3 Portland Hot Spots Make GQ’s Best Restaurant List
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The homey thai joint is situated in a larger restaurant, behind a secret door that has a meat grinder attached to it. The current menu features snacks like sun-dried snakehead fish and coconut dungeness crab curry.
GQ writer Alan Richman refered to the "scallop sitting in a crispy cup made from coconut milk and rice flour" as being "sumptuous".
Langbaan is a Best New Restaurant semifinalists for the 2015 James Beard Awards. Additionally Langbaan chef Rassamee Ruaysuntia was applauded by Elle magazine as a influential women in the food game.
The Back Room at 6 SE 28th Avenue, (971) 344-2564.
Gastro and tapas bar Ataula makes high quality degustation food that is meant to gather loved ones together for a relaxed and enjoyable experience. Richman commends Chef Jose Chesa's dishes calling them “inventive, skilled, and gorgeously composed.”
Enjoy braised oxtail ravioli, calamari and toasted noodles in squid ink, or a chorizo lollipop.
1818 Northwest 23rd Place, Tuesday- Saturday 4:30 pm- 10 pm, (503) 894-8904.
If you’re looking for a vodka cocktail, traditional cold zakuski, and a Soviet atmosphere then Kachka’s your place to go.
Happy hour menu includes Taranka, what they describe as fish jerky, for three bucks and a couple of five dollar cocktails. Richman recommends the Herring Under a Fur Coat, a Russian seven layer dip salad with herring, eggs, beets, and other veggies.
720 SE Grand Avenue, Dinner Daily 4 pm- 10 pm, happy hour 4 pm- 6 pm and 10 pm- 12 am, (503) 235-0059.
Homepage Photo Credit: Ataula Facebook
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