Now ClosedI love Pasha.Specifically, I love Pasha's lunch buffet.This is why...It's the middle of a hurried weekday. Usually, I graze intermittently to sustain my strength, but today I've been working and running around all morning and into the afternoon, and breakfast seems days ago. The noon hour has long passed, and I really need to sit down and take a load … [Read more...] about Review: Pasha in Portland
Review: Pasha in Portland
Ikea Opens Complete with Cafeteria
New Scandinavian Restaurant Near Airport Located in a sleekly designed modern space in an odd section of Northeast Portland, I recently had the pleasure of taking lunch at this already popular family friendly establishment. I sampled a light and fresh open faced shrimp and egg salad sandwich on rye bread, some delicate gravlax salmon with greens and cucumbers, a side cup of … [Read more...] about Ikea Opens Complete with Cafeteria
Review: Clyde Common
Note: Clyde Common is it existed in this review closed in 2021. Now they have reopened as a bar with food called Clyde Tavern. I haven't tried it yet, but expect it to be good, especially the cocktails.Many restaurants are emblematic of certain eras in the cities they inhabit. Think of the well-known Brasserie Lipp in Paris in the 1920's, when artists and writers milled … [Read more...] about Review: Clyde Common
Review: Teardrop Cocktail Lounge
July 2007. The mixed drink scene has changed quite a bit since this was written, but my overall feel about Teardrop Cocktail Lounge is unchanged.As I was doing research for this review in my father's old bar notebook, I came across a list of ingredients labeled "always have on hand". What especially interested me were incidentals like falernum, cassis, five types of … [Read more...] about Review: Teardrop Cocktail Lounge
China Tackling Rodent Problem with “Rat Banquets”
I'll have the tang tang noodles, ginger chicken, and a side of rats. According to Reuters.com, China is suffering from such a problem of rats, they are trucking them to other areas to be used in fancy restaurant dishes. "Some Guangdong restaurants were promoting "rat banquets," charging 136 yuan ($18) for one kilogram of rat meat, the newspaper said.""...So apparently the … [Read more...] about China Tackling Rodent Problem with “Rat Banquets”