Estação República Restaurants in Rio de Janeiro - Lonely Planet Travel Information

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Rua do Catete 104, Catete
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2225 2650

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Estação's buffet table is a neighborhood institution, featuring an extensive selection of salads, meats, pastas and vegetables. It's easy to indulge without breaking the bank. Sundays are family affairs here.

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Ravenously roaming the cobbled streets of Tallinn after a long day's sightseeing, we asked a local to recommend a good and cheap place to eat. 'Kompressor' replied the elfin-visaged yet grungy bookstore attendant instantly, helpfully marking it on the map. We dubiously set off for our destination, thinking it sounded like the title of an overlooked Schwarzenegger film and expecting to find a heavy-metal dive filled with threatening-looking characters serving knuckle sandwiches. Imagine our surprise, then, to find a warmly lit, unpretentious cafe-bar teeming with students animatedly chatting over beers and heaped plates, bopping along to the latest Eurovision hit broadcast over the radio (which seemed to be playing the song on a continuous loop, much to our chagrin). And now for the main course: the pancakes, or pannkoogid as the Estonians call them. Now, I've tasted some delicious pancakery in my time : potato blini in Russia, nutella-coated crepes in France and maple-syrup soaked flapjacks in Canada . These, however, were pure Baltic bliss. Close to the thin texture of a French crepe, the delicacies served by Kompressor ranged from steaming savoury delights to sweet dessert treats. I ordered a champignon and blue cheese pancake, while my dining companion opted for the apples and vanilla sauce variety. A steal at between 25 and 70 EEK. Our eyes certainly proved bigger than our stomachs, however, and the pancakes even larger at around 25 inches across... I know where I'll be spending the next Shrove Tuesday. Hearty, simple, delicious food at a decent price: what more could you ask? Well, maybe for a change of radio station...

First of all, I must mention, that these are the best pancakes I have ever eaten, they are thick, well stuffed and huge (have never seen anyone wanting to eat more after one pancake). So it's a very worth place to go to!! If you go there be ready to wait, as it takes about 20 minutes to get a pancake, and when place is full it could take around 40 minutes, I reckon. The cool thing is that the place is incredibly cheap! I mean, this huge pancake costs around 45 EEK's - about 3 Euro's (that was the case last time I went there, about a month ago or so), tequila is 35 EEK's... etc NB! They only accept cash. The nearest ATM is on the City square (on the building across the old town square,opposite to town hall). They also have some soups, salads and snacks. My favorite pancake is the one with shrimp filling, and of the sweet ones, I like the strawberry one the best. :P enjoy!