(YOUR KITCHEN GARDEN LEEK CHOWDER with ham hock and brown butter croutons)

Choosing which restaurants to go to in Portland was hard. I figured I would start with the places that I own cookbooks from. Wildwood was one of those places.
We went in the afternoon around 2 so there would be less people but still lunch to help keep costs down. We sat in the bar as that had the best light(always with the lighting ;) ). We got great one on one attention from the bartender who was also our waiter.
I loved everything about my meal there. I started with the leek and ham chowder which I tried to recreate. That followed by the ham and gruyere pizza which I also made a version of. My husband had the bratwurst sandwich and loved that as well.
I am so lucky this place is no where near me in my daily life. For my dear foodie friends I would eat there as often as I could making me more plump and more broke than I need to be!
If you can’t get to Portland anytime soon you can always get the cookbook, which is titled…surprise, Wildwood.

 

(HAZELNUT SMOKED BRATWURST SANDWICH-house sauerkraut, dijon, grilled onions and cheddar)

(HAM AND GRUYÈRE CHEESE PIZZA with caramelized onions)

(Baked Chocolate Pudding)

(CARAMEL PINE NUT TART with rosemary honey ice cream and warm apricot-fig compote)

Wildwood
1221 NW 21st Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
503-248-9663