CJ asks for some restaurant help...

[BlazerWookee]

I went to the Szechuan Chef recently when I was up there, shockingly enough it puts our Chinese food to shame. There was a tour bus full of Chinese tourists there too so it felt like you stepped into Chengdu.

How hard is Chendu to get off your shoes?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

FIFY

I see what you did there.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Why is that?

Im a bigger fan of Led Zeps Ramble On though

"Many times i've lied and many times i've listened.. and many times I've wondered how much there is to know...."

This;

HAHAHA... Wait. Is there a hole for that? I'm confused. The nostril, sure. The ear, okay. Hell, I would get the eye socket even, but the neck? Is that like gummers, except its with people with vocal impairments and a removable tube in their throat?

 

[Orion Bailey]

This;

I am at work and cant watch the video. I still dont get it but will watch tonight and hope the light bulb goes on.

 

[riverman]

Emame's Ethiopian food cart on 9th and alder was my suggestion. One of the only two Ethiopian restaurants In Portland that I keep going back to. Jarras was nostalgic and tops in my book, but they closed after being in business for decades and deciding that it had been long enough.

There are a couple of choices around town still - Queen of Sheba, Bete Lukas, Enat Kitchen, E'njoni cafe, Emame's, and Aberus (amongst others).

The nice thing about Emame's is the quick service, but unlike Rahels(SP?) at cartlandia on 82nd, the food at Emame's is superb in taste.

For sit down family style IMO the best Ethiopian left in town is Aberus. The one negative is I feel like they use A LOT of oil in their cooking. Still though the tibs with berbere is delicious. Aberus is more traditional and cheaper than some of the other alternatives like Bete Lukas which has great quality food, but the flavors aren't very strong like they were at jarras, and that's what I look for when I eat Ethiopian.

Portland as great a food town as it is, still isn't at the top of the Ethiopian game. Washington D.C has some really good Ethiopian restaurants.

The fastest bird in the world is said to be the Ethiopian chicken

 

[riverman]

How hard is Chendu to get off your shoes?

They don't wear shoes in Chendu

 

[BlazerWookee]

They don't wear shoes in Chendu

Ew. Doesn't that mean Chendu gets all up between their toes?

 

[riverman]

Ew. Doesn't that mean Chendu gets all up between their toes?

That's Chendon't

 

[andalusian]

Andina's is no joke. I've eaten there. One of the best meals I have ever had.

It's been a while since I ate at Andina - but it was always fantastic. My 2nd favorite Peruvian in the country.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It's been a while since I ate at Andina - but it was always fantastic. My 2nd favorite Peruvian in the country.

I ate there (for free) as part of a big release party for a company I worked for. The most amazing meal. Second best meal I've ever had as an adult.

 

[Strenuus]

I ate there (for free) as part of a big release party for a company I worked for. The most amazing meal. Second best meal I've ever had as an adult.

so... what was the first?

 

[Orion Bailey]

I ate there (for free) as part of a big release party for a company I worked for. The most amazing meal. Second best meal I've ever had as an adult.

Me too. It was an office party and I will never forget it.

 

[Eastoff]

so... what was the first?

Mrs HCP

 

[BlazerCaravan]

so... what was the first?

It was at the rehearsal dinner for one of my wife's friends. It was at this great Italian restaurant in McMinnville. Seven courses, amazing food.

But what makes it the best was watching the father of the bride slowly die inside as his two ex wives tried to out-do each other for how many expensive bottles of wine they could make him buy for everyone. Each table ended up drinking three or four $200 bottles.

Rounding out the top three was dinner at a restaurant called VUUR in a converted hunting lodge outside of Amsterdam. All wild game dishes, with wine picked out by our French sales guy.