May 21, My Birthday - Dinner and Play

Before going to the play Doubt (which we recommend), we had dinner at Ten01, (1001 NW Couch St.) which is just a block away from Portland Center Stage. Scott and Shana love to come here when they are in town and I finally got there. Scott reads the pastry chef Jeff McCarthy's blog titled I Make Dessert which is in my list of recommended blogs.

Everyone is given a little container of steak tartare on top of panna cotta with a slice of Parmesan cheese to start out.
Robert's gin gimlet took on a different look and taste; he liked it. I had a Manhattan and determined that they taste better IN Manhattan.

Chilled Spring Vegetable and Cucumber Gazpacho - lemon oil, dungeness crab, lemon creme fraiche. We loved it.



I had Sauteed Alaskan Halibut - poached shrimp, chick peas, beech mushrooms, spring garlic broth

Robert selected Carlton Farms Pork Loin - cannellini beans, cured Italian tomatoes, ham hocks, fines herbs
Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding -salted caramel ice cream, dark rum sauce