Dining Picks

Beaverton’s Best Restaurants

From dim sum to dosas, these are our favorite spots in Portland’s west burbs, including Tan Tan, Lima, and Nak Won.

02/01/2023 By Dalila Brent and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Dining Picks

Where to Get Lunar New Year Dishes & Treats in Portland

From bánh tét to nian gao, mark the holiday with dumplings, noodles, and more from Vietnam, Korea, China, and beyond.

01/18/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Year In Review

Our Food Writers’ Best Bites of 2022 at Portland Restaurants

From Sichuan to Haitian to Vietnamese and everything in between, these are our standout restaurant dishes after a year of eating in Portland.

12/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz, Karen Brooks, and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Dining Picks

Portland’s Best Chinese Food

Where to chow down on Sichuan spicy bullfrog, handmade dumplings, street food snacks, and more

12/09/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Review

Excellent Cuisine’s Dim Sum Is, Well, Excellent

I will not hear any complaints that “Portland doesn’t have any good Chinese food” until you’ve tried this spot.

09/19/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Review

Portland Soup Dumpling Showdown: Who Makes the City's Best?

From big-timers like Din Tai Fung and Dough Zone to mom-and-pop shops including XLB and Szechuan Chef, who’s the xiao long bao champ?

09/12/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Pop-Ups

4 Can’t-Miss Food Pop-Ups This Weekend

From peach tea pork belly burnt ends jianbing to Japanese peach-flavored shaved ice, it’s your last chance to get your hands on these local summer favorites!

08/26/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Recipe

Make These Sticky, Saucy Pork Ribs from Oma’s Hideaway

These Vietnamese, Chinese, Malaysian, and Lao-influenced ribs will steal the show at your next barbecue.

06/07/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Dining Picks

Beyond Barbecue: Portland's Ultimate Grilled Meat Spots

Chen's Good Taste, Chochu Local, El Pollo Feliz, Jamaica House, K-Town BBQ, and Magna Kusina offer their own takes on char-kissed barbecue.

06/06/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Bakeries

10 Asian American and Pacific Islander-Owned Bakeries You Should Try Right Now

Where to get sweet and savory treats, from ensaymadas to mochi doughnuts to barbecue pork buns.

05/17/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Eat This Now

4 Noodle Dishes to Eat Now

Where to find plates of warm, doughy comfort, from fish sauce spaghetti and meatballs to spicy beef noodle soup in the Rose City.

02/25/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Restaurant Opening

First Look: Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar

Handmade noodles and juicy dumplings have arrived in Northwest Portland at Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar, a spinoff of a beloved Chinese food cart.

01/21/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Eat This Now

Best Thing I Ate This Week: Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings from Shanghai’s Best

Downtown cart lunches are coming back, baby!

10/14/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Coffee

Super Joy Coffee Lab Showcases China through Coffee

The Portland coffee roaster serves Yunnan coffee in osmanthus lattes and Sichuan pepper mochas.

08/25/2021 By Katrina Yentch

Food News

YāYā, A New Micah Camden-Backed Joint, Will Bring Cantonese Barbecue to NE Alberta

Camden and Chinese American former journalist and barbecue enthusiast Steve Chin plan to open the restaurant June 23.

06/15/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breaking News

Oma's Hideway Opens with Chinese-Malaysian Street Foods, Char Siu Pork Platters, and Mai Tai Slushies

The owners of Portland's acclaimed Gado Gado open a new spin-off, with cocktail collaborations from Eem wiz Eric Nelson.

05/19/2021 By Karen Brooks

Food News

Portland's AAPI Restaurant and Food Cart Owners Unite Against Hate Crimes

“It’s about community, not competition,” says Aron Moxley of the Rice Bowl Posse.

04/07/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Breaking News

Gabriel Rucker’s Riff on the Crunchwrap Supreme Coming to Alit Wines

What better pairing for a glass of pinot noir than a Taco Bell–inspired snack?

07/16/2020 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food Finds

This Hand-Pulled Noodle Sensation Is Hiding in Happy Valley

Noodle Man's glass-walled kitchen gives a front-row seat to experts twisting, slamming, and flinging strands of elastic dough into regional Chinese dishes.

09/23/2019 By Benjamin Tepler

Restaurant Review

Is Din Tai Fung's New Portland Outpost Worth the Hype?

The soup dumpling chain has a global following. Now it's landed at Washington Square mall.

02/26/2019 By Karen Brooks