Clark Center Loaves & Fishes Grand Opening
March 1, 2011 Category: Blog, Uncategorized No Comments 
Chefs (left to right) Juvenal Molina, Sasha Kaplan, and Kashu Hamada prepared the food for the Clark Center Opening.
The Clark Center had its grand opening on Wednesday, January 26th with over 150 people in attendance.
The Loaves & Fishes concept is to have the central kitchen cook most of the meals and ship them out to all of their 32 locations in the greater metropolitan area.
The Clark Center’s goal is provide in-house Asian cooking using the freshest ingredients. To reach this goal a new chef was hired and her name is Sasha Kaplan. Sasha will cook Asian entrees on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning March 2, 2011.
At the age of eleven, Sasha made the family Thanksgiving dinner while her mother was in the hospital and she has been cooking ever since. She was educated in New Haven, Connecticut and moved to Portland in 1978 and started the Applehood and Motherpie, her first catering business.
Sasha’s claim to fame is while working at the Genoa Restaurant, she met Julia Child. Her “Ah ha!” moment came and she realized that children need to learn how to cook. Sasha has taught cooking classes to Girl Scouts just as she had learned in the early 1960′s. She cooks a variety of dishes from around the world so please stop by on Wednesdays and Thursdays to partake her Asian entrees.
Clark Center Loaves & Fishes February 2012 Menu
2740 SE Powell Blvd., Portland OR
The Clark Center is open Monday through Friday for lunch.
1 Wednesday
Baked fish with lemon dill or veggie pizza
2 Thursday
Savory baked chicken or french dip sandwich
3 Friday
Roast pork with gravy or tuna stuffed tomato
6 Monday
Sweet & sour chicken or mushroom & cheese omelet
7 Tuesday
Turkey pot roast or chinese chicken salad
8 Wednesday
Yoji’s beef curry or spinach lasagna
9 Thursday
Spaghetti with meat sauce or open face turkey sandwich
10 Friday
Breaded tilapia or chicken enchilada casserole
13 Monday
Chicken with orange glaze or veggie chili
14 Tuesday
Meatloaf with gravy or veggie pizza
15 Wednesday
Veggie lasagna or shrimp salad
16 Thursday
Sliced roast pork with gravy or tuna salad sandwich
17 Friday
Baked fish with cucumber dill sauce or chicken fajita
20 Monday
Closed, President’s Day
21 Tuesday
Baked chicken with gravy or taco salad
22 Wednesday
Kaori’s veggie yakisoba or bean & rice burrito
23 Thursday
Swedish meatballs or open face seafood sandwich
24 Friday
Chicken spaghetti or broccoli quiche withtomato slices
27 Monday
BBQ chicken or tortellini with creamy tomato basil sauce
28 Tuesday
Meatloaf with gravy or fish filet sandwich
29 Wednesday
Sweet & sour pork or breakfast casserole
