Portland Trip

Coldplay, Books, and Food

I had a short visit to Portland for a Coldplay concert. Show was amazing! Highlight was Powell's book store, and I didn't get to go to a lot of food places but here are a few highlights.

Went to a place called The Original Dinerant http://www.originaldinerant.com/. It's a place with glorified and modern comfort food. We stop by for brunch. There some hits but also some misses...

I am a big fan of biscuit and gravy. As a vegetarian, this is hard to come by, but I always ask when it's on the menu. It's usually made with sausage in the gravy. Here they made it with mushroom. It was yum!

They had some good omelets that came with salad option.

Soung is always on the quest for the best egg's benedict. This one was a miss for her because they made the hollandaise sauce with sour cream.

They also had this mac and cheese pancake. Yes..pancake. It was suppose to be a good combo of sweet and salty. Major miss. It was a bit rubbery and not much flavor...

One nice hit was homemade pop tarts. Who doesn't remember pop tart which is basically a fruit pie folded. This one was apricot. Yum!

Lastly, who can forget Voodoo Doughnut. I was a bit disappointed because it's such a tourist destination now...who have been wowed by all the food show...me included. The doughnuts were really good but the line I could do without. They did have the maple bacon that Jason ate and seem to enjoy. I had a banana fritter with peanut sauce and chocolate. The most memorable was cock and balls. Our most famous phrase of the trip...which will now be put to rest. :)