Eating in Newport, Oregon, is all about seafood. Along the waterfront of Yaquina Bay where fishing boats are moored is a string of restaurants, plain and fancy, where you can have grilled razor clams and eggs for breakfast then tuck into hearty clam chowder, fish & chips, Dungeness crab, and oysters every which way. Out on the South Coast highway are market/cafes where the seafood is utterly fresh and the service is ultra-casual. At al fresco picnic tables, travelers feast on salmon burgers, salmon candy, smoked fish, and Dungeness crab. Don’t overlook tuna in these places. It is as different from ordinary canned supermarket tuna as Dover sole is from a fish stick. Hook and line caught albacore is filleted and packed raw into the cans and then cooked, a process that supersaturates the meat with its own natural oils, intensifying its ocean flavor and exponentially increasing its luxury.
Seafood is a delicacy that has been enjoyed since the beginning of time. Its flavors are unique and diverse, and it can be cooked in many ways. That is...
If you like fish that is dramatically fresh, served at nautical food bars with do-it-yourself service and dispose-your-own cardboard plates, there is no road trip more rewarding than a...
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Whether it includes pork or not, Oregon chowder always is plush and luxurious -- usually more substantial than even creamy New England style chowder. A large bowl of it,...
