Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:36:20 GMT

mr chips: Maybe a few slices, it's hard to critique just one..I would have tried a cream pie,but, I had to travel 170 miles down the road.
Foodbme: Thanks
Ralph Melton: The picture matched the pie
ann peeples: Thanks Ann, it's always nice having you spend time with our family.
Michael Hoffman: Back at yah Michael.
Root-Beer Man: Next time you will have to join your wife in the Pacific Northwest.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Michael Hoffman)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:56:35 GMT

Outstanding! Thanks Bill.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (ann peeples)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:36:32 GMT

You have had wonderful travels to share-thanks! Really enjoyed following you and your family around!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Root-Beer Man)

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:51:28 GMT

It was almost like being there! Loved this report. My wife was recently in Portland and Seattle and loved it. Now I can see why.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Ralph Melton)

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:39:44 GMT

That's a very fine pie picture.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Foodbme)

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:15:08 GMT

And the Oscar for New Automated Graphic Designs goes to-------PNWCHEF!!!!!
A Stellar Report in every way!
Ain't nothing better than a great relationship with Grandkids!!
Afterall, you know why grandkids & grandparents get along so well??
They have a common enemy!!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (mr chips)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:36:04 GMT

A truly marvelous report. I've enjoyed reading it and I'm sorry it's over,I'll collect on that pie slice in the future.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:22:30 GMT

This is the last leg, the end of the

We left Otto's Sausage, and set the GPS for
Mr Chips told me about this Cafe, I was going to call and meet him, but Joyce just wanted to get the pie and run, she wasn't feeling well and it was getting hot. So, Mr Chips the next time around, the pie is on me.
I drove up to the Cafe in my Eco friendly Prius, and parked right in front of the Cafe. This is the kind of place the Eco friendly makes you look I walked over to the counter and asked what kinds of pie do you have today.

They had a few berry, a few others and a few Cream pies. I took a Marionberry, Triple berry, and a Raspberry apple, to go. They packed them up real nice in ind containers, so they would travel well.
This is a list of the pies they offer

Apple
Apple Blueberry
Apple Marionberry
Apple Raspberry
Banana Cream
Butterscotch Cream
Cherry
Chocolate Cream
Chocolate Espresso
Cream
Chocolate Orange Cream
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream
Coconut Amaretto Cream
Coconut Cream
Espresso Cream
German Chocolate Cream
Key Lime Cream
Key Lime Meringue
Lemon Meringue
Lemon Raspberry Meringue
Marionberry
Peach
Peaches & Cream
Peach Blueberry
Peach Marionberry
Peach Raspberry
Pear Candied Ginger
Pear Raspberry
Pecan
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Orange Cream
Sour Cream Apple
Sour Cream Pumpkin
Strawberry Apricot
Strawberry Cream Cheese
Strawberry Rhubarb
Triple Berry

They also offer a few other items on the counter.

The Cafe is pretty cool, it offers free Wifi, Coffee drinks, kind of a yuppie hang out. This isn't the Art & Croissant crowd, its more of the Backpack, herb garden kind of laid back place.It has pictures of old Presidents on the walls, couches and living room chairs. They also have some tables along the picture wall.

I packed the pie in the cooler, and headed for home. I lost one of the pies to a leaking ice ziploc bag that dripped ino the Apple Raspberry slice that I really wanted to taste. I wanted to try the Strawberry Rhubarb pie, but, Joyce makes a real good one, and I would never see another one if I bought a slice from the Cafe. Ya Gotta do what ya Gotta do, I think I see a Strawberry/Blueberry Reubarb pie coming my way soon.
Ok so, I have two berry pies, they both look a like, so we only get one picture.

