This Week in Food: Feb. 4 - 10

So we're sure you're cutting back on dining out this week so you can afford to take your honey somewhere uber swanky next week, but in case the larder is bare and you simply must venture out, here's where we'll be this week!

Monday, 2.4: Pambiche * www.pambiche.com * 503.233.0511 * 2811 NE Glisan St. * no reservations * cuban food in an intimate, tropical-hued restaurant is just what we need to remind us that somewhere out there over the rainbow, there is a place that gets above 39 degrees farenheit

Tuesday, 2.5: Andina * www.andinarestaurant.com * 503.228.9535 * 1314 NW Glisan * yes reservations, you can make them on opentable too, tell them tabletalkportland sent you, maybe we'll get a free mojito (fyi: Andina is the only place in town whose mojitos rival mine)

Wednesday, 2.6: tba

Thursday, 2.7: Whole Foods ChocolateFest * www.wholefoodsmarket.com * 503.525.4343 * 1210 NW Couch St. * 5-8 pm * $10 donation goes to ChristieCare (www.christiecare.org) * line up at chocolate tasting stations set up across the store, please ignore belligerent fudge sauce double dipper who very closely resembles my beloved sister

Friday, 2.8: Rocket * www.rocketpdx.com * 503.236.1110 * 1111 E. Burnside St. * yes reservations * haven't tried this place yet, really want to eat pocket rockets (?!)  cooked by a chef named leather storrs, have also heard the view is excellent

Saturday, 2.9: Paley's Place * www.paleysplace.net * 503.243.2403 * 1204 NW 21st Ave * yes reservations * planning to have the tartare and a Negroni at the bar...perfection

Sunday, 2.10: J & M Cafe * can't find the website, just google it * 503.230.0463 * 537 SE Ash St * no reservations * dungeness crabcakes benedict, inventive scrambles, and serve-your-own Stumptown helps one speedily recover from a Saturday night of excess, if you know, you're prone to those