Last night Jason and I went to my favorite place, Ten 01.
I was excited to try their fall menu.
Starters -
I completely forgot to photograph the amuse bouche – it was a yam tart with bacon crumbles – yum!
Smoked Salmon – black truffle dumplings, parisienne carrots and turnip, horseradish bavarois.
Gathering Together Farms Mixed Greens Salad – pickled shallots, grana padano crouton, lemon oil vinaigrette.
The salmon appetizer was amazing – the dumplings were melt in your mouth delicate and delicious, and the salmon was perfectly smoked and was great paired with the horseradish.
The salad was great, too – fresh and light with my favorite type of dressing – lemon + olive oil + salt + pepper. The pickled shallots were a strong flavor and the crouton was thin grana padano – you can see it on top – we broke it in pieces. This was the best salad I’ve had in a while.
Jason’s entree –
Cascade Natural New York Steak with potatoes sarladaise.
Those potatoes were fabulous – crispy with a creamy soft center and wonderful flavor.
My entree choice –
Black Cod with beluga lentils, lardons, shallots and a delicious sauce.
I have never had black cod before – I liked this and would most definitely order it again – of course, lardons make everything better and the sauce was truly amazing.
We have always loved the desserts at Ten 01, so we ordered one to go –
Pear fritters + crème anglaise
These were great – still warm and soft when we got home!
Perfect, once again. Thank You, Savannah – our Ten 01 experience was fabulous, as always!
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Looks like an awesome date night!
What a nice date night — ours is usually at Chipotle
HUZZAH ! we do our fair share of Chipotle !! we call it Chipoodle.
The dessert looks awesome!
I need to remember to start writing down the names of the restaurants you go to so were aren’t just searching for somewhere to eat next time we’re in Portland!
ask anytime – I can always recommend good choices – even VEGAN ones !
Sounds like a yummy date night!! We rarely go eat in a restaurant, but we love getting food from them to eat at home.
Meat and potatoes kind of guy, even if they are fancy taters:)
Those pear balls of awesomeness sound amazing.
Looks like you made a solid dinner choice. My chicken nuggets were equally awesome, ok, maybe not:)
yes – this was amazing, as always… (we love it there…) and yeah – Jason is truly showing his midwest roots with his choice!!
I don’t mind the Fancy Airs if it comes with some Heart-y Earth.
Love you, Bettie!
I’ve been wanting to go to the restaurant for awhile! I am so glad to hear it was good.
you should definitely go… get on their mailing list – right now they have an “Erica On The Spot” Erica being their sommelier – they have some kind of weekly function with her… we didn’t do that, but want to some time.
Love date night, it’s stress free and a break from the kitchen.
The pictures of the Pear Fritters looks yummy, it reminded me of the beignets that I wanted from this restuarant by Disney.
oh, the pear fritters were SO good…
Looks like a lovely date night! Those pear fritters look amazing!
they were SO good !! I want to try to make them…
mmm pear fritters sound awesome. What a nice date night! I’m jealous.
they were so good… still warm when we got home… and of course the custardy saucy goodness didn’t hurt !!
you always go to the best restaurants!
question: how does one get over the weirdness of taking pictures of their food in public? that is one skill i haven’t learned yet.
you know… I just *DID*. I used to sneak with my cell phone… I called once, kinda recently and asked if I could bring my camera (it was another visit to this restaurant – Ten 01!!) and they said yes… when we were in Vegas, the nicer restaurants I asked…
*IMPORTANT –> I make sure no flash !!
you should try it!
Any place that has an amuse bouche makes me happy. That food looks fabulous.
me too !! I love the amuse bouche !!
oh. em. gi. Everything. I want. I so, so, so want. I am also a pig.
But that yam tart with bacon crumbles sounds awesome. Yam and bacon? Sweet things!! Too bad no pics, but I think the description was enough!
I KNOW ! I cannot believe I scarfed that thing down so fast, and it was so delicious, I didn’t even THINK about the fact that I didn’t get a photo until… a couple hours later when I was uploading photos. It was SO good. Perhaps I need to recreate, THEN I’ll have a photo for you !!
I want those PEAR FRITTERS!! What a great date night, so romantic.
Holy cannoli! I want to go back to Portland just so I can go to this recipe. Happy y’all had a nice night