Boke Bowl #3
Nov 23rd, 2010 by theculinaryaddict
Okay, its official our next boke bowl dinner will be next Monday, November 29th at the Cruzroom 2338 Ne Alberta form 6:30-10:30 (corner of 24th and Alberta). We are psyched and honored to cater Genoa and Accanto's private first year Anniversary Party from 5-6:30, then it is game on.
To better accommodate overflow, patrons will enter through the temporarily covered patio. The Cruzroom folks are setting up a bar, seating, and we'll have the menu available if there is a wait or, I suppose, you can eat right there. We're going to keep the menu relatively the same with a few minor adjustments. However, you can accessorize your ramen bowl with fried chicken, a slow poached egg, and pork belly so there are numerous combinations for your liking.
Here is the menu as it presently sits:
starters
pickles: assorted seasonal pickled vegetables, ginger-green onion rice, korean seaweed (serves 2) 7
butternut squash ginger rice cakes, braised duck, house kimchee 7
Korean fried chicken wings 8
steam buns (3)
grilled eggplant, pickled mustard sauce 6
char sui pork, cucumber, green onion 6
salad
warm califlower, brussels sprouts, house tofu with Thai vinaigrette 7
ramen
ramen choices feature hand made noodles, greens, mushrooms, butternut squash, and roasted waterchestnuts
seafood miso broth, olive oil poached shrimp 10
add miso black cod 3
add pork belly 2
add slow poached egg 1.5
pork and chicken broth, slow smoked pulled pork 9
add buttermilk fried chicken 3
add pork belly 2
add slow-poached egg 1.5
caramelized fennel broth, japanese eggplant, butternut squash rice cakes (vegan) 9
add miso black cod 3
add buttermilk fired chix 3
add pork belly 2
add slow poached egg 1.5
junior bokebowl - noodles, butternut squash, fresh waterchestnuts, choice of shrimp or pork 6
*sub gluten free yam noodles 1.5
boke twinkies
chocolate with almond star anise cream 1.5
vanilla with miso butterscotch 1.5
See you there!
Notes From The Culinary Addict:
Yogism from Sara Rose (my teacher): "to let go of the past.. not worry about the future...and to be in the moment without judgement...is yoga"
Recent 12-Step Meeting Quote: "Your only as sick as your secrets"
-Chris K has decided to take a leap of faith and check into rehab. I am so psyched for him. He is a great guy that who has a wonderful life ahead of him. Our whole crew will have his back.
-Tamer, the rock of the line, and the hottest guy in our crew, has taken a job in the Bahamas for the winter. He has been part of this from the start and will be sincerely missed, however, we plan on him coming back.
-The good news is Angela Favre (ex chef at Cafe Mingo and Violetta) will be filling in for Tamer. Angela 'aka sporty spice' and I worked together back in the day at Bluehour. I am REALLY looking forward to working with her again.
Kitchen Quotes:
1. Me: "Lindsey, thanks so much for covering Liz's shift today, and I'm sorry that I woke you up when I called."
Lindsey: "Yeah, I know it was 9 but....you know...the husband and I fired up the hot tub last night and cracked open the vodka."
2. Jamie :"Yeah, don't get me wrong, I love woman that are a bit crazy, but once they have a child, they are flat out nuts."
3. Jamie: "Chef, those silk pajamas you passed along to me are going to get me some tonight."
Me: "Yeah, all you need is a cigar and some slippers."
Search Engine Terms (words that lead someone to this blog for whatever reason) "drunk ass Santa"
Band Name of the Week: Meat Glue
Present Pandora Kitchen Selection: Blue Hawaiians
Early Recovery
Nov 5th, 2010 by theculinaryaddict
Early sobriety is horrible.
Normal people or 'normies' have a hard time understanding why or how an addict can continue to drink and use drugs while everything around them is crumbling. They simply can't relate. The closest analogy I can come up with is imagine the first time you fell deeply in love with a person, place or thing. Go back to that blissful infatuation of comforting warmth. Inside that warmth I found a security of well being. A place or unique feeling that no one could touch except myself and my lover. I rediscovered this feeling or state of being with the right combination of drugs and alcohol. Now imagine you are just about to experience that special feeling of warmth and comfort: the body starts to tingle, a wave of warmth and security is flushing through the body when WHAM it is suddenly stripped away and you are left terribly exposed, vulnerable, scared, and physically shaken. This is what early sobriety feels like.
As I exited the doors of rehab I suffered from excitable fear, a cloudy mind, and a bloated body. I had the 40 days of sobriety in a safe structured environment but once I re-entered into society I had very few tools to defend myself from living without the safety net of my previous habits. From the moment I woke up I needed something to take away the physical, mental, and emotional pain and fear that had become my life. I used drugs and alcohol in every waking moment of life. Thus, all my life's actions became associated with some form of substance. If I drove to the store I got high. I got high at work, on a plane, on a train, in stranger's house, while walking the dog, etc.... Thus, the first year was so fucking hard because I had to reprogram my complete way of being in conjunction with re-associating the simplest task to be completed without alcohol and drugs.
As I began to walk through my daily tasks sober without taking that first drink or hit I began to gain confidence in myself. SLOWLY, as I got through each task I would process my thoughts and feelings in a 12-step meeting or work out the anxiety on the yoga mat. Once I began re-associating my daily tasks with a sober eye, my newfound confidence began to nurture other aspects in my life that I had neglected: family, friends, and most importantly myself.
Today, 6+ years sober, I discover that feeling of blissful warmth on a daily basis. I find it in a smile, in a meeting, on the phone, on the yoga mat, and often with those closest to me. In sobriety I have learned that assurance, freedom, and security is directly correlated to my spiritual condition. I used to try to find my happiness in other places, persons, and substances. Presently, it comes from within. Thus, I am struck with a feeling of gratitude and acceptance of who I am. Having security with myself is one of the many gifts of sobriety.
Notes From The Culinary Addict:
Yogism from James (my teacher): "Yoga helps create the space that allows you to move from 2D to 3D."
Recent 12-step meeting quote: "My father was trying to leave the cocaine business when I was born which really set me up for success in life."
-I learned in rehab that it takes at least two years to completely detox the body of residual alcohol and drug toxins.
-I got so ill in rehab I had to sleep sitting up due to pneumonia like symptoms.
-The first year of recovery I averaged 4-5 hours a sleep, sweat through 1 shirt a night, went to a 12-step meeting daily, worked the 12 steps twice, and stayed away from most slippery situations.
-I went to 4-5 Bikram yoga classes a week, which was a HUGE component of my early recovery. Addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. Grasping onto positive life style changes (yoga, healthier eating, etc..) in conjunction with 12-step stuff has been crucial in my recovery.
-vote @eaterpdx for best chef http://bit.ly/daiRZc tim @silentpartnrpdx & chef andersen have brought @genoaPDX @accantoPDX back from dead
-Boke bowl had an unbelievable first night of a la carte service at the Cruz Room. Over 200 folks showed up and I want to personally thank each one of you. Details of the next dinner go the boke bowl blog.
-Search Engine Terms (words that lead someone to this blog for whatever reason):' santa claus wasted'
-Band Name of Week: Monk in a Pan
-Present Pandora Kitchen Selection: Heatmiser