Food Reviews & Stories
The selling point at this 82nd Avenue strip-mall noodle shop is the Vietnamese soup bun bo hue
($8.50), pho’s thick ’n’ spicy, blood cake-packed little sister. Ngoc
Han’s version is lighter
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Food Reviews & Stories
Unless you count the occasional fast-food joint along this busy
thoroughfare, Southwest Barbur Boulevard is what you might call a food
desert. Then consider New Delhi an Indian oasis. Tucked into th
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Food Reviews & Stories
In Beaverton, the land of 1,000 Korean restaurants, it’s hard for any of
them to truly stand out. But Nakwon tries its damndest. Folks swear by
its tofu soups ($10-$12), but if you’ve got an emp
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You will probably be the youngest customer in Nancy’s Kitchen, but
having brunch with the octogenarian set has its perks. There’s no
waiting for a table at this relatively obscure shopfront eate
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Food Reviews & Stories
The Harajuku-style crêpe hails from a region of Tokyo known for its
outrageous fashions and trendy cafes. How it ended up halfway around the
world, flourishing among Mexican grocery stores and used
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If you wander into this shiny new Italian deli-bakery, you should really
order the Caesar salad ($6). It’s a testament to how the potential for
greatness exists no matter how small the venue. The
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Miho, a humble house lit gently by the neon glare of the Alibi across
the street, is a fairly new entry in Portland’s recent love affair with
the izakaya (Japanese food and sake bar). For that, it
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Look, if you come to Melt, you come for the happy hour. Sure, you’d be
skipping out on the regular menu’s soppressata pizza ($10), which is a
shame, but Melt’s happy hour (which lasts, in near
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I miss my sandwich. I feel like we didn’t see enough of
each other. There was our initial meeting (hello, long stems of
seasoned, blackened green beans, chipped Parmesan, soft-boiled egg and
aiol
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Many bars in Portland advertise a happy-hour menu that is cheap,
convenient and delicious, but few actually live up to the hype. But let
me tell you, the $5 happy-hour burger at Matchbox Lounge is t
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