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Serge Birbrair -> Portland restaurants - day 2: Hope and Change, Change and Hope (8/9/2008 9:21:51 PM)
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The Veritable Quandary
is a long family tradition. My step daughter lost her virginity there, well, sort of. She was the vegetarian and I corrupted her to try fish for the first time there. She is a vegetarian no more.
We had TRUE BLIND TASTING tonight. My wife's aunts are both legally blind and they call the wines like it is, labels have no effect on them, always fun to drink with them both.
The food.
Menu changes quite often but....seems like the chef is afraid of taking chances and stays withing traditional menu.
I had Dungeon Crab salad with avocado and while all the ingredients were quite good on their own, the salad failed to make an integrated dish, very disjoint.
My Osso Bucco was also far from perfection, I got used to much better rendition by MikeW at home. Him buying cuts via internet at $35 a pop and slow cooking them in his special sauces makes lots of difference.
Pro's:
corkage fee is only $10 and it was waved when I swept our waitress off her feet with 1996 Barolo we brought
The place is in the center, plenty of parking though
Lots and lots of tables outside
Decent and normally priced wine list
Con's - the food is good but not very exciting or memorable, we are taking blind aunts to the lesbians the next year. I doubt anybody will hit on them, they both look like a very nice 70 years old devoted couple!
Nothing to report about breakfast places, our family members insist we have brunch with them and we oblige.
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