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    2018 Food Haiku Winners

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 13, 2018

    Here are the winners of your favorite restaurant haiku

    Man writing imageThe contest is now closed. Congratulations to the three winners: Gogo, pdxr1, and Malik P. Your cards are in the mail.

    A big thank you to everyone who participated! There have been some terrific haiku this year.

    Portland Dining Month is back for its fifth year, with a move to a new month and more restaurants than ever before. For all of March, 129 restaurants are offering three-course dinner menus — including an appetizer, entrée, and dessert — for just $33.

    Here are the entries listed by the number of votes:

    • As the day’s sun sets
      restaurant tablecloth glows pink
      wine sip warms my soul (17%, 40 Votes)

    • Root vegetable gone
      spring greens adorn the plate
      march menu madness (15%, 35 Votes)

    • MEC lamb chops
      Almost shameful to admit
      Moans of ecstasy (13%, 30 Votes)

    • Aviary dinner
      Pomegranate tofu dish
      A recurring dream (12%, 29 Votes)

    • In March I will eat
      Like a queen here in Portland
      Bring on the fat pants (9%, 22 Votes)

    • Candle lit oysters
      Slurped atop a quiet bar
      A blessed evening (7%, 16 Votes)

    • Cold beer, fried chicken
      Reels me inn like a hooked trout,
      Sticky floor be damned (6%, 15 Votes)

    • I’ll have a champagne
      Blinking bubbles at the brim
      Time to celebrate (5%, 12 Votes)

    • Day of the Baptism —
      on the brand new tablecloth
      a drop of red wine (5%, 11 Votes)

    • Ken’s bread tastes so good
      I bite it and it’s still warm
      Heaven in my mouth (4%, 10 Votes)

    • Otto’s grill captain
      Tongs click with every dog flip
      He’s the sausage king (4%, 9 Votes)

    • Truly worth the drive
      Silky broth and tender meat
      Pho Nguyen forever (3%, 6 Votes)

    • I don’t drink coffee
      Good thing Portland dining scene
      Is my cup of tea (2%, 5 Votes)

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