Location: SW 4th and Hall
Description: Big surprise, they serve Thai food at this popular cart. I haven’t yet eaten here myself yet though, so I can’t vouch for it. All choices $5.00, except salad rolls (two for $3.00). Stays open a little later than most carts (4PM). Most options come with a choice of chicken or tofu.
Serves rotating daily lunch specials Mon-Fri for $5.00 including things like a spicy non-coconut milk Jungle curry (the kind of curry generally found in the north of Thailand); yellow curry fried rice; and pad woon sen (a pad thai type noodle dish with clear bean thread noodles eggs, green onions, bean sprouts, and ground peanuts).
Sample Menu: Daily rotating specials for $5.00 (see above)
Regular menu $5.00 – choice of chicken or tofu. Non-noodle dishes come with steamed white jasmine rice.
- Pad Thai
- Pad Kemao (wide rice noodles stir fried with eggs and veggies)
- Fried Rice
- Pra Ram (steamed mixed veggies topped with peanut sauce)
- Red curry
- Green curry
- Yellow curry
- Mussamun curry
- Panang curry
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:30AM – 4:00PM
Phone: (503) 290-4466
Website: None
I expected a lot more from Boonrod than I got; the lines at this cart are fairly long. My Pad Kee Mao was overly sweet, with very little basil or broccoli, and the portion itself was half the size of other Thai carts I’ve tried. The owners are exceptionally friendly, but there are definitely better values in the neighborhood.
I am addicted to this thai cart. I don’t know what kind of portions Derek is talking about, but they are HUGE & I usually cannot finish the plate. A personal favourite of mine is Curry noodle. Everything I have ever gotten from them tasted fantastic, and I go see them at least twice a week. The owners are exceptionally friendly and the spring rolls are tasty. And $5 bucks for great service & great food, you can’t go wrong.
The best yellow curry of all the PSU Thai carts. Right now I’m actually eating one from Suliyothai further down(waaaay too sugary sweet, no turmeric-it’s not even yellow!), and wishing I got it at Boonrod. I wanted to review this horrible candy curry from Suliyothai here, but I see it isn’t listed yet.
The nice lady at Boonrod always seems to put so much care into each dish she makes, and they’re huge portions. Boonrod is the only Thai cart for me from now on.