Eating Out in Portland: Savory Adventures

While I’ve already covered the many bites of sugary goodness we consumed on our weekend trip to Portland, OR, I’d be remiss to not also talk about the other, more savory meals we experienced while there. I can’t really categorize these, since a lot of the time we were eating at random times (when hungry or just when near somewhere we’d heard of), but if you take away nothing else, know that Portland does not lack for tasty food options.

Our first day, we lunched at Afuri Ramen & Dumpling, which we wandered into after gorging ourselves on VooDoo Doughnut offerings next door.

Eating Out in Portland: Pastries & Sweets

A few weeks ago, the Boy took me on a weekend trip to Portland, OR – my first visit despite being a short plane ride away. From the beginning, the main item on my agenda was the same one that’s usually at the top of my list when traveling  – eating! In fact, we ate so much in two days that I’m breaking it up into two posts – starting with all the sugary goodness we shoved into our faces.

Donuts

Portland is a haven for every trendy food available (though  we did not try what was apparently the current hot trend – craft jello shots), with dueling donut shops scattered prominently across the city. We hit up two of the hallmarks: VooDoo Doughnut and Blue Star.

Eating Out in Madrid

There are so many reasons I love to travel, but I’m not gonna lie to you, a big one of them is eating. For any given trip, before we go I have crafted a list of more eateries in the chosen location than any one person would be able to visit in a lifetime, let alone a few days. Large segments of the trip itself are spent debating where we should eat next, and Yelp/TripAdvisor are always close at hand (for the record, I found TripAdvisor more helpful in Spain and Morocco).

Madrid was no exception to this food-centric rule – while our jet lag sometimes had us eating at weird times, we nevertheless did our damnedest to enjoy all the treats the city had to offer. Here are a few of the highlights…

Eating Out in Madrid: DiverXo

So, I started to write up a post with some of our eating highlights from our trip to Madrid last year and quickly realized that first, I had to give DiverXo its own post. DiverXo is a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Madrid’s Tetuán neighborhood, a little ways outside the city center (we used the subway to get out there and a cab to get back). It is the work of quite-possibly-insane Chef David Muñoz, and if you hate those unending dinners with a bunch of little dishes, you won’t like DiverXo. Luckily, I very much enjoy those dinners, so while often bizarre and definitely indulgent, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Upon entering DiverXo, you quickly realize what you’re in for.

Eating Out: PYT

The Boy and I ended up at P.Y.T. as we traveled through downtown one day and were hungry (I think we were on the way back home from a nearby staycation and brunch was in order). The place is very “downtown LA,” with a bit of chic warehouse feel, high ceilings, and lots of light (and an enviable fiddle leaf fig tree).