He now must be unhooked.




Look at the happy smile on the flyer as Dad and the attendant unhook him.




We went back another day with the Grandkids. Marilim, the proprietor, watches the preparations.




Three year old Felipe is ready to fly! He has more courage than I do!





Alexandre, Carolina and Felipe are all ready to fly!



Carolina, 7 years old, flies down the wire.





Alexandre, 6 Year old, had a great ride too.



The star for the day was Felipe, 3 years old!


This is a fabuolous experience for the kids. The really love this place.

They have a well stocked pond for visitors for fishing. The young folks are thrilled with it.




They even catch good sized fish.




How exciting! Ricardo holds up the fish the kid caught.




This is the Arvorismo tour buggy. Nice eh?



Arvorismo also has Trekking tours, to the train tunnel, to seven waterfalls plus other interesting outdoor activities.

Arvorismo is a fine dining experience and a great adventure locale. Future plans include a pousada. They are open on the weekends and holidays. For more information about the adventure and to visit their website, click their logo.



They are located off Rodovia Adhemer de Barros (SP 342) at Km 243, Águas da Prata, SP, Brasil. Telephone: (19) 3642-2794 or (35) 9977-1982.

You can call about adventure schedules, reservations and rates or send an email to:

atendimento@caminhodaserra.com.br



Photos by Urso Branco

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