Feed Me Portland!

I dined for the first time at Pok Pok on Monday with Rusty and our old friend Caleb. Arriving at 7 pm, I was told that there would be a 30 minute wait and I was directed to the Whiskey Soda Lounge across the street to wait (which is owed by the same person that owns Pok Pok). 30 minutes turned into a little over an hour.

This post is my contribution to Cory Cartwright's 32 Days of Natural Wine, on his blog Saignée:Th

<A Vietnamese sandwich at Foster & Dobbs? Mais oui! For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, the Banh Mi relfects Viet Nam’s colonization by the French—baguette, mayonnaise, and charcuterie—but wit

Thanh Thao Market, located on a strip of Northeast Sandy in the Rose City district, may not be Portland’s largest Vietnamese market or itR

Summer grilling season is upon us! Here’s to backyard grilling and bbq. Kai Yaang (Thai grilled chicken) 2 1/2 to 3 pounds various chicken parts, or a whole chicken, halved 8 or more minced garlic cloves 1 tablespoon ground white pepper As much minced lemongrass as you like.

I’ve been going to this place for nearly eight years, back when it was Pho Oregon “West” (despite being only a mile from the ot

Broccolini with Crispy Poached Egg from Metrovino

The weather is getting warm and it's time to start grilling. Who doesn't love to grill?Lots of people don't, I would say. And if you will permit me what I hope is a rare moment of holier-than-thou snarkiness, I'll tell you what I mean. Most people enjoy pressing the button that ignites the propane gas as it flow

I hadn’t been to HA&VL on a Saturday for some time, so I was due for a visit. Saturday’s feature is “Bun Moc Ha

Torta Ahogada from 7 Estrellas Forced to choose, I would rather eat the rest of my days in the subur

Bun Bo Hue Minh's fabulous $7 bowl of bun rieu Willamette

Jade Patisserie and Teahouse is a charming, family-run establishment located on that equally charming strip of 13th Avenue in Sellwood that boasts antique shops and other things white people like.

You think I've been starving and haven't had anything worth writing about? Think again. The real reason is I've been so busy eating that my hands have been covered with bacon fat and butter and my fingers keep slipping off the keyboard! Well, my hands are freshly scrubbed, I've put down the pork belly, and it's time to shar

Since it’s winter and the time where many humans are afflicted with “the sickness”, I thought I’d share my favorite form of chick

Phnom Penh Noodle Soup

I found myself with a day off on a recent Thursday. I considered this a capricious stroke of serendipity (even if it was Thanksgiving, which happens on Thursday every year as long as I can remember), because this day is when the warm and generous family that run SE Portland’s HA & VL feature their incredible &#

So we went last night to the Blazer game. It wasn't a great game -- I think the Timberwolves would have a hard time throwing the ball in the Atlantic Ocean, though they were scrappy under the basket on defense, swarming around the Blazers like a bunch of gnats. Anyway, the Blazers won, after which we and the oth

Street food: Is it what’s next?. (WaPo) Doing street food better is the goal of the CIA’s 12th Worlds of Flavor conference. More than 700 corporate chefs, restaurateurs and writers are here to lear

I like game hens. They are like chickens, except in diminutively exact scale. You can eat an entire game hen at one sitting and not feel like a glutton. So I eat two. One thing that worries: are “game hens” simply baby chickens prematurely slaughtered on a factory farm? Is this a moral quandary for whi

This is the story of how the random ingredients I assembled beforehand transformed themselves into a marvelous sandwich tonight. A luscious chicken liver pate and a pickled daikon (white radish)-carrot salad were the condiments I piled onto banh mi Vietnamese-style baguette sandwiches. What serendipity to glance upon Ivy Ma

Hong Phat market is hidden on the east of NE Sandy, just north of NE Prescott, where Prescott hits NE99th. “Kinda near the airport” is how I would describe it to people, but to this point nobody has asked.

