Takeout: Brasa

May 11, 2012 at 7:05PM
Brasa: A restaurant for its time
Slow roasted pork with a side of plantains and yams with andouille sausage from Brasa. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's a setup for failure: Drop in on Brasa, pick up a bevy of slow-roasted pork, beef or chicken and a flurry of side dishes (do not miss the roasted yams with andouille sausage, the collard greens with smoked chicken or the cabbage-apple coleslaw), and try not to snack on the drive home. A recipe for failure, indeed, but an excellent plan for lunch or dinner. (Next time, for safekeeping's sake, store it in the trunk.)

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