The Golden Dish has reviewed Pai Men.
The next dish was revelatory. Listed under ramen, “mazeman” was a breathtaking bowl filled with scallops, aka miso dashi — a luxurious soup broth enriched with spicy porchetta, yam croquettes, miso cured egg, uni cream, wakame and menma (seaweed and simmered bamboo shoots). This was certainly the evening’s highlight…
If My Coaster Could Talk has written a piece about Industrial Way and the role it plays as an incubator for new Portland breweries.
There is a special neighborhood in Portland, Maine, one that’s developing a pretty solid brewing history, a place that has seen a brewery start up and become one of Maine’s most successful, a place that has seen small startup breweries find their place in the Maine beer scene, pack up and move on to bigger and better things and has also been a place that has seen a brewery close its doors and now is witnessing a new batch of young breweries entering the market.
D.L. Geary, Allagash and New England Distilling are all in that neighborhood. Rising Tide, Maine Beer Co. and Bull Jager started out there, and now Bissell, Austin Street and Foundation Brewing are continuing the tradition.
The new episode of Joe Ricchio’s show Off the Wagon is now online. In this episode Joe visits Oxbow for their fall festival, Goods from the Woods.
Map & Menu has published a list of their favorite meals from 2013.
The food scene in Portland outdid itself once again last year with plenty of new openings and the continued excellence of many of the city’s existing establishments. And while we tried our best to continue eating our way through town, keeping up proved to be a very tough undertaking. It’d be almost impossible to list all of our favorites, but from our meals of the past year, here are a few of the memorable ones that stood out to the two of us.
Photo Credit: Map & Menu
In the latest entry from Immigrant Kitchens, Lindsay Sterling learns how to make Sudanese Gheema from Ekhlas Ahmed (read the story, get the recipe and see the photos).
Booze, Fish & Coffee has reviewed the C-Squared restaurant at the new Westin.
C2 at The Westin Portland Harborview, Portland, ME — Do you know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby. You can’t bring this kind of food here and hope to compete with the amazing restaurants in this town. While not truly horrible, C2 is just kind of…meh. We’re in Portland, Maine, a wondrous playground of dynamite local seafood and world-class farm-to-table choices, not to mention a craft beer scene that’s exploding right now. But at C2, you’d never know it. The menu is uninspired, a collection of ho-hum offerings that are perhaps a step above the national chain restaurants, but not much above.
The Great Lost Bear and Novare Res along with Ebeneezer’s in Lovell Maine have once again made it on to Draft magazine’s annual list of America’s 100 Best Beer Bars.
Coffee by Design is delaying the opening of their new East Bayside cafe until March according to a report from the Bangor Daily News.
Coffee pilgrims will have to wait a few more months to see what a futuristic java joint looks like. Portland roaster Coffee By Design has delayed the opening of its new Diamond Street cafe until March.
“We have fixtures still being built, product selections to finalize, folks traveling to coffee farms for harvest,” said owner Mary Allen Lindemann.
The Press Herald has published a bar review of Boda,
Most of the house cocktails are $8 and all but the Winter Manhattan are under $10. In keeping with an authentic Thai “street food” theme, the drink menu seems to use a variety of traditional Thai spices and ingredients and you get the sense that the drink menu was created with humor and ease.
and a review of the new Mainely Wraps on Fore Street.
There are a lot of places to grab lunch in the Old Port. Some are ho-hum, others are great but maybe serve a little bit more than what you want for just a quick lunch.
Mainely Wraps lies in the happy middle, offering delicious, creative sandwiches fast and at reasonable prices.
Love Cupcakes (website, facebook, twitter) have put their business up for sale. The owners asking for $52,000 or best offer. The sale includes, 2 food trucks, as well as the business itself as well as their website and social media properties.