Highly recommended if you are a Patisserie kind of person, which i am proud to be!
This bakery/cafe is really big, with lots of window seats. They have an enormous kitchen which means they can bake anything in house.
Their pastries are made with hormone free milk, locally made butter and dairy products, flour from wheat farms in Washington state, and the best quality chocolate, fruit and nuts.
We went a couple of times to this beautiful bakery. We had cinnamon crowns, which is like a very light and flaky cinnamon roll, with little bits cooked together, which resembles a crown. Fruit tarts, brownies and Gibassier, which is a bready type donut, with dried fruit and fennel seeds baked inside.
In France its a Galette made with fruited olive oil, star anise, candied orange peel, orange flower water and dusted with bakers sugar.
I had two Rugala's they are my favorite. Its a little Jewish pastry (Rugelach) with a cream cheese dough, rolled up, with pecans currants and cinnamon sugar.
I mean really this place has something for everyone. They do fresh made sandwiches as well, with fresh bread, natural meats, imported cheeses, organic local greens and home-made spreads.
We went to Pearl on our last day, i got a latte and Joe got an Americano, very good coffee, my latte had a pretty heart in the milk and espresso, it was nice and hot, just great.
Pearl Bakery also supplies their bread to numerous of Portland's finest restaurants.
They open at 6:30am on weekdays, so they are available for those that are up that early or on their way to work.....
Natasha:)
http://www.pearlbakery.com/
Monday, December 5, 2011
Bunk Sandwiches, Portland, Oregon
Hmmm where do i begin with this tiny shop that is serving delicious sandwiches...Bunk! Say it out loud..Bunk!!
Bunk is the best, that is all......
Just kidding, ill share. So fresh baked bread, fresh in house prepared, local products. Heavenly layers of thinly sliced roast beef, pork belly cooked with love and care and vegetarians are welcome too.
I had the Roasted Butternut Squash with Gruyere and arugula, on a toasted ciabatta style bread. So the first bite is crunch then you get the sweet creamy squash, the melted cheese and the peppery cleanse of the arugula. Every bite tastes better and better. My first thought when i was done the sandwich was i want another!
This place is very small, but very welcoming and a cozy place to eat delicious food.
I also had a tomato soup, which was..well....tomato soup! No fancy roast pepper or added stuff, just simply beautiful pureed tomato soup.
Joe had the Pork Belly Cubano, which is also on wonderful crispy, chewy bread, it has the slow cooked pork belly and ham, swiss, pickles and mustard. Great combination all chewed up together.
We glutinously shared a Roast Beef as well....with caramelized onions, horseradish and cheddar, on a poppy seed bun.
This is the part where i say whether i would go back or not,......well we did, the next day!! So Good!
Natasha:)
http://www.bunksandwiches.com/
Bunk is the best, that is all......
Just kidding, ill share. So fresh baked bread, fresh in house prepared, local products. Heavenly layers of thinly sliced roast beef, pork belly cooked with love and care and vegetarians are welcome too.
I had the Roasted Butternut Squash with Gruyere and arugula, on a toasted ciabatta style bread. So the first bite is crunch then you get the sweet creamy squash, the melted cheese and the peppery cleanse of the arugula. Every bite tastes better and better. My first thought when i was done the sandwich was i want another!
This place is very small, but very welcoming and a cozy place to eat delicious food.
I also had a tomato soup, which was..well....tomato soup! No fancy roast pepper or added stuff, just simply beautiful pureed tomato soup.
Joe had the Pork Belly Cubano, which is also on wonderful crispy, chewy bread, it has the slow cooked pork belly and ham, swiss, pickles and mustard. Great combination all chewed up together.
We glutinously shared a Roast Beef as well....with caramelized onions, horseradish and cheddar, on a poppy seed bun.
This is the part where i say whether i would go back or not,......well we did, the next day!! So Good!
Natasha:)
http://www.bunksandwiches.com/
Bistro 921 Restaurant and Bar, Portland, Oregon
Located in the Hilton Portland, this is where we had dinner. We sat in the bar, the restaurant looked too much like a cafeteria to me. Plus the bar had lots of TV's and a few cozy more private tables.
First impression is pretty good, until you sit down in the hard chairs.....So the service was sort of all over the place, you know when one person takes your drink order, and then someone else comes and asks for your drink order...not really sure who our server was.....
