Let's Pop Up!

I am big for finding restaurants before they are crowded hubs for people. But finding a good new restaurant is very difficult, and especially one that does amazingly their first week being open. Luckily I found a great restaurant that I wish I could eat at everyday. 

Tam is a pop up restaurant that opened on Monday in Sellwood. It is owned but one of the owners of Either/Or Cafe, which is right next door. It is a tiny place that only seats 8 people, so expect to wait for a seat or eat outside. It's definitely worth the wait though. They have a menu of 4 different wonton soups and a side of Asian greens. Being vegetarian, I have not been able to have a good wonton soup. That all changed here though because this is one of the best things I have ever eaten in my life. For the vegetarian wonton soup, there are bright pieces of bok choy, egg noodles on the side, and a great broth filled with an abundant amount of flavor. Inside the wonton was a mushroom mixture, and the wonton itself was cooked to perfection. I honestly could eat this everyday. 

After walking around the sellwood area for a little, the next stop was lower division. I have been trying to go to the whiskey soda lounge for quite sometime because my boyfriend and I are huge fans of Pok Pok. Since this is the same owner, it was a guarantee to be great. I chose to order the heat ray, a cocktail with tequila, lime and chili. It had the right amount of heat and went down smoothly. 

With our stomachs starting to feel in need of some food, my boyfriend and I decided to go to our favorite pizza place, Roman Candle. Once we went in, I remembered that I had been dying to have one of their pop tarts. And lucky for me, they still had one left and it was a s'mores flavor. This was just great, marshmallows spread on the too, and a rich chocolate in the middle. The pastry part is always my favorite, and they did such an amazing job with it, but I didn't expect anything less. 

Of course we had to get a piece of pizza because you can't go to division and not get one. The pizza that caught our attention was the mushroom one. It had mozzarella, maitaki mushrooms and more cheese. This was a no brainier because we are both obsessed with mushrooms. Also, they never disappointment so we knew we would love this, and of course we did. 

Last stop for us was Lauretta Jean. I feel like now when we go to division, I can't leave without a piece of pie from there. The pie for us last night was caramel apple. I loved this pie because it was not soaked in caramel, it had just the right amount that you don't feel like you are having your teeth fall out from all of the sugar. There is also so many apples, which was amazing because more pies are more crust and sugar than the actual fruit. But then again, they can't make a bad pie.