El Gaucho has introduced a series of $220.00 cocktails
April 30, 2008 by Food Dude
Filed under News/Discussion
El Gaucho has introduced a series of $220.00 cocktails featuring Remy Martin’s absolute cognac, Louis XIII. Should we have a portlandfoodanddrink night and buy one together? We could buy one for every 20 people, and would only spend $10 each! Bring an eyedropper.
Food Haiku Nominees 2008. Vote now!
Here are the nominees, as picked by our panel of 10 judges. They are listed in no particular order. Please vote for your favorite in the poll section on the bottom of this post. We’ll announce the winner Thursday, so if you have entered, please check back! The wine festival is this weekend. Fungus smell of earth Poking gently through
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Food Haiku 2008: Win Tickets to Portland Indie Wine Festival!
It’s that time of year when we run “fooku”, Portland Food and Drink’s annual food haiku contest. The last two years, we had a panel of judges narrow down the entries, and readers voted for the top three. We’ll be doing the same thing this year, but we’ve also partnered with the Portland Indie Wine Festival for a nice prize.
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Koji Osakaya
April 17, 2008 by Cuisine Bonne Femme
Filed under Other Reviews
[Koji's now has over 6 locations in the Portland area and an outpost in Seattle. This review only refers to the downtown Portland location on SW Broadway, and the NE 15th and Weidler location near Lloyd Center] Although Koji’s was never what I’d call grade ‘A’ Japanese food, for many years it was one of my old reliable stand-bys. Koji’s
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Germany’s Robot Restaurant
April 16, 2008 by Food Dude
Filed under News/Discussion
sometimes there’s not much to say. I’ll just point you to this clip: Germany’s Robot Restaurant
Detour Cafe
April 13, 2008 by Paul Gerald
Filed under First Impressions
I was sitting with a couple of long-time Portlanders at the Detour Cafe, reminiscing about the old Quality Pie Company and what the city used to be like: more working-class, more small-towny, perhaps more old-fashioned. Tom, for example, said it was tough to find a good bacon-and-egg sandwich anymore. It’s like we were missing something that used to be. And
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Taste of 2007? Nutmeg
April 10, 2008 by Salty Cod
Filed under Food Writing
I’m not sure how it happened, but 2007 marked the Nutmeg Renaissance. No one knows precisely why, but nutmeg became the hot ingredient last year, a triumph it hasn’t enjoyed for several centuries. Each year has its trendy ingredient, dish or preparation. In 2003 the rave was over chipotlés. In 1999 everything had roasted red peppers in it. 1996 was
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