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Master Kong Is Portland’s New Master of Regional Chinese Breakfast

Master Kong is Portland’s new Chinese food destination for a singular reason—sister-and-brother team Amy and Kang Zhu offer a concise menu of regional Chinese breakfast and lunch hits, centering on the Tianjin and Guangdong regions of China.

Our Favorite Noodle Bowls and Plates in Portland for Less than $15

Cully Central is something unique in Portland: a Lao beer bar. Co-owned by the people behind the Khao Niew food cart in Happy Valley, the bar turns out dishes you can’t find anywhere else, in particular a subtle khao piek sen chicken noodle soup often eaten for breakfast in Laos, with thick and chewy rice noodles and a light cinnamon and pepper broth.

The Year in Portland Music, Ranked

The good, the bad and the weird of 2017, in 19 lists.

XLB is The Only Place in Portland to Go For Soup Dumplings

XLB’s open-kitchen, fast-casual space is a clean-lined hall of ironized Asiatic kitsch, complete with stylized kung fu paintings, Qing dynasty lights hung at varied heights and a gold-painted wallpaper pattern of Chinese zodiac silhouettes—perfect dog, perfect snake, perfect rooster.

On “Paint Soup 3,” Two of Portland’s Trippiest Rappers Sketch Out Their Own Bizarro World

Absurdist wordplay seems to flow from straight from their heads and onto the record, and the fun is just trying to keep up with their trains of thought.

Willamette Week’s Ramen + Whisky Festival

Ramen + Whisky = combining two of the hottest trends in food and drink. Willamette Week is bringing together Portland’s favorite ramen chefs and pairing each delicious ramen sample with a custom Japanese whisky cocktail.

Smallwares is Back, and an Aviary Chef is Making Shanghai Soup Dumplings—Life is Good

Now Johanna Ware is at Wares, serving highlights from her old menu , and Jasper Shen is making Shanghai soup dumplings at XLB on North Williams Avenue.

Portland's Best Soup Recipe, the Winner of Our Soup Recipe Contest

Last month, we held a soup recipe contest, where readers submitted their favorite slurps. Out of 20 entries, we chose to make five. We rated them on taste, and convenience to come up with a winner.

We Went To Tokyo To Figure Out Why They’re Obsessed With Our City

In Tokyo, Portland is an aspirational brand. There are more than a dozen Portland-themed restaurants, bars and shops in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, a hip neighborhood that’s home to vibrant street fashion and is one of the only two wards in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage.

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