The Harvest Brazillian Grill

Michelle Tait and I (Stacy Sturm) had the pleasure of eating at The Harvest Brazillian Grill recently for our inaugural episode of "The Dish."  Michelle has never eaten there and I only ate there once so we were pretty open minded and new to the experience.  Let me just say.... WOW!

Owner, Edgar Olivera was a warm and wonderful person who treated us like queens!  He gave us the full dining experience, but not the typical meat and potatoes meal.... even though that's their specialty.  First Edgar served us a cocktail, which may have swayed the review a bit (smart man).  Then he took us in the back to meet head chef Ryan who gave us a lesson on how to cook Moqueca.  Moqueca is a cod filet with a coconut, cream, lime, cilantro, hard to describe sauce.  Although I got the detailed lesson... there's no way I could possibly make that at home, at least not like that.  So the recipe, although now public, is safe. I LOVE seafood and have eaten a lot of seafood but have never had anything lile this before.  It was amazing.  In fact, I crave it!  Who craves fish?

Here is the link to the video so you can check out how it's made and really appreciate the heart that goes into cooking this and everything they serve - http://youtu.be/jPTDgNkti18.

But The Harvest is so much more than fish or even meat on a skewer. It is an experience.  It is creativity, it is plays on flavor, it is love, it is passion, it really is Brazil. The also have a Sunday morning brunch that is unbelievable.  It's not a meat brunch like you'd think it would be.  It's a traditional brunch eggs benedict, pastries, and all.

Speaking of pastries, The Harvest has one of the best pastry chefs in town!  We were able to try two special offerings - The Tuxedo (a chocolate and white mouse with a chocolate ganache) and The Raspberry Chocolate Mousse.  There are no words, no pictures, no audio recording that can describe the heaven that is these desserts.  I'm not even joking or exaggerating because Edgar gave us these for free....  But, when he brought them out it was unexpected and when we ate them, it was unexpected.  But I know why he brought them out for us to try.  Because people NEED to know about these and Carla's wonderful pastries in general.  Most people probably don't get dessert when they eat at The Harvest, because they're so full, but they should!  Split it, quarter it, eighth it, whatever you need to do, you have to try it no matter how full you are.  There's always room for dessert right?

We strongly urge you to go check out The Harvest on Mandan Street in Mandan. You can check out all their offerings, hours, etc. on their website, http://www.harvestbraziliangrill.com/.  They also host parties so if you have an event coming up, give them a call and see what they can do.  Tell them URL Radio sent ya and they'll treat you like royalty too!