A Picnic with Giraffe Goods

I was blessed a few months ago to winning an Instagram contest Giraffe Goods was holding in the spring for photos of cherry blossoms. Because of my schedule I wasn’t able to claim my prize – a picnic for two with their Japanese grab and go deli food – until recently. I added some additional items that I purchased to my prize to fill out my picnic (as well as using my own blanket and plates and a few toys I had), and here is the delicious result of a picnic with Giraffe Goods.

If you are looking for items to put together a picnic on the beach, after a hike, or just at the park, I can’t highly recommend this enough as a unique selection. Giraffe Goods is located inside the international home goods store, Cargo. You can also find some of Giraffe Good’s products inside Sterling Coffee Roasters and Bar Norman.

Probably the most famous offering that Giraffe Goods offers are their sandwiches. They offer an egg salad sandwich, katsu sandwich, or get a combo of half of each.

For something larger, take a look at their bento boxes. These come in options such as Yakiniku Beef (pictured), Chicken Karaage, Chicken Salad, Vegetarian or Vegan, or Salmon (pictured)

For something smaller, they offer an assortment of Onigiri (rice balls) with various fillings, or baked goods from Oyatsupan like here, an Edamame Butter Roll, though you’ll also find An Pan, Curry Pan, and more. You’ll also find lots of little snacks from rice crackers to jelly candies to more too. Beverage wise you can find Japanese soda, coffee, and sake too.

If you dine in at Giraffe they offer some hot food items, and they also offer catering. How cute would some of these be at a party?

What would you like to try from Giraffe?

By the way, here was my winning photo!

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I remember before I moved to Portland I asked F to take a trip to DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival and he was not as smitten as I was by the sight of all the blossoms. Only later when I moved here did I understand how easily you can find the ephemeral beauty all over PDX . . . #pdxnow #portlandor #portlandoregon #portlandia #portlandnw #portlandcherryblossoms #pdxlife #pdxcherryblossoms #northwestisbest #pacificnorthwest #cherryblossom #cherryblossoms #sakura #sakura🌸 #giraffesakura

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