Restaurant, Asian fusion restaurant, Chicken wings restaurant, Filipino restaurant, Fried chicken takeaway, Takeout restaurant, Vegan restaurant
Hello everyone, I recently tried out this relatively new spot here in Portland.I came by on a whim.I did not attend their grand opening but I saw the activities on that day. I would say that this is a very solid spot for good food.The chicken is tender and juicy and the sandwiches are filling but not too much.There is a lot of selections other than the ones I’ve had in this review, so I’m definitely going back to try their other dishes. Also the person at the desk was very nice in answering my questions regarding their best selling items. Drop by, you won’t regret it!
Owner response
Thanks for the glowing review. And thank you for trying us out. Let us know how we can do better.
Counter-service joint for Filipino fusion food.We don’t really have anything like this where I live (which is surprising to me because the concept is totally intuitive), so I was curious to try.I was a little hesitant though, because I was worried it might be the kind of food that’s really oily, salty, etc, but even though they have lots of fried foods here, it was more like homestyle food than greasy fast food. The menu has lots of customizable choices, many of which are vegan-friendly.You can even further dress your food to your liking with the variety of condiments at every table: Filipino all purpose sauce, sriracha, sweet chili sauce, sriracha ketchup, banana ketchup, and of course salt and pepper.There’s a huge variety of desserts too and many flavours of bubble tea with the usual selection of standard toppings plus fruits and Filipino-inspired options. I got the Canton style deluxe pancit noodles with tofu, ube flan, and a lychee lemon Thai tea with jackfruit.I really liked the texture of the fine lo mein noodles with the shredded vegetables.It was also appreciated that there were a LOT of vegetables, about equal parts veg and noodle.Flavour-wise, I found that the first few bites were a little plain, but I added some of the all-purpose sauce and sriracha from the condiment rack at my seat and that made it perfect.It’s cool that they have such a variety of condiments at every table: salt and pepper, sriracha ketchup, banana ketchup, sweet chili sauce, and the sauces above.I could have used a more intense ube flavour from the ube flan but it was still very nice – the flan wasn’t too sweet and had the characteristic earthiness of ube with a nice caramelized condensed milk topping.I really liked the unexpected (to me) combination of Thai tea and lychee in my drink, and the jackfruit would have complimented it nicely except the pieces were too long to go through my straw and sank to the bottom of the drink so I couldn’t really sip them up without a straw, so I ended up just eating them with a spoon – maybe cutting them shorter would make it easier. I kept being bothered by two small flies while I was eating.I don't know how it is in Portland, but in Vancouver where I'm from, fruit flies are unavoidable during the summer so I'll give most places a pass on flies during that season, but not in March.I think it was only two, so not an infestation, but still annoying. The people were nice.I could not decide what I wanted to drink and changed every single aspect of my drink order as I was placing it, but the guy taking the order was very chill about it.Would return if I lived in the area.
Wanted to check this place out since they opened in the summer. Food was fast and tasty and presented in to-go containers.There was a lot that looked good on the menu so I will be back to try more of it.
Owner response
Thanks for the great review.Hope to see you again soon.
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