When a restaurant is hyped from Bon Appetit to the blogsphere, do you want to try it? Or do you need to discover new deliciousness on your own? When I was planning my recent trip to Portland, the restaurant I kept reading about was actually one of the city’s most highly praised food carts: Nong’s […]
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The WanderFoodie Eats Portland: Adventurous Eats at Aviary
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 […]
La Jarochita Mexican Food Cart in Portland
Don’t stop at La Jarochita if you want just a little snack. The portions at this Mexican food cart are big! Take the huarache (above). It’s a dinner-plate-sized crispy tortilla ($5.50) piled high with your choice of meat and/or beans—we opted for the savory carnitas—plus lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, cheese, and a squirt of sour cream. […]