{"id":539,"date":"2009-07-29T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2009-07-29T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T06:07:11","slug":"portland-jakes-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"Portland – Jake’s Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of the McCormick<\/strong> & Schmick<\/strong> chain, which is based here, Jake\u2019s Grill<\/a> offers a menu similar to other M&S outlets, seafood, beef, and sandwiches.\u00a0\u00a0 I opted for the \u201cKobe\u201d Burger, which is, as Ihave whined about before here, really \u201cKobe-style\u201d, or even \u201cAmerican raised Kobe\u201d, and not actually Kobe Beef,\u00a0 not at $13 for (est)\u00a0 6 oz of burger and accompaniments.\u00a0\u00a0 The menu calls for their burger to be served with carmelized onions, bacon, and blue cheese, I asked them to hold the onions, and what you see below is exactly how it was presented from the kitchen, with \u2018adequate\u2019 fries (resembling food service offerings), a mini-ramakin of ketchup,\u00a0 lettuce, tomato, and bread and butter pickle slices.\u00a0 (Dill, please, on my plate).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No other condiments were offered, though I imagine one could request them.\u00a0\u00a0 I wanted to savor the flavor of the meat (and the blue cheese).\u00a0 (Kinda skimpy with that, fellas).\u00a0 But the club soda with lime was nice!<\/p>\n

I had asked the waitress to tell the chef to prepare it to his recommendation, and it was served medium rare, which was fine.\u00a0 Trembling with anticipation, I lifted the first bite to my salivating lips, bit down, chewed, noted the smooth texture, and then\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..and then\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..my taste buds recoiled with the understanding that the chef had seasonsed this puck, and not with a simple pinch of salt and pepper like most chefs would\u2026\u2026\u2026.no dammit, this burger swirled with the taste of onion powder, or possibly minced dehydrated onion.<\/p>\n

Bummer.\u00a0\u00a0 This may be to your liking, however, to each their own, but it\u2019s not for me.<\/p>\n

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Part of the McCormick & Schmick chain, which is based here, Jake\u2019s Grill offers a menu similar to other M&S outlets, seafood, beef, and sandwiches.\u00a0\u00a0 I opted for the \u201cKobe\u201d Burger, which is, as Ihave whined about before here, really \u201cKobe-style\u201d, or even \u201cAmerican raised Kobe\u201d, and not actually Kobe Beef,\u00a0 not at $13 for… Continue reading Portland – Jake’s Grill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[1941,1942,2037,2041],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539"}],"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=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}