Roger M.
Yelp
Instagram pics of Chef Michael's plated creations are amazing! He sculptures with ingredients on the plate that'll make you say "Wow!" My jaws drop! The bulbous linings in my mouth pulsate into a slow droll droll droll. Looks lip smacking delish. Pic by pic, plate by plate, week over week salivating on the "dish of the week" which posts on Thursday's Instagram "enough!" I declared. "We gotta get down to Baird's for lunch to taste and eat-up!"
"Creds" to Chef Michael and his "bitchin-kitchen" team / cooks. Service with a smile made a group of 13 we hauled in for lunch smile too. Here is a 3-course meal the Chef pulled together using his touch turning fresh and seasonal ingredients, spices and select proteins into artistic cuisine on a plate. Check out the menu.
Menu:
Starter: Dungeness crab with Canadian rock crab, remoulade made with mayonnaise, pickles, capers, anchovy and zest of lemon.
1) Grilled Flat Iron Steak, Cultivated Mushrooms, Mock Sauce and Fried Leeks
2) Salmon Belly Bacon fermented with honey, brown sugar, salt, pepper and paprika, white Northern Beans, Frisée and Citrus
3) Seared Tuna Steak, Lyonnaise Potatoes, Dill Cream, Blistered Cherry Tomato, Fort George Stout Mustard and Basil Oil
Each dish an "eye-popper jaw-dropper show stopper!" Exceeded this Foodie Yelper's "expect-tastins" by a country mile. Delicious! What else can I say!
Say hey, attention reviewers for Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, PDX Eaters, the Oregonian, fellow Yelper's, foodies and friends time to make some noise for Baird's and Chef Michael. Ya'll gotta try it!
Baird's is in a great location in downtown Lake Oswego with a very convivial vibe inside. I suggest to roll into downtown riding on the Willamette Historic Trolley, which you board in the SW Waterfront. Enjoy the ride along the river over trestles and through a tunnel into town. Walk town. Eat lunch at Baird's (tell the Chef I sent you). You'll dig it!
Henry David Thoreau said people seldom hit what they don't aim it! I got to give it up! Chef hit the bull's-eye for our group! Wake up foodies to Chef Michael's creative and scrumptious dishes. It's art on a plate to belly! Yum yum yummy! Food creativity, presentation style on the plate and taste what foodies want!
Follow Chef Michael Stone or Baird's on B - Bar & Grill on Instagram. I did! I ate! Now, I'm a believer!