Totchos
Okay, this isn’t really funny per se, but it didn’t fit into any other categories, either. A friend of mine, Jim Parker, left his position with both the Brewers Association and the Oregon Brewers Guild to open his own pub in Portland, called the Oaks Bottom Public House. They have a lot of great beers on tap, which was no surprise. The food menu was great, too, and had one particular dish that really stood out: Totchos.
Totchos are essentially nachos loaded with all sorts of goodies like tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, salsa, chicken, olives, peppers — frankly I could have done without the pepers, but that’s just me — and a few other ingredients. But instead of using nacho chips as the base, they use tater tots! Now prhaps that doesn’t sound too appetizing, but it really is deliciously yummy. It seems so obvious that I’m quite surprised nobody ever thought of it before. Of course, I never thought of either.
Oaks Bottom’s famous Totchos.
I think it’s about time you instituted a “Yummy Potatoes of Deliciousness” category.
Comment by Kit — July 31, 2006 @ 9:11 amI love the totchos, and it’s now part of my Portland tour I give whenever folks come in from out of town!
Comment by vj — September 27, 2006 @ 10:49 am