beast

Last Saturday night, Nana and I checked out the new place from Naomi Pomeroy of RIPE and Clark/Lewis fame- BEAST. It was anything but beastly - it was utterly fantastic. We loved every single bite we tried.

The menu . . .

* delicata squash soup with seared foie gras
* charcuterie plate: chicken liver mousse, country pork and fig terrine, pickled egg, celery root saladhouse pickles
* oregon venison pot-pie with hedgehog, chanterelle, and porcini mushroomsgroundwork brussels sprouts, candied heirloom lemonswhipped potatoes (this was the highlight - amazing!)
* market greens, heirloom apple and beet saladbanyuls-filbert vinaigrette

*cave aged taleggio (Lombardi, IT.)buckwheat crepeoregon wild flower honeyduck fat toasted chestnuts
OR
cinnamon creme brulee, fig and pomegranate saladwhipped creme fraiche, anise and fleur de sel shortbread (we each got one and tried them both).

I can't wait to go back. It's the kind of place you'd love to bring all your friends to and sit together at the communal tables. The wine by the glass was perfectly selected and the waitstaff warm and very accomodating.

We were supposed to head to a movie afterwards but the dinner was just so good we headed home and talked about it rather than rush on to the next activity.

I love living in Portland.