{"id":4641,"date":"2010-12-13T07:02:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2010-12-13T07:02:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T15:02:05","slug":"portland-or-dragonfish-asian-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=4641","title":{"rendered":"Portland, Or – Dragonfish Asian Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seafood Hot Pot at Dragonfish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located on the ground floor of theParamount Hotel<\/strong><\/a>, across the street from Director’s Park in downtown Portland, <\/strong>Dragonfish<\/strong><\/a> is a mash-up of the cuisines of various Asian countries, and sushi, with a sprinkle of American fusion added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ve been here several times, even tho I am not a big sushi fan, it’s been a preferred location for numerous business lunches over the past year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While I always thought it was “nice”, it really didn’t float my boat as a preferred dining destination for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But last nite, after viewing a couple hours of the best British television commercials at the <\/strong>Portland Museum of Art<\/strong><\/a>, Mrs. BDB and I walked down the park blocks searching out some grub. You can rarely imagine a boy so torn as we got down the block, Dragonfish on one side of us,<\/strong>Violetta <\/strong><\/a>on the other (and I wouldn’t mind seeing if that latter had improved since my last visit). <\/strong><\/p>\n

But always eager to bring a smile to Mrs. BDB’s face, I steered in to Dragonfish, because a) she loves sushi, and b) she hadn’t been there, and c) she said she was buying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dragonfish has a half dozen full entrees as well as some seasonal ones; the sushi focus is on mash-up rolls, but sashimi (the fish\/seafood only) or sushi nigiri (the hand-formed rice topped with seafood that Americans are so familiar with) are available as well. Frequent robo-sushi type diners might be confused by Dragonfish’s menu, which does a poor job of explaining the options. Fear not, tho, the servers are usually well-versed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs. BDB started with a poke, the Hawaiian version of ceviche. Poke (pou-KAY) means “sliced or cut” in Hawaiian. The “Spicy Poke”, her selection at $8, was tuna, toasted garlic, sweet chile sauce, rice vinegar, seaweed and ginger. It came with small dices of the tuna, in a savory sauce, with fan-tailed pieces of <\/strong>pappadum (a ‘spicy’ fried Indian cracker<\/strong><\/a> for cradling. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I started with steamed dumplings (of course), a Thai peanut chicken concoction, packed tight with premium white meat. I enjoyed them very much.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For an entree, Mrs. BDB went with a roll, and some of her favorite nigiri. I opted for a most interesting melange\/fusion\/mashup of Chinese influenced seafood hot pot, in a broth that was straight out of Louisiana gumbo cookbook, with the addition of cilantro for a SE Asian influence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lots of squid in that puppy.The broth was very tasty. <\/strong><\/p>\n

We passed on dessert in favor of an espresso and Earl Gray under the stars (and rain) outdoors at Violetta.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you absolutely love sushi, you’ll love Dragonfish. If you’re not familiar with sushi, this is the place to get your feet wet. Some online reviewers say it is spendy, but I don’t think so. Our dinner, with a small bottle of saki and a beer, was less than $50.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BTW, just for the record, I am writing this whilst eating a 7-Eleven Italian Baguette<\/a>, which I have previously opined about.\u00a0 Apu, at my local 7-Eleven, says it is one of their best sellers. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dragonfish dinner menu<\/a>. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Assorted Sushi at Dragonfish Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Assorted Sushi at Dragonfish Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Located on the ground floor of theParamount Hotel, across the street from Director’s Park in downtown Portland, Dragonfish is a mash-up of the cuisines of various Asian countries, and sushi, with a sprinkle of American fusion added. I’ve been here several times, even tho I am not a big sushi fan, it’s… Continue reading Portland, Or – Dragonfish Asian Cafe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[410,416,770,1000,1217,1218,1709,1711,2369],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}