What’s that flavor? How do they make this? What’s in that sauce? When every dish makes you exclaim with wonder and delight, an ambitious kitchen has done its job. Aviary, an eclectic contemporary bistro on Portland’s hip Northeast Alberta Street, is just such an ambitious, and accomplished, restaurant. My husband Alan and I sampled Aviary […]
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The WanderFoodie Eats Portland: Clyde Common
Communal tables and an open kitchen in a cavernous loft-like space. Check. A long list of bourbons and creative cocktails. Check. Picked grapes. Pickled fennel. Pickled cauliflower. Check. If Portland’s Clyde Common seems like a marketer’s dream of hip culinary trends, well, it is. But the food is ambitious and (generally) delicious, and this downtown […]
Wanderfood Wednesday: How to Eat More for Less at Vancouver’s West Restaurant
I’ve always considered Vancouver’s West Restaurant a special occasion kind of place, where you’d celebrate your anniversary, toast your book contract, or woo a serious new love. So I was excited to learn about their “Elements” menu, featuring small plates that let you sample Chef Quang Dang‘s first-rate contemporary creations, without committing to a multicourse, […]