Apr 05 2009

Asia Express

Location: SW 4th Ave. between College and Hall Streets (near Portland State Campus)

*photos provided by Tim Roth (Thanks Tim!)

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Thai Iced Tea!

Thai Iced Tea!

Description: A Thai cart serving up all the Thai cart standards such as curries, noodle dishes, stir fries and fried rice  as well as  things like salad rolls and Thai Coffee or Tea.  Food here comes in the normal Portland Thai cart humongous portions with a decent amount of veggies to noodles or rice ratio. Asia Express also serves the comfort food known as the “gravy covered” Rad Nah Noodles; a rarity from most Portland Thai carts. Check ‘em out and let me know what you think. However, I will say the “Express”, in the Asia Express might be a misnomer. My order took quite a while to make the day I ate there, and certainly took longer than other Thai carts I’ve been to. Could have been an off day though. Still, the food at Asia Express was perfectly good. And the $5.00 portion of Rad Nah noodles with chicken  was big enough for three meals,  so I’m not complaining. Another funny quirk about Asia Express is that this isn’t a purists Thai cart. Other Asian dishes and influences are evident on the menu including Korean kim-chee fried rice and Vietnamese beef Pho noodle soup.

Rah Nah "gravy" noodles

Rah Nah "gravy" noodles

lots of veggies in the Pad Kee Mao noodles!

lots of veggies in the Pad Kee Mao noodles!


Sample Menu:

Choice of beef, chicken or Tofu

Noodle dishes such as Phad Thai, Phad Kee Mao, Rad Na, Phad-See-ew – $5.00

Stir Fried Rice Options – $5.00

Orange or Lemon Chicken with Rice – $5.00

Salad Rolls – $3.00

Yellow, Green, Red or Musaman Curry – $5.00

Salad Rolls – $3.00

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