July 2025 Rundown

Last photo dump from PDX and Willamette Valley.

Grounded Table McMinnville, OR

Roasted and Shaved Beet Salad: preserved lemon-magnolia vinaigrette, toasted hazelnut, sumac yogurt, oregon blue cheese

Summer Market Greens: garden radishes, pickled cherries, chive-mountain mint & banyuls vinaigrette

Alaskan Halibut: saffron risotto, fennel, shaved celery, carrot & watercress

Hayward Carlton, OR

Knee High

Chicken fried Tropea Onion, charred shishito aioli

Seared cabbage, green curry, smoked dates, chili

Eggplant, pepita-chile butter, cured egg yolk, confit potato, basil

Cavatelli, fried tofu, smoked tomato cream, coriander, fenugreek

Bruleed peach, peach granita, noyaux coconut cream, tequila tajin

Katchka

Sprats

Chicken Wings

Siberian Pelmeni

Shalom Y’all, round two

Chicken Shawarma: confit chicken thigh. savoy cabbage. pickled anaheim. sumac. tahina. pita

Hat Yai

Hat Yai for 2: half hat yai fried chicken, sticky rice, curry & roti, pickles

Very impressed with the Portland and Willamette scene. I could eat at all of these places, sans Davenport, regularly. Hat Yai is dangerously delicious.

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