I cut both pies in half, I asked Mollie to Critique the pie and let me know what she thought. THis is her evaluation and taste test of the pie. This isn't bad for an 11 yr old, she ate the pie, came into my office and said, Papa, the filling was real tasty and yummy, the crust was GREAT, BUT, there wasn't enough crust to match the pie. she said she had to take the end crust and dip it into the filling. I was smiling during her presentation because, I felt the same way about the pie, the crust was good,but, to thin and not enough to match the amount of filling in the pie. All in all, the pies are good, I wish I didn't lose the Apple Raspberry Pie because I was left with two slices of very close tasting pie. I would stop here again, well, I know I'm going to stop here agin, I own My Chips a slice of pie.......

for all the kind words, and joining us on our trip to Portland and the Oregon Coast. I wish you all good health and happiness.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:58:30 GMT

Time to pick out and head back, for the trip home. It;s going to be in the 90's in Portland and over 100 degrees at how. We got into the outskirts of Portland for some last minute school clothes shopping for Mollie, she is the best dressed kid in school, she has good taste.
We head over to for a quick lunch. Joyce has had a migraine for the last three days. Most people think I'm the cause of the migraine, I don't know what the Hell their talking about.
Otto's sausage is a fun place, they grill the sausage and hot dogs outside. I asked the cook what was the best, he said the Pork sausage and hot dogs are a good start. Fine by me, one of each please.

I told him to smile, it's only 88 degrees, wait two hours you'll be sweating your buns off when it's 96 degrees.

This the grill Hot dog

We washed it down with this

Pork Sausage/ same as a German Sausage

I bought some of the German sausage and some Italian sausage for home. This is the German sausage smoked

this is the Italian Sausage, good quality, I made Sausage and pepper grinders with these sausages.

Otto's Sausage is a must stop while in Portland, Great people. They offer a large selection of fresh sausage, a few smoked sausage, 8 to 10 premade salads. I would stop here in a heartbeat.
The post is making me hungry, I just made one of the German sausage for lunch, I can't type and eat, see ya in a bit.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Foodbme)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:39:08 GMT

The names of the rigs are as interesting as the food!
My two favorites--- Shut Up and Eat & Dump Truck!
In the pictures of Shut Up And Eat, there's a rig beside him that's called "The Knuckle Sandwich"! That one makes the list too!!
The lady working in the Dump Truck is a Cutee!!!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:38:56 GMT

MrChips and Chefbuba, this is April 2012 listing of food carts that participated in the event. It looks like a fun event, the early tickets could be a way to go, what do you think. The pace gets crazy, the lines get long.....................pnwc

Eat Mobile, Portland’s Food Cart Festival, will be held at OMSI this year on Saturday April 28. Fifty different street food vendors will serve up samples of their creations to the throngs of fans who will eat it up while enjoying an adult beverages and some live music. All proceeds from the event go to Mercy Corp Northwest’s local economic development program which assists entrepreneurs in securing funds for small businesses, including food carts.
Carts participating in this year’s event include 808 Grinds, Artigiano, Altengartz Bratwurst, Aybla Grill, Batavia, Bagel & Box, Blues City Biscuits, Bora Bora, Briskets, Breakfast Lunch Today, Creperie du Lys, Dump Truck, El Gallo Taqueria, Emame’s Ethiopian, EuroTrash, Fifty Licks, FlavourSpot, Fuego de Lotus, Gamila, The Gaufre Gourmet, Hog Time, Hungry Heart Cupcakes, KOi Fusion, KURE, London Pasty Co., La Cocina de Chepe, Lardo, Mini Sandwich Shack, Mira’s Ladle, Oregon Ice Works, PBJs Grilled, PDX 671, PIE Spot, Rip City Grill, Robb’s Really Good Food, The Rolling Stoves Gimme Sandwich, Roshambo, So Cold Shaved Ice, Scoop, Shut Up and Eat, Sip, Snow White Crepe Cart, SomTum Gai Yang, Soup Cycle, Taco Pedaler, Timber’s Dog House PDX, Vietnamese Bánh Mi Sandwiches and Whiffies Fried Pies.
Wow! What a list. There are some new players here as well as some of Portland’s favorites. Tickets are now on sale for $18 for GA and $47 for Pre-Tasting VIP hour. All tickets include food. Tickets are available at Willamette Week’s offices, OMSI, or online at OMSI.Edu.
Eat Mobile 2012
Saturday, April 28, 6-9:30pm; pre-tasting from 5-6pm
OMSI Parking Lot