Time to be straight forward. Here's some stuff, that happened recently, that I deem great:Tomato Season. I ate a tricolor pint of cherry and grape tomatoes for lunch the other day.The Wednesday downtown farmers market. Mere

Who knew when my brother opened his wine shop in S

With the local press and food bloggers all aflutter (and rightfully so) with the homemade goodness that rotates daily at nearby HA&VL, it can be easy to overlook the deliciousness that is served up every day (and night) at Ngoc Han Bún Bò Huế.

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Phở Nguyễn nestles in a large strip mall anchored by a Fred Meyer on Beaverton Hillsdale Highway at the point Portland segues into Beaverton proper. It’s a pretty standard Vietnamese pho joint, with a numbered men

As much of the year is spent in a cold dreary mist, it's perfectly understandable that pho has found a root hold here in the Pacific Northwest. It's cheap, flavorful, and easy to customize, not to mention ubiquitous. But there are other Vietnamese noodles out there, and it's a testament to Portland that they'r

There is a debate among foodistas over the authenticity of Portland's pho, the long-simmer

I found this recipe both delicious and frustrating. The flavor was very good and the meat eventually turned out great, but I made a recipe error early on and from there, nothing seemed to work as it was supposed to. Ma

It happened right in the middle of slurping a steaming bowl of noodle soup. Not that I couldn't have b

Cambodian Sandwich Shop Num Pang Now Open in Union Square. (Serious Eats) Never had a Cambodian sandwich, and obviously it’s a very close relative to the Vietnamese banh mi, but this little sh

I’ve made a few repeat visits to HA & VL on SE 82nd to sample their excellent rotation of daily soup specials, and I must say this unassuming storefront tucked away in a roundabout strip just north of the Fubonn super shopping center continues to captur

This is a pretty standard Vietnamese cold noodle dish, aka “bun”. Go to any Vietnamese restaurant serving standard fare a

It seems so natural. Our favorite people introduce us to our favorite places.Like several

It was something new and much anticipated, and I so much wanted to love it. Like when w got her new Mini Cooper,

One night a few weeks ago I forgot to put our leftover baguette in a plastic bag, and the next day disco

First off, this is funny — my friend Christy just posted about her salad rolls too! The ones she made look great and she has much better pictures of her “rolling st

I have always wanted to learn how to sew on a machine and make stuff. So, I got myself a birthday present and got a great deal on this sewing machine. jwa and I found a used desk at a resale shop on Hawthorne for a very reasonable p

updated Thurs AM. Lots of bits and pieces of news; I’ll just throw them at you with a minimum of snide remarks: Morgan Brownlow: Pork Dealer? So says Patrick Coleman over at the Mercury.

Just moved to Battleground and I'm looking for reccomendations for all kinds of food. Hopefully trying to find good Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian, etc.. Basically just any good food in the Battleground area. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.

My mom really wants to go for Vietnamese while she is in town. Now that Banh Cuon Tanh Dinh is no longer in business, what do people suggest? She is not really a 'dive' restaurant person. It can be cheap, it just has to look presentable. Thoughts? Where should I take her? My Portland vietnamese food experience is extre

I've previously expressed my fondness for Nhut Quang, the vegan Vietnamese restaurant on NE 82nd and NE Fremont.  I went again twice in the past week with friends, a

Huong’s Brief Review Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 6 8 5 5 6 Location: SW 10th between SW Alder and Washington Hours: weekday lunch Times Visited: 3 Another fairly new addition to a vegan’s guide of the downtown lunch cart scene, Huong’s Vietnamese Food is a pleasantly

After our trip to China last October, w and I have been pining for good Chinese food. Even a close appro

Now, why would I order this from Whiskey Soda Lounge t

Best Baguette, the shiny, modern banh mi outfit in Southeast Portland, has opened a Westside location in Beaverton.

I was the one frown in a sea of smiles in the

Always on the lookout for new and delicious ways to get my food fix here in PDX, last Monday I went to t