NOT THAT I'M REALLY A PERSONAL FAN OF THAT OBJECTIVIST UP AT TANUKI, BUT $45 COULD GET YOU AN EVEN MORE AMAZING CHEFS CHOICE AT HER PLACE THAN YOU'LL LIKELY GET AT THIS EVENT.

AS SOMEONE SAID IN REGARDS TO FEAST, FOR THE $650 PRICE OF A TICKET YOU COULD EAT FULL MEALS AT EVERY BEARD NOMINATED RESTAURANT IN THE CITY.

Finally, a festival for those of us who can never remember where Biwa is.

@Graham, sure - if you're drinking water. The festival has booze.

Also: if anyone is burning to tell me their favorite and least favorite Japanese joints in Portland, DO SO.

Least favorite is pretty difficult to choose, although Mio is pretty consistently awful.