Category Archives: Japanese

Minizo

Location: SW 9th and Alder Hours: Weekdays, lunchtime The Story: Ramen is the new pork in Portland with carts and restaurants alike revisiting this wonderful Japanese dish. Minizo, Noodleburger, opened this month to offer both ramen and burgers along with … Continue reading

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The Ramen Truck

Location: SE 33rd and Hawthorne – north of Hawthorne behind the store Hours: Tues-Sat, 12-7pm The Story: Most everyone I know has a story about ramen from college or even younger years. “I put myself through grad school eating ramen…” … Continue reading

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Waka Sushi

Location: SW 9th and Alder Hours: Weekdays, lunchtime Sushi made fresh daily and other traditional Japanese dishes. More details coming soon.

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Roll Plus

Location: SW 9th and Alder Hours: Daily for lunch The Story: Sushi is one of those dishes you usually do not find served from carts. Portland has a vegetarian sushi cart and a Hawaiian cart that does great rolls and … Continue reading

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Zenbu

Location: SE 13th and Lexington [updated August, 2010] The Story: Last week I made the mistake by proclaiming that another cart was the first sushi cart. I screwed up. While that cart is the first to serve Chinese, Zenbu should … Continue reading

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