FOOD EVENT!
28 fEAST
E 28th from NE Glisan to SE Stark, Wednesday July 9, 5-9 pm
Dying to try all those new restaurants on the miracle mile but lacking the necessary funds? Well your dream is about to come true. For the foreseeable future, restaurants from Pambiche, to Navarre, to Taqueria Nueve, to Holman’s, Esparza’s, to Starky’s will be providing small plates of food for small prices on the second Wednesday of every month. It’s a lot like an artwalk except you chow down. Check out this month’s 28 fEAST before this thing blows up like first Thursday and you can’t find a parking spot for two hours. KS
Pho Jasmine
714 N Killingsworth, 283-0398
The menu at Pho Jasmine is a mixture of traditional Vietnamese, Thai, and Chinese fare. Winning starters include of golden deep-fried shrimp and vegetarian salad rolls. The shrimp delightfully large and crunchy, and the rolls imbued with fresh mint. The Pho is also excellent, the broth breathily complex with its mixture of spices and lean beef. The spicy lemongrass chicken entrée is one to try with a smokey, coconutty flavor that doesn’t mask the lemongrass and is served atop a bed of freshly grilled green peppers, onions, and bamboo shoots. For the veggie, the Vegetarian Hotpot has an array of veggies, a gingery sauce, and both gluten and tofu. LC
La Calaca Comelona
2304 SE Belmont, 239-9675
At Calaca, the meat is the focus of most dishes, reminding the carnivores of why we eat meat: Here, the tacos can simply be eaten for the smoky flavor of the meat. Try the oven-roasted pork (Carnitas) or steak tacos; both are tender and fabulous. The grilled dinners offer another visit to the land of tasty meat. The Alambre dinner is a grilled combo of mozzarella, onion, green pepper, steak, and bacon. The meal is an entire platter filled with this salty blend, and served with corn tortillas. La Calaca also offers eight creative dinners: mole with blackberries, a quesadilla filled with red snapper; chile relleno stuffed with fruit, meat, and vegetables. KS