Archive for the 'Thai' Category

Aug 26 2010

Yum Zap

Location: SE 43rd and Belmont Hours: Daily, 11:30-7pm The Story: Portland loves Thai food. That is apparent with Thai restaurants and food carts available in most every neighborhood in the city. Lately though, we’ve been introduced to a new approach to the cuisine – Northern Thai. SE Portland now gets to enjoy what downtown has [...]

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May 12 2010

Gin Northern Thai

Location: SW 3rd and Washington The Story: You may think Portland is over saturated with Thai carts, yet over the past few months, I have discovered that each cart has their special and unique item that sets them apart from the other. Now we have a Thai cart focusing on Northern Thai cuisine. Gin Northern [...]

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Feb 03 2010

Wing Star Thai BBQ

Published by dieselboi under Lunch,SW 9th and Alder,Thai

Location: SW 9th and Alder The Story: There has been a bit of shuffling around at the cart pod on SW 9th and Alder. Last fall, DNA Thai closed, but the cart was quickly repainted and reopened as a Thai Wings cart. I didn’t get a chance to visit before they moved and renamed, yet [...]

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Jan 14 2010

SomTum Gai Yang

Location: SW Alder, between 10th and 11th The Story: Just when you thought another cart couldn’t fit on the expanding corner of SW 10th and Alder, you get an email about a new cart. The owners of SomTum Gai Yang contacted us a couple of weeks ago, announcing their opening. I mentioned it to a [...]

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Jan 03 2010

Bruce Lee’s Kitchen

Location: SE 13th and Lexington, Sellwood The Story: The small block of food carts in Sellwood have seen some turnover during the past couple of years, some carts have shuttered while others have moved to different locations, which is completely natural – we’re talking mobile eateries here. Recently moving next door to Garden State [who [...]

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Aug 31 2009

Just Thai

Location: SW 3rd, between Washington and Stark Description: When I was looking for some good spicy Thai noodles last winter, a few friends recommended a place named I Love Thai Food. They thought it was down off 3rd avenue, but when I went down there, I couldn’t find said cart. I opted for a different [...]

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May 09 2009

Nong's Khao Man Gai

Location: SW Alder in between SW 10th and 11th Description: Khao means rice in Thai. Gai means chicken. Khao Man Gai is one of my favorite Thai street food classics. See, Thailand is a country obsessed with food. They are also a country obsessed with street food. It’s not unusual to see Armani clad businessmen [...]

32 responses so far

Apr 29 2009

Poompui Thai

*Photos provided by Tim Roth. You should hire him because he’s really good. Location: SW 4th and Hall [Updated 3/2010] Description: Eating good Thai food can be a revelation. Julia Child once said she never really knew good French food until she went to France. Thailand is my France. My initial visit to the “Land [...]

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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!) 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 [...]

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Mar 16 2009

Inter Selects (A Thai Cart)

Location: SW 4th Ave. in between College and Hall streets (near PSU) Description: I have no idea about the name Inter Selects and what it has to do with Thai food. However, I do know that this cart is pumping out one of the largest Thai cart menus with far from the standard Portland Thai [...]

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