green cake & ham...minus the ham

adventure day's with jen and lyle^_^ this time around i was REALLY, and i mean REALLY excited to go to sellwood, OR to try a patisserie jen had told me about. well, she actually told me about the cake. its vietnamese wedding cake...but i will get to that in a bit. this place is called jade bistro, teahouse, & patisserie, quite a name for a shop in sellwood. but man, this place far exceeded any expectations i walked in with, and they were pretty high since jen talked up the cake...or as i like to call it "the cake sent from heaven".

the cafe style eatery is very happily situated near homes and other small shops along 13th ave. a perfect little place to walk to and have some tea with friends or grab a delicious vietnamese plate of curried catfish...yumm! it is all order and sit style too, which i actually enjoyed, it gave jen and i time to catch up since i had last seen her. but there was literally a line out the door, so i could quickly tell this place was GOOD! the feeling is very welcoming. right when you walk in, everyone is so friendly and more than willing to give you a suggestion or two about the best things to order.

after we sat down, lyle, who ordered for us, so we could save a table, brought us our thai iced teas! creamy goodness in a cup!

 then the food came!! this is my lemon grass chicken with garlic and broccoli...i love chicken.

jen opted for the fried chicken, crispy and tender, paired with the cool veggies and dipped in the sauce at the bottom of the plate, it was a perfect little bite to eat!

lyle's amazing fried, curried catfish atop a bed of spinach. his was the best, and i have to say i secretly wanted to steal it from him, but sadly he ate it all. at least i know what i will be getting next time i go!!

VIETNAMESE WEDDING CAKE!! after all that food i honestly didn't know if i could eat this, but since jen had talked it up soooooo much i thought i had to make room. and somehow i did. because i pretty much finished the whole piece by myself! i couldn't help it though! the creamy layers of butter cream mixed with the nutty, botanical hint from the pandan cake. AND on top of all that the crispy, semi-savory, filo dough layer nestled between even more butter cream...like i said "the cake sent from heaven". that is why i made room^_^

jen also bought some of their yummy macaroons! we snacked on these at a MUCH later time in the day after my digestion kicked in and a helpful short trip to H&M. i love adventure days!!^_^