Hey there world travelers, hey there, I'm Tanya and I'm Dave and we are Turn It Up World.
When we're not on the road or overseas, we're back in our second hometown of
Austin Texas and let me tell you, there's not a day that goes by that something
good is going on in this town so we figured why not share with you some of
the fun things that make Austin Texas one of the fastest-growing cities in the
U.S. welcome to the third episode of Say What?!, Austin! In our last episode, we took y'all
to the second most expensive burger spot in Austin Texas the farm-to-table fresh
Dai Due, and oh my boy it was good, today we're taking you to what celebrity
Austin native Matthew McConaughey and bleach-blonde celebrity chef Guy Fieri
have called the hottest Brazilian restaurant on four wheels, well we'll be
the judge of that, but first it's time for a sunrise y'all
Good morning and welcome
to Mount Bonnell here in Austin Texas, yep we are bundled up so it does get cold in
Texas and today is one of them but it's a beautiful day nonetheless and a great
spot here to catch a sunrise and a sunset, yeah exactly Mount Bonnell, now it's
really a hill you know, let's be real, it's about 775 feet high but it is one of the highest
points here in Austin, absolutely gorgeous, right on the side of Lake Austin
yeah, a great spot it's a wonderful spot now you must get
here early I will tell you sunrise around this time of the year is about
7:25 there are two ways up, there's the steps, which I think is about how many
steps? 106 I believe, 106 steps and then there's the easy way up which is kind of right
behind us, oh now way's easy, so we're gonna put this to the
test here right, we my as well get this day started, so I think you should take the
steps and I will take the easy way, let's go, let's go
All right here we go
So you have to pay attention somewhat because the stairs, the stairs, the
rocks here are kind of slippery it's early in the morning but I'm gonna run the whole way
Also see a lot of people exercising here, I see some back there exercising, but they have 106
steps, so you can get a pretty good step run up the hill here so let's give it a
shot, actually up the mountain, Mount Bonnell, here we go
see how we do, oh man, this is gonna be tough, oh, I am gonna die on this one
Oh my God look here we go, now I think it's easy for me to say I'll
probably make it before him because this is an easy way, well easy for those that
are in great shape, that's not me right now
Here we go, run up the hill
it's really pretty steps though, check that out
Morning
Look at those views, see, all right a quick pit stop see what I mean
gorgeous, not easy, 106 oh my goodness, about enough for me I think, we have to beat him, he's taking the stairs
right now, you see what I mean I've already given up
I've already called it quits halfway through so maybe I won't beat him after
all, he still beat me to the top oh yeah, high 5, alright so the Sun is out full effect
shining in all its glory, and now we're sitting here at the top of Mount Bonnell and
how you know we're at the top of Mount Bonnell is look for the rock that says Mount Bonnell, exactly
and if there's no more steps, well that's true, so I think we've done a great job here just we love being here
soaking up the Sun catching both the sunrise and sunset, but it's a good time
right now for us to get little bit of breakfast, maybe and some coffee, yes, we need coffee, coffee, coffee, high 5
Ok, I admit it, I have a Starbucks addiction, and I think you do too
I definitely have a Starbucks addiction, cheers to Starbucks addictions, being in Texas now for a little over
a year and a half I feel like we need to become one with Texas and a good way to
do that is, let's get ourselves some boots maybe, yeehaw, city folk and some boots, I'm ready
it's time for us to go check out some cowboy boots
All right so he made it to Tecovas, yeah and it's pretty cool here, it really is, you
come right in off the streets of South Congress and you come right into a
another amazing boot store actually here on South Congress, exactly and of course most of
their business at Tecovas is more mail-order they're kind of changing the
whole model here, right so you have Allen's Boots and other famous spots here in
Austin, they're coming in here, I know, just shaking up the industry, kind of shaking up the boots
shaking up the boots literally, I think one of the nicest things about this place is they do kind
of thrive in the quality of their and then at the same time the price is kind
of reasonable so, exactly, good value for the dollar, watch out neighbors in the boot
industry they might be coming for you, so we're gonna try on a couple of nice
pairs today, I definitely have one that I think I have in mind but you never know
I think the boot has to call you you try it on and the boot will call you
thank you look at that ostrich yes it's an ostrich boot that's all I know about
it I know that it's made to perfection smells really nice
feels nice, let's see what happens on the foot
oh boy
wooo, what's that? That's a lot of work
All right Mr. David you're, could I try these, oooh, model those for me, let me
see that
woo, after all that tryin' on them boots it's nice to have a nice cold drink, cheers, cheers
thanks Tecovas for the complimentary beer, I'm getting kind of hungry, I am hungry aren't you
