Pearl District

Tuesday Night Flights at Remedy Wine Bar

November 8, 2013Filed in: Reviews

Want to know the sure way to spot a food blogger? Just observe our wacky eating habits – no one is allowed to touch their food until photos are snapped, we move food around awkwardly so it looks better in pictures, we’re constantly on our phones updating Twitter and Instagram.

If you ask our followers, it’s either great because we’re sharing our experiences, or admittedly really annoying if you ask our dining companions.

But that’s one of the best things about going to food blogger events, like last week’s wine tasting with Little Green Pickle at Remedy Wine Bar – we all are on the same page. No judgment about too many food photos there. Continue Reading...

Guess What You’re Eating: Blind-Tasting Bingo with Nostrana

April 16, 2013Filed in: Events, Reviews

The Ecotrust organization and Edible Portland have been hosting an awesome event series the past few months called Blind-Tasting Bingo. Every month, they have a different local chef come in to prepare a multi-course dinner that everyone eats blindfolded, then guesses what the dish was, based off their bingo board options.

Last week, I attended the dinner with Cathy Whims of Nostrana and Oven + Shaker. It was such a fun, weird experience, with of course delicious food.

Since we had to eat everything blindfolded, I wasn’t able to take photos of the food. So you’ll have to just use your imagination, kind of like what I had to do when figuring out what in the world I was eating. Continue Reading...

My Pastry Mission: Nuvrei Cafe

January 14, 2012Filed in: Reviews

404 NW 10th Ave & Flanders • nuvrei.com • 503.972.1700

Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-5pm; Sun 8am-5pm

I’ve been trying to come up with a clever intro to this blog post about Nuvrei’s new cafe in the Pearl District, some story that is catchy and enthralling. Sadly though the best I could come up with was a lead-in about how while watching the amazing movie of my youth, Titanic (yes, I was truly watched the whole thing as “research” for our trivia night), Leo’s adorable character of Jack Dawson talks about traveling to “Pair-ee” and the artsy scene there. When I think of Paris, all I think about however is the delicious patisseries filled with incredible fresh-based breads and pastries. For those in Portland, consider yourself lucky, now thanks to Nuvrei’s cafe, you don’t have to travel all the way across the Atlantic to get an amazing patisserie experience. Continue Reading...