AGLIOLIOLIOLIO

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio: Sauteed garlic and olive oil, fresh basil, red pepper flakes and parmesan.

Pastini Pastaria
1506 NW 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 595-1205

Pastini is a local Portland Italian chain. It's cheap, simple dining, like Italian fast food. Except a tad classier. It's always pretty good though for a hearty no nonsense meal.

BERRY GOOD

Blueberry Pancakes

Fuller's Coffee Shop
136 NW 9th
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 222-5608

I'm by far more of a waffle man (Belgian especially), but once in a while I crave a good stack of pancakes. Especially if there are blueberries in them.

POLLO

Seared chicken wrapped in prosciutto, over parmesan polenta & mushroom jus.

FRATELLI
1230 NW Hoyt St
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 241-8800
www.fratellicucina.com

This was my first time dining at Fratelli. The service was really slow, but the waitress nice enough, apologizing for the wait and eventually even not charging us for the wine.

I love proscuitto, and that was the main draw for me to try this dish. Sure enough, the prosciutto ended up being my favorite part of it. It was baked, so unlike your traditional antipasti prosciutto, this was crispy. You definitely wanna try to get a balance of all the elements here in each bite - chicken, a piece of the prosciutto, a little glob of polenta, all rolled around in the mushroom jus.

INTRODUCTION

Hi I'm Matt.

I love food.

Here is a photographic journal of stuff I eat.

Sometimes I'll write a little bit about the meal, sometimes I wont.

"Oishii" = Japanese for "delicious".

Mmmmmmmm!