Slight hijack - I’m a Portland native and have three words for you:
Bacon
Maple
Bars
I like the show too. I’m more interested in the spicy challenges than the volume challenges, if just because the volume challenges always look kinda nasty to me. I, too, am also more interested in the other places he visits before the challenges–I can’t watch it without getting hungry! I have seen a few things that look a little questionable to me, but not nearly as frequently as on Bizarre Foods. Almost nothing on that show looks appetizing. Not even remotely.
I think the show that wins for “most awesome looking food,” though, goes to Anthony Bourdain. I wanna go to Mexico and eat those blue tortillas!