Along with 29 others lucky enough to buy a ticket before they sold out, I went yesterday to the kick-off of Pocket Brunch. The excellent 5-course meal by Josh Potocki and Joel Beauchamp and guest chef Rocco Salvatore Talarico consisted of:
- Chilled corn soup/melon dots/basil ice/crispy serano
- Broadturn tomato/sheep’s milk ricotta salata/basil/mint/fried lemon panko
- Pork belly/black pepper custard/quail yolk/potato/turnip radish salw/toast
- Buttermilk fried frogs legs/lavendar lemon jelly/parsley shooter/garlic chips
- long pepper rosettes/walnut panna cotta/black and sweet caramel jellies/Korean chili sauce
Coffee was from a new Portland-based nano-roastery, Temperance Coffee Roasters which has the tagline “Coffee Roasted with Fear and Conviction”.
The next Pocket Brunch on the calendar is scheduled for September 2 when the guest chefs will be Aki and Alex from the highly regarded blog Ideas in Food. Tickets are available online.
I was one of the lucky ones as well. What a treat! Just a note – the Pocket Brunch chefs are Josh Potocki and Joel Beauchamp with Rocco Salvatore Talarico as Guest Chef. Well done all around and looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for the note. I’ve updated the post to include mention of Josh & Joel.
i was there and i must say was simply the best….
I was also one of the lucky ones; an absolute treat. Don’t forget Nathaniel’s killer cocktails!
Shel,
I wish I had known you were there so we could have met in person. Will you be at the next one in September?
I was thinking the same. Not sure about September but can let you know when i figure it out.
All around this brunch was AMAZING!
So amazing! The frog legs were ridiculously good!!