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (chefbuba)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:59:40 GMT

Whole fresh Albacore can be had for $2-3 lb.....Loins about $7lb
Ling Cod, Rockfish etc $6-8 Fresh Dungeness Crab $5.99 lb

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:21:53 GMT

Mar, I wish you kept the property and built a 5 bedroom beach cottage, I would have liked spending my summers at the beach. I looked at property in that area a few years back, I think I would go a bit more South, the tourist's are cramming into Cannon beach, there is only so much room.
I always check the prices of fish while I'm on the coast, , it drives me crazy that between Seattle ( Pikes Market ) the prices are nuts, Salmon $25 to $30 a lb, Halibut, and Cod sky high. The Salmon here is $19.95, I for got what the Cod and Halibut is, maybe Chefbuba can shed some light on how much the retail prices are now. I never pay more than $10 lb for any fish, I wait for the Copper River run, I feel the taste and Quality of that salmon is great. I wait a few weeks after the run starts, then buy it for $8 lb. Craig what is the price of Halibut, Cod or even Tuna in your area ??????????

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (mar52)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:25:01 GMT

Bill... exactly! Nice to hear that it's still nice. It was an empty lot when it was mine.... covered with berry plants that we were required to cut back every year.

Blackberry, if I remember correctly. Nasty stickers in them.

I thoroughly enjoyed your report, Bill. Well done!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:09:31 GMT

chefbuba

The crab is very good right now. I got some last week, the legs were plump, juicy and sweet.
I'm a poor man though. I had to crack my own.

I was wondering who was leaving all the cracked crab shells on the beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:54:35 GMT

mar52

Tremendously Great Feel Good Thread!

I love Cannon Beach. I owned the southwest corner of Hemlock and Susitna before selling it to buy my business. (South of town that I now hear has become a tourist trap)

Had dreams of building a home there. If I walked to the corner I could "then" see Haystack.

If the ice cream shop is still in town they have wonderful berry ice cream in the summer and even peppermint candy ice cream. Peppermint makes a wonderful hot fudge sundae.

See any Puffins? I think Sealy might need a Puffin friend.

HI Mar, the property you owned was three blocks from Tolovana State park, Moe's Restaurant, as far as I know it's still a nice area.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Foodbme)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:24:39 GMT

Pancho,
If you're anywhere near Big Sky, MT, (South of I-90) suggest you stop at a fellow Roadfood'ers place:
Buck's T4 Lodge & Dining.
http://www.buckst4.com/
They have a GREAT Menu!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (chefbuba)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:13:14 GMT

The crab is very good right now. I got some last week, the legs were plump, juicy and sweet.
I'm a poor man though. I had to crack my own.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (mar52)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:53:20 GMT

I forgot to comment on your container of crab claw meat.

DAMNNNNNNN!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (mar52)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:52:53 GMT

Tremendously Great Feel Good Thread!

I love Cannon Beach. I owned the southwest corner of Hemlock and Susitna before selling it to buy my business. (South of town that I now hear has become a tourist trap)

Had dreams of building a home there. If I walked to the corner I could "then" see Haystack.

If the ice cream shop is still in town they have wonderful berry ice cream in the summer and even peppermint candy ice cream. Peppermint makes a wonderful hot fudge sundae.

