The Snobby Couple

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Happy Hour: The Woodsman

There’s nothing like having a drink after a long day of work! This place is located off SE Division and 46th. You know your neighborhood is getting gentrified when an upscale yuppy restaurant opens up. It’s OK though, I’ll forgive this place since, I really like their decor, they’re a small (new) business and the drinks/food was great. We didn’t eat there for dinner and instead ate at the bar. I remember what we ate but not what we drank! The drinks were great though, I mean, I can’t remember it being bad lol. For food we only got the french fries with sriracha mayonnaise sauce. It was good but we could definitely make the same thing at home for free (it was $4!). Overall the place is nice but I guess we’ll have to check out the actual dinner in order to have a concrete opinion about it.

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What’s For Breakfast?: The Waffle Window

Waffle Window
Hawthorne

If you’re in Portland and you haven’t tried the Waffle Window at least once, I dare ask, UH WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE??? This place is located on SE 36th and Hawthorne street on the side of Bread and Ink. I had the Spicy Bacon Cheddar Jalapeno Waffle and Hourt sitting across from me had a special waffle they were serving that day. To be honest I don’t remember what he got because this photo was taken months ago BUT I do know that we both had delicious waffles and that’s pretty much all you need to know to convince you to go try it out for yourself.

It was also quickly shown on the show Portlandia. Watch the clip below! And if you haven’t heard of the show Portlandia…um.. dude. Educate yourself.

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The couches look comfortable and WOW look at that view!

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Date Night: Beer & a Movie

Baghdad Theater on Hawthorne

Hourt and I went here a couple of times for our date nights to watch movies that were released months ago for just $3. On this night we watched 50/50 with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. Aside from the movie being utterly amazing (comedy genius those two, and my goodness did I cry buckets at the end), the fact that we could drink a pitcher of beer for $3 and get happy hour food is an added plus! It’s also owned by the McMennamins pub chain here in Portland so they have their beers on draft (my favorite is the Ruby!). It’s definitely a nice place to watch a movie for cheap with a cold glass of beer in hand! This theater is located in SE but we’ll probably make a drive out there once we get a car.

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Dining Out: Christmas dinner at Radio Room

Radio Room on Christmas day 2011

Both Hourt and I had the steak dinners at Radio Room, which was part of their special holiday menu for that evening. It was so good and flavorful, I ate the whole thing - no leftovers! The ambiance of the restaurant was hip, trendy and very Portland-esque. To kind of give a description of what Portland-esque is, I would say the indie music playing through the speakers, the coffee bar AND the liquor bar, topped off with a bonfire outside are all reminiscent of a Portland atmosphere. The bonfire only because it’s cold up here…not because we always start fires? Hope that makes sense HA!

This past holiday season was the first time Hourt and I spent away from our family and friends back in California. We couldn’t make the trip back due to our work schedules. Hourt works at Nike and had work the days after the holidays and I work at the Oregonian Newspaper so I worked on the holidays. Hourt works at the Oregonian too and covered some of those holidays so overall, we had no days off to leave for vacation. It was definitely an experience to be able to just have each other to spend the holidays with. It was lonesome at first, on Thanksgiving where we ate dinner at Aquariva, an Italian restaurant in SW. But by the time Christmas rolled around and then New Year’s Eve, we were able to enjoy the freedom of spending time with only each other. I think next year we’ll plan ahead, buy plane tickets early and spend at least one holiday back home with our families.

We still have the Lunar New Year this weekend, which I hope we’ll end up going out for. Maybe go to a Chinese restaurant! :)

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Dining in: Stroganoff

This is another meal we had during one of our first nights at our new place. I’ve been wanting to eat stroganoff since Hourt’s mom made it for a lunch we had together. That luncheon was the first time I met her and let me tell you, she is one intimidating lady. Although nothing compared to Hourt’s grandma. I still think she hates me. Anyway, she made some yummy stroganoff for lunch that day and since then I wanted to eat an exact replica of her cooking. My take on stroganoff before I tried hers was limited to Hamburger Helper’s. I know, not exactly the healthiest nor tastiest version but hey, I’m not exactly the most adventurous cook out there.

Thanks for another delicious meal, love! :)

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Dining in: Sinigang na Baboy

Hourt isn’t Filipino, but he does a damn good job of making Filipino dishes. Of course I’m biased because I’m the only other person that eat’s his dishes as well as, uh I’m his girlfriend. But despite those underlying reasons to eat his food, I absolutely love his take on the Filipino Sinigang na Baboy. He adds pineapples, which I guess technically makes it this Cambodian dish (the name escapes me at this moment!), and the addition makes the dish not exactly like the typical sour element of Sinigang but it’s just as tasty, and unique.

We weren’t able to make this dish at our old place because our housemate (who was mostly our landlord) had a sensitive nose and the smell of the dish didn’t agree with her. Perhaps because I grew up with the smell of Sinigang and other various Asian dishes that I couldn’t really tell the difference so I never understood why it affected her senses so much. Now that we’ve moved out and live in our own place, we can make and eat any smelly dish we want! This photo was taken during one of our first dinners in our new place.

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