The purple scoop is a purple sweet potato blended with sake lees and yogurty shio koji, then swirled with salty miso and buckwheat crumble. Photo: Courtesy of Salt & Straw
The flavor wizards at Salt & Straw are teaming up with celebrity chefs — including Portland's very own Gregory Gourdet — for a limited-time series launching tomorrow.
Gourdet's pint leans into his Haitian heritage, with a caramelized plantain base and chunks of almond cake and habanero pecan brittle sprinkled throughout — notes Kann diners will immediately recognize.
Other flavors include "Top Chef" winner Mei Lin's Hong Kong-inspired milk tea scoop with crepe crumbles, and a riff on chocolate caramel budino from Miami chefs Alex Meyer and Luciana Giangrandi.
Plus: Salted yuzu cheesecake from James Beard winner Brady Ishiwata Williams of Seattle's Tomo is swirled into Salt & Straw's signature vanilla and studded with white chocolate stracciatella.
😋 We're taking out a small loan so we can stock up on all of 'em.
