A whole heckin’ day in Portland
Woke up and had morning coffee talk with Val and Anthony. Once everyone was up and ready to go, we headed over to the Hawthorne area. First stop: Fried Egg I’m in Love for some yummy music punny breakfast sandwiches. We then did some good ‘ol Portland shopping! Portland is chock-full of great shopping and void of sales tax so it’s one of my favorite places to shop. I snagged some things, most notably three statement rings. I was hoping to find a great silver ring in New Mexico but it just wasn’t in the cards for me. No matter - Portland fucking delivered. Made a stop at Seven Virtues Coffee for a pick me up, did a little more shopping, and headed home for a nap.
Woke up from our naps and got ready for dinner at my favorite restaurant in Portland - LUCE. I love love love this restaurant because A everything is delicious, and B you can get half orders of almost everything so you can try 14 things. We went a bit early expecting to wait as Luce is a small restaurant that doesn’t take reservations and it was Sunday. The restaurant gods were shining upon us, we got parking right away and got seated outside after waiting only 5 minutes or so. I always mark down what to order and keep the menu so (no surprise here) I know exactly what we got…
ANTIPASTI
marinated carrots
sweet & sour peppers
radicchio & gorgonzola suppli
farro & parmesan pie (x2 cuz i’m not an idiot)
fried stuffed olives
salt focaccia
SALAD
mixed greens with herbs,
arugula with lemon & parmesan
PASTA
tagliatelle with beef & pork ragu
fusili with pistachio pesto
rigatoni with red pepper & cream
spaghetti with garlic & chili (the star of the pastas)
DESSERT
buttermilk panna cotta with pine bud syrup (the star of the whole show)
flourless chocolate cake
plum custard crostata
ricotta cheesecake
This restaurant is special. The food was amazing, the weather perfect, the company unparalleled. A 10/10 night.