See any Puffins? I think Sealy might need a Puffin friend.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:30:13 GMT

This is the last day on the coast, Mollie's last Hurrah before school starts. It's a beautiful day on the coast, sunshine and warm temps. Joyce and I get breakfast early, Mollie drags out of bed around 9AM. We get Mollie moving fast, get to the beach early, while doing a bit of window shopping on the way. Window shopping with Mollie is like, Papa look at this, Papa come here, Papa, Papa, can't you just once look. We haven't eaten for about an hour, so everyone is starving, no way would this family make it in a Third world country. We walk by
Joyce and Mollie yell "they have maple bars"

They are both sucking down maple bars and I'm looking. and looking, GGGEEEZZZZZZZZZ everything looks great.So I pick out a

How could anything with Cinnamon and sugar be bad, I would eat my sneaker if it had Cinnamon & sugar on it.
This bakery makes real good donuts, While I was paying I noticed they also have Danish pastries on the side counter. This is a nice clean bakery, the gal behind the counter was real nice, although she looked at me kind of strange when I took a picture of the donut, I get this look a lot.
After a walk on the beach, the girls still had a few things they wanted at the Outlet Mall, I still have a few dollars left on my Visa card. We always pick one day on the coast to buy some Sushi, Dungeness Crab legs and Sourdough bread to have for lunch. This is the Tuna Sushi from a Sushi Take out place at the mall. The Tuna is real fresh and the Shrimp Sushi is loved my Mollie and Joyce.

We went back to Bell Buoy, this time to the Fish market side. This is what most people buy. They would sit on the beach, crack the crab and suck out the tender pieces of succulent tender pieces of pure white goodness. Sounds a bit Romantic, doesn't it !!!

This is what Lazy asses like me do:

This is what $40 worth of Crab legs look like:

and a loaf of Sourdough bread.

The Crab legs with a squeeze of fresh lemon dipped in homemade cocktail sauce was to die for. The Sushi was good and fresh, while we dipped them into a wasabi shoyu dipping sauce.
We, are now headed over to Cannon beach, this is a small town about 10 miles from Seaside. I figured the girls would like the small upscale shops this town offers. This is a fun town, we use to stay here, but, Seaside offers more entertainment for Mollie. This is more of an older crowd, with most of the shopping catering to them. I did find a Taffy making store that Mollie and I watched through the window as they pulled the taffy through the machine.

His shirt says to "Keep calm and Candy on: so we did , we went and got some Tillamook ice cream. I like my fillings where they are.

Mollie yelled, Papa I'll be in here, Go figure .........

Cannon Beach is a real pretty town and beach, these are a few stock pictures, and some I took of the beach and town.

Had to stop for a slice.......

This day was filled with touring around the area, enjoying the views, just letting Mollie have some fun shopping and spending some time walking on the beach.
This is the last day at on the Coast, we are headed back Through Portland tomorrow morning. Mollie will be at the Arcade later on tonight trying to win a thousand tickets. This is a long post, I promise...

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:20:54 GMT

Joe, I can only wish to be as good as Tom someday, when his finger hits the button of a camera, it's magical.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (joerogo)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:19:34 GMT

Hey Chef, I would love to follow in your footsteps. Great report and pictures(did you hire Chewy to take the pics for you?) No wineries? A lot of fantastic vino in that area.

Nice review of ChefBuba. Chef, you food looks awesome!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:35:31 GMT

Pancho, Thanks for the kind words. It looks like you have already went to a few of Portlands favorites........Take a looks these and see what you think............. Bunk Sandwiches, Apizza Scholls, Lardo ( Food cart) Build to Grill ( Food cart) Pizza Italia, The Waffle window, Otto's Sausages, City Market........Have a nice trip home, are you traveling back through the Columbia River Gorge ???

