Food Review : Flavour Spot 5/5 Tacos
Sweet, Sweet Flavour.
Flavour Spot is one of the many, many, food carts that dot the Portland foodscape. In addition to serving great “Dutch Taco’s” (more in a sentence or two), they also spell “Flavour” correctly! But onto their food…
Hey baby, want a Dutch Waffle?
The, so-called Dutch Taco is not a sexual position as one might think (Google it, you know you want to). Instead, it is a Waffle, with none of the normal toppings added. Instead of the usual syrup or sugar or chocolate, they have instead opted to cover it with ham and cheese! Their regular “Dutch Taco” has ham and chedder cheese, but you can pay another .50 cents and get Gouda… which sounds delicious.
A lemon pie waffle? Which is it?..
In addition to this Taco, the ‘Spot also provides many other delicious offerings. Unfortunately they did not have any spare menu’s, but I did get a photo! Notice such offerings as the S”Mores Waffle… or the Maple Pecan. The one that I am particularly curious about is the “MB9″ (second up on the left). It has 6 pieces of Canadian Bacon, and 3 strips of “regular” bacon… does that sound delicious or what? They also had a special going on, which, sounded quite special! (roast beef.. on a waffle!) In addition to their Tacos, they also offer drinks, such as milkshakes and, I’m pretty sure, coffee.
And don’t forget the t-shirts saying “I eat food”.
When to visit.
You can visit the Flavour Spot at :
2310 N Lombard StPortland, OR 97217
(503) 289-9866
Food Review : Swirl Frozen Yogurt 4/5
A newcomer to the Hawthorne food world, Swirl frozen yogurt, tries to bring the magic of “fro yo” to Portland from it’s native home of San Francisco. They do quite a good job, actually. My biggest complaint is that they do not have any cones (to be fair the guy there said they didn’t have them “yet”). But still, being forced to eat fro yo out of a cup is like being forced to drink beer from a warm glass. But moving on.
Sweet, sweet fro yo…
They sell their fro yo by the ounce, at the low low rate of .45 cents an ounce. This is a great feature, since you can get as much or as little as you like. This price includes their toppings too, which range from almonds to peanut butter to raspberries and fresh fruit. The flavours of the fro yo are also quite ranged. My chocolate and pistacio fro yo was delicious. They also had banana, vanilla, peanut butter and several others I completely forgot about.
Their instructions are also quite easy to understand. Grab a cup and dispense yogurt. Add toppings. Weight and pay. Pretty simple, eh? I am a sucker for “fro yo”, so check this place out if you have the time! And I also hate the term “fro yo”.
If you’d like to visit Swirl and get some of your own “fro yo” check them out on Hawthorne at the corner of Hawthorne at 35th!