By David & Susan Greenberg Imagine taking a barrel of fermented cabbage (sauerkraut), dumping it into an enormous sieve, and collecting its liquid. Fish Sauce is the sauerkraut juice of the fish…
Category: Restaurants
ARDENT GOURMET: FuddoYama Ramen, Teriyaki, Restaurant with a Robot
By David & Susan Greenberg, The Ardent Gourmet Apparently a robot vacuum and a step stool met on Tinder and begat the robot who stood motionlessly nearby the counter at FuddoYama Ramen,…
“Level Up Tillamook County” Small Business Feature: Wanda’s Cafe + Bakery Serving Up Delicious Dishes for 25 Years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is our first in an on-going series of business features sponsored by the Economic Development Council of Tillamook County’s LEVEL UP Tillamook program. Have a suggestion for a small…
ARDENT GOURMET: Crab Rock Pizza (& Gelato!)
by David & Susan Greenberg Ted Lasso’s Dani Rojas says that “Futbol is life.” We understand the sentiment but cordially disagree. Futbol (i.e., soccer) is not really a sport. It’s an activity…
ARDENT GOURMET: ILWACO ON ICE
By David & Susan Greenberg With a genius matched by few, we arrived in Ilwaco at the same instant that one of the great ice storms of the last decade arrived (January…
ARDENT GOURMET: Bay City Kitchen – A Star is Born
By David & Susan Greenberg Tillamook County has never been fertile ground for apex restaurants, the kind sought after by food obsessives (like ourselves). Tradition, tastes, and wallets have deterred their presence….
ARDENT GOURMET: New Taste of India Food Truck, Rockaway Beach – Some of the best …
EDITOR’S NOTE: There’s been a food cart explosion throughout Tillamook County. The Ardent Gourmet has been busy making stops at many locations. Watch for more food cart/truck reviews. Check out the Pioneer’s…
ARDENT GOURMET: Sab, Favorite Asian Fusion Food Cart, Flavors on First, Tillamook
EDITOR’S NOTE: There’s been a food cart explosion throughout Tillamook County. The Ardent Gourmet has been busy making stops at many locations. Watch for more food cart/truck reviews. Check out the Pioneer’s…
THE OCEANSIDER: Three Arch Inn Owner to Proceed with Plan to Terminate Cafe/Surf Shop Lease; Road Closure Lower Maxell Mtn. Rd. Sept. 27th
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider Oceansiders were saddened this week by news that Three Arch Inn owner Duane Bauley will not be extending the lease currently held by owners of the Oceanside Surf Shop/Current…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Chicken and Guns, Gales Creek
By David & Susan Greenberg Legend has it that notorious bank-robber, John Dillinger, once escaped from prison by carving a potato into the shape of a gun, dyeing it black with iodine,…