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (Pancho)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:09:05 GMT

Fantastic report and pics! I'm actually heading out to PDX tomorrow to get my daughter. She graduated from Lewis&Clark in May and has been working all summer. I'm bringing her back to WI and she leaves for a teaching job in Spain in October.
We always hit Pine State and I always get the Reggie! She lives right across from Pok Pok and we will eat there again as well. We also like Toro Bravo and we love this Cuban place.
http://www.pambiche.com/
and of course all the great food carts! Heading back here through Sun Valley, ID, Jackson Hole and the Tetons, Yellowstone, Livingston, MT, Beartooth Highway, Red Lodge, MT, Little Big Horn Battlefield and home. Thanks for the great report!

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:47:32 GMT

Mollie, wants to go to the Aquarium, she has only been there about 15 times over the years. This is the birth place of Sealy, so it is a special place. I'm still trying to figure out why my birth place wasn't all that special when we traveled to from NYC to Boston last month. Mollie likes to feed the seals and tour the aquarium for an hour or two.

Lewis and Clark, I think they were the first ones to have Fish and Chips here.

Hanging Baskets are all over town.

Mollie, just because:

Pictures of the beach:

We stopped at Bell Buoy fish market, there is a small Fish and Chip place, owned by them, right next door. We have been coming here for about 4 years, they have the best Battered Halibut in the area.

Joyce and Mollie shared the 5 pc Halibut and Chips & cole slaw. They enjoyed the Halibut, the outside was crispy and the fish was nice and tender:

I had the Captains plate, it was a pc of Halibut, Cod, Salmon, two large shrimp,two oysters, and a Razor Clam, with fries and Cole Slaw for $16.95. This was great, the seafood was fresh, crispy, and cooked to perfection.

Mollie, said the fish was great, Sealy has always been a seafood lover. When we first came to Blue Buoy, The girl who works here, was about to have her baby 4 yrs ago. Shes a Great gal, does a great job. This is a Family owned business, the owners, Jon and Terry and great people, no reason to look any place else for great Fish and Chips, They serve the freshest seafood in town. They also make their own Tartar sauce and Cocktail sauce. They also have the Razor Clam commercial rights for this part of the coast.

Back to the Hotel, it has been a cool day, Mollie is ready for a swim, Papa is ready for the hot tub, Life is good. I leave you with a sunset at Seaside, hoping your day was as good as ours.
We will be back tomorrow, for our last day on the Oregon Coast.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (chefbuba)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:56:41 GMT

Like you said, the Amaroso rolls are top notch. I tried to get a couple of local bakeries to duplicate something close, but the cost was out of line.

My broad liner delivers three days a week, so keeping a supply on hand is not a problem.
Bottom line, they are a good product and my customers like them.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (eruby)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:26:49 GMT

Great report and excellent picture pnwchef.

I find it interesting the Curbside Grill uses Amoroso rolls. While the Philly rolls are top notch, I'd think they could find a local bakery to get rolls. Or maybe Amoroso has a location out west.

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (pnwchef)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:36:38 GMT

mar52

Bill, if you're still hungry (and in Astoria) after all those sandwiches (you did eat all of the, didn't you?) head over to...
The Ship Inn

http://www.shipinn-astoria.com/The_Ship_Inn.html

It's right on the Columbia. I had the best fried, beer battered halibut there that I've ever had.

Down the street from there you can pick up some chunk of varied smoked fish. Great to snack on while driving.

Mar, this place looks a bit to British for me, I don't even eat their food in England. When we travel through London, I eat Indian or any other foods from Europe. I don't think it say's much for British food when their national dish is Chicken Tikka Masala. We will be taking Mollie through Europe next year, She is a great little traveler.
I have noticed the fish has gone up a lot in the last few years, the prices in the fish markets are crazy. Most of the fish and Chip places are $14 to $16 for Halibut. But imho there is nothing like a fresh piece of halibut, battered dipped, fried to a golden brown, with the sea air hitting you in the face.................Bill

Re:Trip to Portland, Oregon & the Oregon Coast (chefbuba)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:16:01 GMT

Fish isn't on the menu, but run as a special when the price is right....
Getting to know the right guys for fish (port is 2 miles away)