Night out on the town with my main squeeze!

well hello there everyone! its been a few weeks! Probably even longer. Its been pretty hard lately to find some "me" time and do what i love and enjoy besides working with animals and eating =) Sadly, to say this might be my last post for about 6 months or you won't see a new post from me as often as i usually have been doing. I need to focus more on myself and my future. And that you may ask is what? Besides the main goal i would love to reach is to become a well known food blogger BUT that would never happen anytime soon so my second runner up is purchasing my first home with my main man, my best friend. Its time to put my big girl panties on. =) Enough about me and my whole life story, shit gets boring after awhile when you read about someone elses boring life huh? =p My boyfriend decided to treat us out to a nice fancy dinner on Monday as our last shabang. So what restaurant did I decide to pick!? OX!! freakin love that place! its spendy but SO worth it and so worth the wait.. Got dolled up for the night and headed out way. We drove up to the restaurant and my big cheesy smile became a sad fown like a little child just figured out Santa Claus wasn't real. Saddest day of my life.. MONDAY = CLOSED!? booo... Next up on our list was Andina. Heard a lot about this place from my customers' at work and from my aunt Kristi. So we decided to give it a shot! The wait was only maybe like 15 minutes tops and this was without reservations also!

ADDRESS: 1314 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209 PHONE NUMBER: (503) 228-9535 HOURS: Monday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00–11:00 pm Tuesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00–11:00 pm Wednesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00–11:00 pm Thursday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00–11:00 pm Friday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00–11:00 pm Saturday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm – 12:00 am Sunday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm – 12:00 am WEBSITE: andinarestaurant.com

It was too full to sit in the bar or in the dining room but we got to sit downstairs in their "outdoor" seating. It looks like you're sitting outside downstairs because the doors look like little cafes and designed to look like youre sitting outside in a little cute neighborhood.

For my first drink I got the SACSAYHUAMÁN. It was so good! If you know me, I LOVE sweet and spicy cocktails! Especially FOOD!. This had habanero pepper vodka shaken with pureed passionfruit and cane sugar, served up with a sugar rim and cilantro leaf garnish YUMMMM!!! Second picture is my house made White wine Sangria with pineapples and oranges. Couldn't go wrong with that either!

For my entree I got the ARROZ CON PATO. A Peruvian dish with duck served two ways: crispy duck confit and duck breast pan-seared to order, paired with cilantro-infused rice, a savory-sweet passionfruit sauce and baby carrots. God, what more can you say!? This had my mouth watering till the very end! It was so flavorful.The little bits of peas worked so well in the rice also. The duck was no near dry, it was perfectly moist and had a crispy skin layer on the breast. The duck confit was so tender that the meat just fell off the bone! Gosh, just writing about it makes me crave it again! I was too late on taking a picture of Nate's dish. He loved it so much that he couldn't even save me one photo =( He got the CORDERITO DE LOS ANDES. which is the double rack of grass fed lamb. Grilled to order, and served with a Peruvian potato-two cheese timbale with a roasted pepper demi-glace. That also is to die for!!


I definitely would reccommend this place! Nate and I both enjoyed our dinner here and the service was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! The customer service was wonderful right when you stepped foot in the restaurant till the very end of your meal. And our waiter was so helpful and so friendly. You know when you can sense if they're being fake or actually being sincere? Yea, especially when you've been in the food industry for over 8 years. I definitely will probably go back and try their happy hour also!


And to end our great night we decided to stop by Salt & Straw which everyone knows I can care less about this place but since my boyfriend was paying.. I had no choice lol.

They also have a new 3rd location now! 3345 SE Division St Portland, OR. {503}208-2054 Their hours are still the same: 11 am - 11 pm.

I got their seasonal ice cream flavor. The goat cheese Marionberry habanero. Surprisingly it was really good! It had little chunks of creamy frozen goat cheese and lots of marionberry blended in the one scoop of ice cream and at the very end it had that hint of spice from the habanero. The perfect amount of sweet and spicy. But since i'm a sucker for spice, I think it couldve had a little more habanero in there. But overall, I was actually happy and left satisfied from this overrated ice cream shop =) My tummy left full and happy and thats the only thing that matters =) Until next time friends!

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♥L