5 January 2011

Breakfast - Urban Farmer, 525 SW Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon (inside The Nines Hotel - 8th floor).

• Ate: Bacon, eggs, English muffin.
• Positives: Can't really mess up this standard breakfast fare.  Located in the atrium of the 8th floor of the hotel, the restaurant is airy and modern.  Service was good.
• Negatives: The English muffin is made by their own chefs.  Not quite what I had in mind though.  Muffin was thick and doughy.  Only ate a quarter of one side.  Should have ordered toast instead.
• URL: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/dining/index.html?propertyID=1757

          

Lunch - House of Louie, 331 NW Davis Street, Portland, Oregon (in Old Chinatown District).

• Ate: Various dim sum dishes (shrimp dumplings, spare ribs, radish cakes, etc), sampan style congee.
• Positives: What was I thinking coming in here?!?!?!
• Negatives: Place was old.  Servers are also old and disinterested.  They probably have worked there from Day 1.  Food was horrible.  This restaurant was a block from Ping.  Again, what was I thinking!
• URL: None. 

Dinner - Departure Restaurant and Lounge, 525 SW Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon (inside The Nines Hotel - 15th floor).  The menu is Asian influenced cuisine.

• Ate: Kobe beef balls, spring rolls, calamari, and a few other dishes that I can't remember!  Arrived too late for dinner menu, so had to order sharing plates.
• Positives: Decor was ultra-modern and exciting.  Entrance felt as if you are going onto a spaceship.  Food was good but not that memorable.  Good selection of sake, including unfiltered sake.
• Negatives: Kobe beef balls were a bit too salty.  Batter on the calamari was too thick.
• URL: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/dining/index.html?propertyID=1757