Another food blog

When you come to visit, there will be some tough choices to make. Stay in and cook the wonderful foods purchased at the Farmer’s Market, or eat out at one of a bazillion fantabulous restaurants around town? If you are only here a few days, do we take our side trip to the coast or the falls or to the gorge? Coffee shop or tea shop, and are you ok with both in the same day? Portland walking tour or Portland food tour? Be prepared. It will be hard to make decisions.

I am slowly compiling a list of places that are an absolute must for every person who comes to visit me. Because while some choices will be hard, others will be made for you before your arrival. For instance, while I will cook for you the things mentioned in my previous post, I will not cook you breakfast. We will go out for that, because it is, in my opinion, Portland’s best meal.

One of those absolute musts is the Little Red Bike Café. You need to make sure you are here on a non-Monday, because they are closed on Mondays, and we WILL go there while you are here. The Tuesday through Saturday menu is amazing, and most likely that is what we will have. But on Sundays they have a brunch menu and it’s different from the rest of the week. It also changes from week to week. Yesterday was my first Sunday visit to the LRBC, and this deliciousness is what I had:




"Carrot Cake" Challah French Toast: thick slices of challah dipped in a spiced carrot batter, served with maple cream-cheese butter, carrot ribbons and toasted walnuts


It was....amazing. I shared one bite, and one bite only.