Portland 5: Nong’s Khao Man Gai

May 8, 2010
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My first food cart experience in Portland was Nong’s Khao Man Gai (Thai style Hainan Chicken Rice), and after having plowed my way through the Food Cart Festival later that week I’d still say that Nong’s is my favourite. Maybe I’m just too Asian-at-heart to pass up tender poached chicken atop rice cooked in chicken [...]

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Portland 4: Hot sauce at Habibi’s

May 7, 2010
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Had a falafel. I know, falafel might not be the most exciting thing to wrap in a fresh pita, you can speculate to yourself what is, but these guys do a very good job; while I was finishing my wrap no less than 3 tables gave effusive praise to the waitress, except for that guy [...]

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Candied Myer lemon slices

May 6, 2010
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Simple, I know, but if you’re a lemon person really really worth it. I used them to decorate my tarte au citron (oo la la) that I made from the She Eats Bears blog. A nice easy dessert recipe and a super end to last nights dinner, however,  I used my Myer lemons for the [...]

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Fresh chickpea salad with feta and crispy garlic

May 5, 2010
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This is my first run in with fresh chickpeas, and I love them. Be forewarned that they are labour intensive buggers. 1 lb, about $5 worth at Whole Foods, took me 20 minutes to shuck although I was on the phone to mum at the time. That said they are well worth the effort. I [...]

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Fresh chickpea macro photography

May 4, 2010
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In honour of the green chickpea, which I recently discovered. He looks like a friendly fellow, no? Tomorrow, a recipe for fresh chickpea salad with feta, dill, and crispy garlic. Yum!

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Portland 3: Sandwiches at Bunk

May 4, 2010
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Ok, so I only had these once, at a tasting dinner where something like 20 local restaurants set up stations and served forth small plates. Bunk had by far the best presentation. Picture a large table covered with brown craft paper and lovely cheesy greasy avocado-laced sandwiches piled high on said paper. It’s so piggish, [...]

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Portland 2: Charcuterie and Paley’s Place

May 3, 2010
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I had fantastic charcuterie in Portland. From lunch and Rioja chorizo at Olympic Provisions, to boar and juniper saucisson from Chop at the Saturday Farmer’s Market, to the lamb crepinettes I had for breakfast at Nel Centro, bring on the meat! However, by far some of the sexiest “meat products” came from a dinner at [...]

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Portland 1: Spella Caffè

April 29, 2010
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I’m in no way an expert on the Portland food scene. Heck I was only there for 5 days, but this town is so chocked full of food content that I can easily recommend a few things to eat or drink without hesitation. Ok, it helped that I was at the IACP (Int’l Assn. of [...]

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Pork Rillettes and Radish Salad at Olympic Provisions

April 24, 2010
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Forgive the iPhone photography. This was a delicious light lunch, the rillette pie was warm and full of tender porky pork, the pastry was perfect, and the pickles were proper. As to the salad I don’t know where these peas came from but they were prefection, as was the salad… great ingredients (ricotta, peas, mint, [...]

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Cauliflower with caramelized onion

April 21, 2010
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Serves: 2-4 with other dishes Prep: 5 minutes Cook Time: 1 hr While it takes a little time to cook, this is ultimately a rather simple Indian inspired dish. Add some stock and puree it into a delicious soup, or crack a few eggs on top and serve as a surprising brunch dish or a [...]

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