{"id":2434,"date":"2010-06-04T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2010-06-04T09:02:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:02:43","slug":"jakes-famous-crawfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=2434","title":{"rendered":"Jake's Famous Crawfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

A business associate of Michael’s was in town and wanted to go out to dinner last night so we took him to Jake’s Famous Crawfish<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Jake's Famous Crawfish<\/p><\/div>\n

There are two Jake’s in Portland: the one we went to last night, and Jake’s Grill. Both are classy places with excellent seafood.<\/p>\n

The associate was visiting from Illinois and he said he never gets good seafood out there. That’s a common comment from out of town guests. I suppose I take it for granted since I’ve lived in the Northwest my whole life. I just expect to get great seafood.<\/p>\n

When we first walked in the door, this is what I saw:<\/p>\n

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Dessert Tray<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh, save me!<\/p>\n

We were seated in a booth just passed a huge table of Navy boys. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We split an order of calamari between the three of us.<\/p>\n

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Best Calamari in Town<\/p><\/div>\n

Their calamari is light and not greasy. Michael thinks it’s the best calamari in town and I agree (mainly because it hasn’t been dethroned yet!).<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to order. There were so many yummy options! I’m forever in search of THE BEST steak in Portland. Nothing has compared to Craftsteak <\/a>in Vegas. Portland City Grill came pretty close, however.<\/p>\n

I decided to order a glass of wine first and let that dictate what kind of food I ordered. I ordered my favorite: Chateau Ste. Michelle\u00a0Riesling.<\/p>\n

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Wine<\/p><\/div>\n

In the end, the Steelhead was calling my name. Fresh Steelhead with Wild Oregon Bay shrimp and a basil butter sauce. It was a really light sauce, not creamy at all, and I prefer those kinds of sauces. I asked the waiter if I could substitute the roasted potatoes with a salad and he said no. \ud83d\ude41 He said they could give me extra veggies instead of potatoes but I said nevermind.<\/p>\n

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Delicious Steelhead<\/p><\/div>\n

The fish was perfectly prepared and melted in my mouth! The sauce was tangy and delicious. I would love to be able to make a glaze for fish like that. I ate all of the asparagus and carrots, half of the fish, and one potato. I decided to save the rest of it for lunch.<\/p>\n

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Leftovers<\/p><\/div>\n

Michael ordered the Cheese Ravioli with Crab. It came in a cream sauce with chunks of goat cheese, spinach, and basil. I snagged a few bites and it was great too!<\/p>\n

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Crab Ravioli<\/p><\/div>\n

I was so full but Michael wanted to order dessert. That was a first (since he rarely wants dessert) so I said yes. We split the Key Lime Pie. It was thick like cheesecake but lighter.<\/p>\n

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Key Lime Pie<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve never had Key Lime Pie in my life. I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was tangy and bitter, but in a good way. The little bit of whipped cream was just sweet enough to balance it out and the graham cracker crust was thick and crunchy! It was fantastic. I don’t regret splitting it.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Do you have good seafood in your area?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A business associate of Michael’s was in town and wanted to go out to dinner last night so we took him to Jake’s Famous Crawfish. There are two Jake’s in Portland: the one we went to last night, and Jake’s Grill. Both are classy places with excellent seafood. The associate was visiting from Illinois and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,315,104,195,196,303],"tags":[516,8770,8618,717,718,8690,8691],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}