Other Portland Eats from 2014 Trip

So to conclude this short run of posts from my 2014 trip to Portland and the Willamette Valley, this is a quick roundup of other notable eats. We tried to get into Ox, the hottest restaurant in PDX these days. We got to the Argentinian meat palace about 15 minutes after it opened for dinner. They told us it would be a 3.5 hour wait for our party of 4. So that review is going to have to wait a few years.

Lardo – Portland – A Best Sandwich Candidate

On my first trip to PDX, I fell in love with Bunk Sandwiches, so I told my companions for this trip that we had to go there. We didn’t make it. Because we first ran into Lardo.

Pok Pok – Portland – Fish Sauce Wings Will Be Your New Addiction

No Fooddouche trip to PDX would be complete without a visit to its most famous restaurant of the last few years, Pok Pok. Pok Pok is another example of an emerging genre: white guys making Asian food. So Asian food is the new jazz. Andy Ricker is said white guy, and he is churning out the best Thai food I’ve had.

Willamette Valley Wine Tasting – Portland

We spent a couple days taking day trips from Portland to explore the wonderful world of Willamette Valley pinot noir. I’ve already talked about the highlight of the trip, Big Table Farm. But the valley was full of great wineries worth a look.

Big Table Farm Winery – Portland – What Wine Tasting Should Be Like

Big Table Farm was one of my favorite winery visits of all time. A tiny operation in Willamette Valley, it’s the work of a husband-wife team who run it as an honest-to-goodness working farm. Oh, and they make some pretty good wine, too.

Blue Star Donuts – Portland – Some of the Best Doughnuts I’ve Ever Had

We were told by more than one local that they were glad we weren’t one of those tourists who brought a pink box of Voodoo Doughnuts on the plane home. I had tried Voodoo a couple times before, once from a tourist friend bringing it home with her and another in Portland when another tourist friend bought a box to share. It’s fine if you want a regular doughnut with some Fruity Pebbles on it. And in the shape of a Voodoo doll. But if you are an adult and you actually want a doughnut that tastes good (and you’re in Portland), you should go to Blue Star Donuts.