Anyways minor details. Drink choices were nice, lots of local micro brews and west coast wines.
The food was surprisingly good, Joe had Northwest Salmon Burger with sweet potato fries and Chipotle Aioli. Every component was good, hot grilled salmon, crispy fresh fries and a savory Aioli, all together went really well. I like how they put the Aioli on the side so you can put as much or little on your burger.
I also had salmon with a bacon vinaigrette, on herb risotto, green beans and zucchini. Presentation was very neet and clean. Salmon was freshly grilled, creamy risotto a bit runny, but actually had lots of fresh herbs, vegetables were a bit sparse but crunchy and not overcooked. The bacon vinaigrette was a bit rich for me, just tasted fatty. I find salmon quite rich already so it doesn't need much if any fat added.
So i would go back if we were staying at the hotel again, i mean if the food ends up being very good, everything else that happens can be overlooked.....
Natasha:)
http://www.bistro-921.com/
First impression is pretty good, until you sit down in the hard chairs.....So the service was sort of all over the place, you know when one person takes your drink order, and then someone else comes and asks for your drink order...not really sure who our server was.....
Anyways minor details. Drink choices were nice, lots of local micro brews and west coast wines.
The food was surprisingly good, Joe had Northwest Salmon Burger with sweet potato fries and Chipotle Aioli. Every component was good, hot grilled salmon, crispy fresh fries and a savory Aioli, all together went really well. I like how they put the Aioli on the side so you can put as much or little on your burger.
I also had salmon with a bacon vinaigrette, on herb risotto, green beans and zucchini. Presentation was very neet and clean. Salmon was freshly grilled, creamy risotto a bit runny, but actually had lots of fresh herbs, vegetables were a bit sparse but crunchy and not overcooked. The bacon vinaigrette was a bit rich for me, just tasted fatty. I find salmon quite rich already so it doesn't need much if any fat added.
So i would go back if we were staying at the hotel again, i mean if the food ends up being very good, everything else that happens can be overlooked.....
Natasha:)
http://www.bistro-921.com/
Byways Cafe, Portland Oregon
This cozy diner is located in the heart of the Portland District. They have stayed true to their vision over time and are proud to be "nothing to ritzy". Casual setting with plastic booths and soda to drink, this place is great for chilling out in a time that has passed.
We found out about Byways from the Food Network with Guy Fieri. We went for the famous Corn Beef Hash and Amaretto French Toast, however we missed breakfast, which stops at 11am:(
So we got lunch instead, Joe had the French Dip, with thinly sliced organic roast beef on a Love Joy Bakery (local) grilled baguette, with Au jus. The bread was delicious, crunchy and chewy perfect for dipping, lovely roast beef, perhaps a bit more beef would have been nice, or maybe im being greedy teehee :)very yummy.
I had the Reuben with home-made corned beef, Russian dressing (creamy just like 1000 island), Swiss and sauerkraut on marble rye. It was very good, it was well toasted, and packed with corned beef, slightly dry but not too bad. Each sandwich came with their home-made potato salad, which was perfect, nice celery crunch and creamy mash potato with the skins on! (extra fiber)
So basically we will be going back but we will be setting our alarms a bit earlier next time...
Natasha:)
http://www.bywayscafe.com/
We found out about Byways from the Food Network with Guy Fieri. We went for the famous Corn Beef Hash and Amaretto French Toast, however we missed breakfast, which stops at 11am:(
So we got lunch instead, Joe had the French Dip, with thinly sliced organic roast beef on a Love Joy Bakery (local) grilled baguette, with Au jus. The bread was delicious, crunchy and chewy perfect for dipping, lovely roast beef, perhaps a bit more beef would have been nice, or maybe im being greedy teehee :)very yummy.
I had the Reuben with home-made corned beef, Russian dressing (creamy just like 1000 island), Swiss and sauerkraut on marble rye. It was very good, it was well toasted, and packed with corned beef, slightly dry but not too bad. Each sandwich came with their home-made potato salad, which was perfect, nice celery crunch and creamy mash potato with the skins on! (extra fiber)
So basically we will be going back but we will be setting our alarms a bit earlier next time...
Natasha:)
http://www.bywayscafe.com/
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