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Saigon Kitchen 835 NE Broadway, 281-3669 3829 SE Division, 236-2312 Something I generally hold to be true is that it’s virtually impossible to fry cubes of tofu perfectly. Usually, either the cubes are cut too thick, and the pasty-white middle is squishy and mealy from undercooking… or they end up coming out something like potato […]

Sala 3200 SE Milwaukee Blvd, 235-6665 Recessions obviously suck, but they certainly weed out the crappy restaurants. It seems no one is willing to try a new place or eat mediocre food, when they can only eat out once every six months. So right now, if you see a packed place, you know it’s got […]

Am I News Savvy? So, you are enjoying a rather lovely dinner party when your host makes a passing reference to something or someone from the news. You freeze. Do you pretend to know who Osama bin Laden is? Or do you admit that you haven’t read a newspaper since sophomore civics? Perhaps it is […]

Michael’s Italian Beef and Sausage Company 1111 SE Sandy at Burnside, 230-1899 Beef, beef, I love beef! Tender, juicy, drippy, BEEF! Yes, it’s BEEF I love, and I’m not ashamed! I love BEEF stew, BEEF bourgogne, BEEFaroni…anything BEEF! But I especially love a big honkin’ slab of roasted beef, drip, drip, drippin’ in its own […]

Am I the Second Coming? Well, it’s the holiday season, a time of year when many of us can’t help but reflect on the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus H. Christ. As we do, it is completely normal for us to search our own lives for clues of heavenly influence and divine powers. […]

Portland Steak & Chophouse 121 SW 3rd St, 223-6200 Cheap and highbrow are two things I’m always looking for in a restaurant. Not because I’m cheap and not because I’m a snob, but because it’s nice every once in a while to get your meal without waiting for someone to call your number. That’s why […]

Casba 201 NW Davis 971-544-0875 The Mediterranean: I long to travel there in order to scope the devilishly hot Greek men. But, being completely broke, I’m well aware that such travelling isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Instead, I will take comfort in their fine cuisine. Casba’s menu is half-authentic, with some splendid Mediterranean specialties, […]

Do I Have What it Takes to be an Airport Screener? As our nation enters this new era of shiftless anxiety, many folks feel the call to come to the aid of their country. Some will become firefighters. Some, police officers. Some will join the service, work in flag factories, or sell Ford Tempos at […]

Restaurant Russia 6433 SE Foster 771-8873 At Restaurant Russia, I ordered a meat platter appetizer for $7 that promised cuts of sausage and pork. Instead, a plate of thinly sliced fish arrived–herring, salmon, sardines–with spines and bones still intact. It was as if the fish had been run, still alive, through a Cuisinart. Unlike Thai […]

Poultry On Film As another Thanksgiving Day rolls around, now is a good time as any to think about what the holiday means to us. To me, it means poultry. And there’s nothing that whets my appetite for turkey sandwiches, goose-liver pate, and McDonald’s Chicken Tenders like a good movie about our fine feathered friends. […]