yes, I think it's time for us to now depart Tecovas ways and head on to
the food truck ways, I think so, let's do it
You guys, welcome to Boteco, yes exactly, the best Brazilian in Texas is served out of a truck
that's right, meals on wheels baby, actually as a matter of fact this place was mentioned by a fellow Austinite
Matthew McConaughey as a place to eat and, of course, the all right, all right,
all right guy of food reviews Guy Fieri so we are here bright and early we're
gonna see if maybe we can get a little sneak peak of what's going in there, the
food smells amazing and we're dying to try this, all right, all right
steppin' up the first thing you do is you catch the smells everything smells amazing, now
this is where the pressure cooker is, so this is where the Feijoada the pork, the
pork, yes, the pork, so this is where the the delicious pork is gonna be cooking
and you can just catch the smells it looks like they're gonna have things
that are deep-fried so let me catch you what is your name
Thiago, Thiago, I'm Tanya, nice to meet you, that's Dave behind the camera, so how long has Boteco
been here, four years, four years, wow, maybe five years, wow five years, now we did hear that
Fernando and you guys at Boteco made a fabulous lunch for Matthew McConaughey's
wife, it was amazing right, they loved the food, well let me tell you, so do we, that's why we're here, so we're
gonna actually have one of your popular dishes and that popular dish is called
Feijoada, right? Feijoada and that's like the slow roasted pork with some
pork on top of that some of the beans and collard greens a stew, it's basically
the traditional food of Brazil correct
oh that's what I'm talking about, oh wow look at that get into that, now when is the busiest time for this place
Saturday Friday Saturday and Sunday, I see, we're gonna have two Pao de Queijos
and two Feijoadas, all right, all right, here we go
thank you, here we go, don't steam that up, don't steam it, all right so that was
amazing, ahh, and of course it's just it's just
a really great opportunity for us to kind of support some of the small
businesses here, I'm dying to try this I have a feeling Dave and I are gonna really
give this place a hardcore dancing session afterwards but we'll see what
happens
Yeah, I'm excited to dive into this, I've never had this before so looking forward to it
I'm ready, you ready to take this on? Should we start with the Feijoada? Yeah, I like it, let's do it
let's do it, let's do it, oh my god I don't even know where to start but I'm just gonna mix
it all up yeah got some collard greens in here, some rice and
black beans mmm mmm that's good that is really good this pork stew is like so
tasty it's like tender oh man, it really kind of melts in your mouth, wow I
love the way the combination of like the, it's almost like a tomato and
onion little salad mixed in there, put that in with that pork woo, I haven't even
tried that yet, let's throw it in there, it's good, I can see this being the national Brazil dish, I
mean this is really good, right, right, and they made this in that truck over there
unbelievable, right, can you believe it? This is like mom's home cooking
I'm telling you, well I'm excited for the steak sandwich and what do you call that?
oh wait, your kinda losing all your, ah blowing out on me, you don't want to lose the steak
this is a, this steak sandwich looks really good I'm so I'm I don't know I'm kind of
full from the first dish I think this is probably gonna be nice and this is
actually the Pao de Queijo, I think that's right, Pao de Queijo sandwich which is
what, steak sandwich, some chimichurri sauce and some
pesto sauce to put on there, got some nice greens I'm gonna throw some of this
pesto right in there though, I think that's a good, if I can get through
there are you sure you're gonna like the pesto
oh, I hope so, I just stuffed it right on there, here we go
and this bread we saw them making it right in the truck, they made it
fresh right in the truck, exactly, which was amazing, wow, it kind of melts though right? I mean that
cheesy bread and everything else with the steak, how's the steak?
the steak is really good, I mean you're right, the bread almost just melts in your
mouth, it absorbs all the flavors, it's really good, you've got to take a bight out of that, it
looks like a big biscuit, it is, a huge buttery biscuit, a big buttery biscuit with some
amazing steak in there, alright here we go, that's good, this will fill me up, you know this is
definitely like a thick cheesy bread sandwich, it's probably good just to have
just that, but even the meat it looks like it's like perfectly cooked
yeah it's really good, it's not well done, no, still has a little bit that pink in there
which is kind of what you like more than me, I mean I'm a little more the well
done or ish, it looks like they kind of keep the fat in there too,
you get a nice little flavor of the fat bursting through, which is really nice too
That was really good, that was really good, I think I had a full belly for sure and definitely this
is gonna keep us on our toes there's a lot of sugar in this, oh sugaring up, so what
do you think about this place? What do you think?
Turn It Up World
That was excellent, I think it
was another great way to kind of wrap up another awesome day, definitely, alright so
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