Gentle Readers,
Some gusts from the windmills of Miss Dish's mind:
Enter the Dragonfish!
The new Paramount Hotel, just down the street from
the Dish desk at Southwest 9th Avenue and Taylor Street,
is up and functioning...save one thing that really makes
a hotel: a restaurant. Blowfish Asian Cafe, owned
by the Kikuchi family up in Seattle, is set to settle another
franchise into the Portland hotel this summer, except it
won't be called Blowfish, but Dragonfish. In fact,
the Blowfish in Seattle is also changing its name. Why?
According to Blowfish central, this is the year of the
dragon in the Chinese calendar. Does this mean the eatery
is going to change its name each year? It's an intriguing,
albeit risky, concept. Next year the restaux would be called
Snakefish, and the year after, Horsefish. Good thing the
year of the rat doesn't come along for quite a while.
Two Ways to Give and Get
On Feb. 20, Serratto hosts a gala fund-raiser to
support the New Avenues for Youth organization. New
Avenues provides homeless and runaway youth with social
services. The event consists of a family-style dinner for
$100 a head, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to New
Avenues. Call Serratto at 221-1195 to get on board.
This year, the annual Chef's Night Out changes its
name to Monkeyfish, er, I mean Taste of the Nation (that's
it!), to share the moniker of a national series that includes
more than a hundred like-minded benefits across the country.
This gorge-athon donates 100 percent of ticket sales to
agencies that help feed hungry people. Miss Dish went last
year and a seemingly endless row of fabulous restaurants
invited her over to say hi. This year, event organizers
expect about 30 percent more participants because a new
room at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts
allows expanded festivities. Wear your stretch pants! Mark
your calendar: The event is Monday, May 1, at 6 pm. Tickets
are $60 and go on sale the first week of March.
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Willamette Week | originally
published February 9,
2000
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