By David & Susan Greenberg The first two times we visited Szechuan Garden they were closed even though their website said they were open. Most would be dissuaded from visiting a third…
Category: Ardent Gourmet
THE ARDENT GOURMET: Din Tai Fung, PDX
By David & Susan Greenberg Like alien seed pods, Din Tai Fungs are landing and sprouting dumplings (and noodles) everywhere. They’re in Seattle, Times Square NYC, one is in downtown PDX, another…
ARDENT GOURMET SMALL BITES: Yuubi Sushi and Bar June
By David & Susan Greenberg Yuubi Sushi is located within a house-like structure in Beaverton. It’s been rated as one of the ten best sushi restaurants in the Portland area by Eater….
ARDENT GOURMET: Hearth & Table, Lincoln City
By David & Susan Greenberg David recounts, “On the day of my bar-mitzvah, my older brother ran away with a friend (for several hours) and the adults solemnly gathered to chart a…
ARDENT GOURMET – SMALL BITES: Decarli in Beaverton
By David & Susan Greenberg Mediterranean Decarli restaurant is where to go when you’re weary of keeping up with novel cuisines like food native to Pitcairn Island or Neptune. This is classic…
ARDENT GOURMET “Small Bites”: Ate Oh Ate
By David & Susan Greenberg Ate Oh Ate serves Hawaiian food with a funky-monkey, laid back, beach-shack vibe. The food is vaguely Asian and several dishes unashamedly include Spam, possibly Hawaii’s favorite…
ARDENT GOURMET “Small Bites”: Afuri Ramen & Dumpling
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is a series of quick reviews from our Ardent Gourmet, out and about the Portland Metro area. By David & Susan Greenberg Afuri Ramen & Dumpling is a Japanese…
ARDENT GOURMET: A SWEET STAY IN SALEM, OREGON
By David & Susan Greenberg Past filbert orchards, past long fences over which horses hung their heads, past a gamboling lamb, past rhododendrons lit by pink blossoms, past farmhouses built when manual…
ARDENT GOURMET: A Spring Week in Rome
By David and Susan Greenberg We heard: 1/ An avalanche of empty wine bottles from each night’s revelry poured from dumpsters into trucks for removal at 4 AM, like the sound of…
ARDENT GOURMET: Cannon Beach, Glad to be Back
By David & Susan Greenberg With much affection, we’ve visited Cannon Beach since the 1970s. Recently, after a long gap living foreign, we returned for two nights. We stayed at the Stephanie…
