Top Chef Contestant Sara Hauman Will Serve Kimchi Waffles at Hopscotch Portland | Eater Portland

"When I visit Hopscotch, the experience begins with taste: I often start in the first-floor lounge sipping tequila cocktails through tamarind straws, munching cotton candy perched atop sparkling wine, and licking edible glitter off the sides of glasses, then taking those drinks with me through the gallery as a kind of pairing. The interactive installations (a colorful cave made from scrap plastic bags and fishing nets, a trippy neon trampoline, and a pool filled with 40,000 light-emitting diodes) are complemented by a playful culinary program that Sara Hauman is developing for the Portland location (she is developing food, not the beverage program). Hauman—who grew up in Southern California, lived in Spain, trained in culinary school, cooked at Asador Etxebarri and multiple Michelin-starred Bay Area restaurants, served as opening chef at Arden and as chef at Soter Vineyards, and appeared on Top Chef: Portland—is creating items like a falafel waffle with pickled red onion, veggies, green herb yogurt, and feta; mushroom-chocolate ice cream; jalapeño popper mac and cheese; popcorn with Red Boat salt and candied peanuts; and a lounge chocolate ice cream dessert that bridges sweet and savory with porcini fudge, chocolate-covered truffle potato chips, and porcini powder, plus a banana waffle with Nutella and golden milk whipped cream. Co-founders Nicole Jensen and Hunter Inman have long prioritized food and beverage—Jensen says “art is holistic”—and designed the menu and space to feel fun, unexpected, a bit nostalgic, and to make adults feel like kids again. Hopscotch’s Southeast Portland location opens June 9 within the Goat Blocks at 1020 SE 10th Avenue, and tickets are on sale." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden