Portland in December

[blueskies]

Dianyla's given you great advice... I would strongly second the recommendation for Stumptown Coffee & a nice dinner at Higgin's. Also, would add Typhoon to the list for Thai food, on Broadway, between Washinton & Stark.

[Eden]

Also, would add Typhoon to the list for Thai food, on Broadway, between Washinton & Stark.

Ohhhhh I think we ate there, - YUM-YUM! The Tom-Kai soup is fabulous

[sgtiger]

Oooh... Dianyla, you're making my mouth water. <drool, drool> Fortunately Stumptown just opened up a cafe here with plans to open another one and roast soon. Yay! I know, I know. It's not as if there isn't some wonderful roasters here already but more is better. (I worship at the alter of David Schoemer. Must sacrifice some more beans now.)

I love the tirimisu(sp?) at Papa Haydn's. Not that there's ever bad tirimisu but their's is the best I've EVER had. I have dreams about it!


Swagat was my introduction into what excellent Indian food is supposed to be. Although, I've found a new favorite here that I may like a bit better.

For Thai in Portland, though, Lemongrass is my favorite. They don't have a huge selection on their menu, but what they do have they do it well. Go easy on the spices(like order level 1 with spices on the side), even if you think you can stand spicy food. I can handle some pretty spicy stuff, but level 3 had me sweating profusely and ready to pant with steam coming out of my ears. I don't even want to know what level 20 is like. It'd probably blister my intestines. I haven't been able to find a Thai place I like as much as them. So I wait 'til I visit Portland to satisfy my Thai craving. True!

[boy in a kilt]

Go easy on the spices(like order level 1 with spices on the side), even if you think you can stand spicy food. I can handle some pretty spicy stuff, but level 3 had me sweating profusely and ready to pant with steam coming out of my ears.

She is not kidding. Sgtiger grew up with three levels of hot: spicy as hell, cauterize and spontaneous human combustion.

[Dianyla]

Oh yeah, Lemongrass is awesome. It's a bit inconvenient for downtown, though, whcih is why I hadn't mentioned it. Every so often a posse of my macho coworkers heads over to grunt and sweat their way through a "who can order the highest spice level?" contest. The scale goes from 1 to 20. I believe they can't even go above about 14 certain times of the year because certain key peppers aren't in season. Most guys I know that do serious spice can only take about a 5 on the Lemongrass scale.

Also worth checking out is Salvador Molly's, unfortunately their suburban Hillsdale location and the eastside location are both a little tricky to get to from downtown via transit. They have these things called Great Balls of Fire. Basically, habanero-laced corn fritters, with habanero jelly sauce. If you eat all 5 and the sauce you get your picture on the wall. I've done it (twice! what was I thinking? ) and... all I'm going to say is that you need 1 day of recovery per ball.