The Pigeon has wings…
Wow. Another tremendous meal at Portland’s Le Pigeon tonight. Martha & Pirrie are out of town, so i soloed at the bar and feasted on chef Gabe Rucker’s insanely good and hedonistic delights. He started me off with a dish simply called “Sweetbreads” – which were done up à la Buffalo Wings – hot sauce, blue cheese, slaw – I just looked at him after the first bite and said “genius”.
Then he followed with “Pork” – this time a slow-roasted fist-size hunk of Pork shoulder, spoon tender and ridiculously delicious, with roasted brocoli and a tomato reduction over a polenta cake. So insanely good and rich – I couldn’t finish it, but left a very happy diner!
Gabe and his GM/Wine Director Andy Fortgang are joining us for a winemaker dinner down at the Steamboat Inn on the Umpqua river in southern-central Oregon – the date is March 21st – contact Steamboat directly to see if there are still any seats available – this one will rock your world (not to mention it’s one of the most beautiful settings on the planet.)
I suppose I can let the cat out of the bag – Chef Rucker will be cooking our pre-IPNC dinner at the winery this year in July – we are mega-excited, to say the least. Watch this space and your email for details later in the spring…
And here’s Chelsea’s didier Drogba, scorer of the winner against Juventus today…
