Portland, Oregon

Howard and Lan flew over to the West Coast to visit Portland, Oregon, and gave Tina and I a good reason to go see the city for the first time.  We spent the first day walking around the farmer's market at Portland State University, which was huge and took up much of the campus.  After eating some delicious Sin Dog Cinnamon Roll from Dave's Killer Bread and home-made biscuits from Pine State Biscuits, we decided to burn off what we ate by going for a hike around the Eagle Creek area.  It was a beautiful day for a hike, so it worked out well.

We easily became hungry again after our hike, so we checked out some of the "food pods" that were around the city.  These were just parking lots that had food trucks camped out daily (at least on the weekends).  It provided a good opportunity to try a little from one truck and a little from another, because they were all in one convenient location.

Tina at one of the food pods.  We didn't try anything from The Honey Pot, but it all looked good.

Our dinner - bits and pieces from the various food trucks.

We had to leave by noon the following day, so that only gave us time to grab brunch and walk for a bit.  We ate at Kenny & Zuke's Deli, which I enjoyed.  They had pretty good bagels and pastrami, which is what they are known for.

Group picture.

Tina ordered cheese blintzes, which were essentially crepes filled with a ricotta-like cheese topped with fruits and sour cream.  She really liked them.