![]() ![]() Still, the biggest challenge is understanding the wants and needs of their patrons. “We want to improve by adding items – more salads, desserts and seafood so that the customers know they have more choices,” Peter says. To keep them coming, the founders have tried to be more cautious of hygiene and they have done some promotion, including making Facebook videos to gain trust. It’s a tougher situation now and we average around 200 customers.” “Before Covid-19, we averaged around 2,000 customers per month. Grill types are Beef Rib, Beef Hump, Rump Steak, Sirloin Steak, Garlic Steak, Beef with Chinese, Smoked Duck Breast, Smoked Pork Ham, Chicken Wings, Pork Sausages, Dory Fish Fillet, Chicken Heart, Lamb of Leg, Shrimp Bacon and Pork Char Siew.Ĭo-founder Daniel Lira, 36, says: “Every week we change the menu so customers can come and have something new. Prices range from a $9.95 set with six grill types to $29.95 with 15 types. The price of a meal depends on how many types of meat a customer wants, but also includes a buffet of hot dishes, salad, cold cuts, desserts and fruits. “While the customers have their buffet, the staff comes around frequently to each table holding a stick of various meats and describing the names of the cuts for each customer,” he says.Īmigos is open for lunch with a $9.95 per person meal and dinners starting at $16.50 each. He stresses the importance of cutting and serving steak that is unique to the authenticity of a Brazilian restaurant. The taste is elegantly fine and just right for Cambodia,” Peter says.īut Peter says international clients prefer more for western-like steak dishes. “It’s a popular snack and a breakfast dish in Brazil. The owners are proud of the buffet but meat is the main attraction. More than 60 per cent of their diners are local customers who come for the beef rib and the US and Brazilian cheese bread.Ī tender steak from the rib, for example, has a marbled texture – various amounts of intramuscular fat – that yields a great taste.īrazilian cheese bread is a small, baked cheese roll made with tapioca flour, milk, eggs, olive oil, and cheese. The food is not 100 per cent Brazilian but mixed with a bit of Asian and Western meaning the ingredients can be easily sourced here. ![]() They have tried other restaurants but they tell us they come back because of the quality and service,” Peter says. “Because we’ve been here for quite long, we’ve gained the trust of our patrons. ![]() And patrons flock to enjoy various meats because they know it will taste delicious. The restaurant focuses on the meat while the buffet is just a compliment. The quality of the taste, especially how they cut and serve the meat, which is cautiously cooked by him and his partner, Daniel and another chef from Brazil. He says he designed the atmosphere to make customers feel like they are in Brazil. Peter, as an owner and chef, says he follows the same concept as Brazilian culture steakhouses he has worked in – buffets and grills. It also has a few private rooms for private gatherings and special occasions where diners can enjoy personal space with their family and friends.Īmigos serves organic, high-quality, selective meats imported from the US, Australia and New Zealand. The restaurant is a two-storey building decorated with comfortable tables, chairs and sofa around the buffet stations. ”For Amigos, we only have one in Cambodia and it opened last November.” says Peter, 43.Īmigos Brazilian Steakhouse boasts a nice decor with clean and comfortable seating and private dining. ![]() Then we opened another one near Independence Monument. But our first one was called Samba in Toul Kork. “We were the first and only Brazilian steakhouse at that time. They opened Amigos last year following the success of their other Brazilian restaurant, Samba, which is now under new ownership. Amigos is Spanish and means “friends” in English and “pouk mak” in Khmer. They were also looking for something simple that people could easily comprehend and recognise. When thinking about what to name the restaurant, the founders thought about friendship and the hardships they have gone through together. While Amigos Brazilian Steakhouse boasts a nice decor with clean and comfortable seating it’s the 15 kinds of meat on offer that sets the churrascaria apart.Īmigos was founded by the two Brazilians friends, Michel Peter and Daniel Lira, who have worked in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Laos before settling in Cambodia. At the front door of the glass-exterior restaurant in Boeung Keng Kang I a mannequin in colourful carnival costume welcomes a mix of local and international diners to sample and savour a variety of Brazilian-style meats. ![]()
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