Curry Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes, Breakside Brewery, Portland OR

Once again, I'm sitting in a friendly brewpub in Northeast Portland: Breakside Brewery . I like this part of  Portland, for its easy parking, casual demeanor, and for its lack of trying to be cool: If you try, you ain't. The Breakside is more a neighborhood brewpub than a destination brewpub. I'm comfortable here.


Sitting down in the booth and reviewing the menu, I read two entrees that piqued my interest: the carne asada plate and the curry fried chicken. I asked the waitress which of the two dishes she preferred. She said the chicken was "really good". When you have the fateful opportunity to try a non-traditional brewpub dish-curry chicken-instead of generic pub food, you've been blessed with the chance to have gastronomic fun.


And so I ordered the Curry Fried Chicken.

Curry Fried Chicken

And an adventure it was. The chicken arrived with a fried crispy, crunchy skin, covered in a yummy curry bechamel. Underneath the chicken was a bed of very excellent mashed potatoes. What sets this dish apart from the usual pub chicken is the curry and creamy mashed potatoes.Add the pico do gallo, seasonal vegetables, and the delightful crispy fried onions, the dish was a complete concoction of flavors.


For my brew, I chose the provocative Belgian Royal Brown. With an almost whopping 9% alcohol, the brown comes in the smaller 10 ounce tulip glass.

Belgian Royal Brown

This beer came across as a copper colored, strong beer with some hints of spices. The Brown is brewed as a 'quadrupel', with an extra dose of hops added to the malt for balance. Even with the higher alcohol content, this beer drank down easy. Often with these extra strong beers, the drinker is required to sip and ponder rather than quaff.

Check Breakside out. You'll want to come back. I do.

Mon-Fri: 3-11ish
Sat-Sun: 12-11ish

820 Northeast Dekum Street

Portland, OR 97211

503-719-6475

http://breaksidebrews.com/