My five days in Portland during the Fourth of July was perfect. I honestly couldn't have picked a better week to visit, there wasn't a drop of rain and the weather was simply put: incredible.
I'm convinced that Portland is the Holy Grail of vegan food. I ate at so many wonderful places, almost all of which happened to be 100% vegan.
celebrated America's birthday
Dick's Kitchen. Portobello Burger.
The view at Pittock Mansion with Madeline, Ryan and Anthony.
Brunch at Gravy.
Biscuits and veggie gravy, hash browns and tofu scramble.
Sizzle Pie. Spiral Tap and Bad Reputation slices.
Fell in love with this little one, Lilly.
Brunch at Paradox Cafe. Green Benedict.
...with this lovely lady, Melanie.
Took a stroll over to OMSI and saw some amazing exhibits,
including my favorite, the fetus room, displaying over 30 stages
of the fetus and tissue samples during pregnancy. Pretty miraculous.
Acai bowls from somewhere not worth mentioning.
Dinner with Katherine at Casa Naranja. Yes, you eat on swings.
Alotto Gelato for dessert.
Salted Caramel and pineapple sorbetto (also at one point tried the
cheesecake and stracciatella aka "stretchy vanilla" gelato)
Woke up at 4am to watch the most breathtakingly beautiful sunrise
I've seen to date at Multnomah Falls.
The tastiests of brunches at Portobello. ALL VEGAN.
[tofu "eggies", vegan ham and added tomatoes on a toasted
english muffin and topped with cashew hollandaise sauce]
Thai food cart heaven.
We made a vegan BBQ pizza: seasoned soy curls, onions, olives,
pepper jack daiya and Annie's natural BBQ sauce.
The last supper. Anthony and I made garlic sauteed asparagus,
field roast seitan, roasted rosemary red potatoes, corn on the
cob and vine ripe tomatoes with homemade herb salt seasoning.
Thanks for the hospitality, my friend.
[all photos were taken by Anthony or myself]
Dove Vivi eggplant pizza: mozzarella, blue cheese, roasted eggplant, basil and fresh tomatoes on a cornmeal crust
trout pytt i panna (swedish hash) from Broder Cafe
vegan voodoo doughnut
El Nutri soyrizo and potato chimichangas
the adorable Albina Press
Besaw's salmon and cream cheese scramble with incredible potatoes and toast
sea salt with caramel ribbon ice cream from Salt & Straw
beach day at Cannon Beach!
vegan burger and fries from Boogie's Burgers
floor punch from The Bye and Bye
eastern bowl
some fun with Anthony's hasselblad
the best soda there ever was, butterscotch beer
delicious breakfast burritos from Whole Foods
job hunting
mac-no-cheese from Homegrown food cart... the best vegan mac n cheeze
two popeye rolls and more vegan sushi from Yuki
Ty's Big Breakfast from Jam on Hawthorne: two eggs over veggie sausage patties on an open faced english muffin and smothered in a vegetarian sausage gravy with hash browns on the side
Petunia's vegan salted chocolate chunk cookie-- the softest and most delicious
