Archive for May, 2010
We finally had the chance to visit Portland’s famous tourist attraction: Voodoo Doughnut (This door is actually the back door…).
They are known for wacky looking donuts with creative names, and people seem to LOVE their maple bacon doughnut. (You should totally check out their website, the donuts really are fun to look at).
…But you know, I didn’t really like it all that much. I really wanted to! They didn’t have any French Cruellers left and their glazed donuts was “okay”. I suppose I should have tried one of their fun donuts, but I like my donut kinda plain and and not too sweet. It’s fine though because I count 16 other local donuts shops (on Yelp search) in Portland — surely I’ll find one I like eventually!
I had a date with Immi hanging out on Hawthorne Blvd. Immi seems to enjoy outings with just the two of us, and I enjoy it too since she is actually fun to shop with. This is a little nook we found at the back of House Vintage. The old TV is still [sort of] working!
Immi seemed a little tired so instead of walking around much, we sat down for a frozen yogurt. We found a self serve yogurt bar called Swirl where you can build your own with which ever yogurt and toppings (you pay by the oz at the counter). Check out our creation it has: plain frozen yogurt, mochi, lychee, condensed milk, mini M&Ms and sprinkles. It’s totally weird but that’s because immi and I were going to share it.
We got some strawberries at the Beaverton Farmer’s Market. They just reopened last week and it’s our first time going there this season. These are very nice strawberries, but honestly, I’m more excited about the beer-brat on a bun with sauerkraut I had at the market:D
There are some seriously strange plants in our neighborhood.
And this one:
These are growing on the side of the road near our home. Let me know if you happen to know what these plants are called!
Meat sauce (…it has too much tomato to qualify as bolognese, it also won’t have any cream in it) simmering in my *favorite* pan. It’s a 9-in skillet by Griswold from 1930′s. My mom and I found it while antiquing in Portland area.
I’ve been very fond of cast iron cooking since just shortly before it became trendy on cooking shows years back. I found a 6-in skillet manufactured by Lodge in the camping section of a tiny hardware store (now you can buy one at any kitchen shop) while living in NH and I totally fell in love because it was just so cute! I was surprised but very happy when it started popping up in virtually every show on FoodTV (…which I watched religiously back then) just a few months after I got mine. Since then, I’ve gotten several more Lodge items, and my super nice All-Clad stainless pans remain sadly unused (I still use the pots and saucier…). Honestly, I was never unhappy with quality of Lodge products…until we found this Griswold one. The iron cast is so much smoother which makes it almost comparable in non-stickness as tephlon pans (but with out being TOXIC) and is also a lot prettier to look at.
…I’ll add here that Cast Iron cookware isn’t just cute to look at. I’ve since found them to be durable, easy to use, adds trace amount of iron in your food (helpful if you are a bit anemic like I was) and everything tastes much better cooked in it.
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