| HK Cafe | |
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 The restaurant's exterior in 2021 | |
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| Food type | Chinese |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°29′26″N122°34′41″W / 45.4905°N 122.5781°W |
| Website | hkcafetogo |
HK Cafe is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
HK Cafe is located in southeast Portland's Lents neighborhood. Ainslee Dicken of Portland Monthly has described HK Cafe as a "sprawling, gaudily decorated restaurant offering an abundance of small dishes". [1] Ben Waterhouse of The Oregonian said of the interior: "You won't find any fancy chandeliers or shark-fin displays here. HK Cafe's crowded dining room is brightly lit but spare, decorated with hanging paper lanterns and parasols." [2]
The restaurant specializes in dim sum; specific menu items include bok choy, cha siu bao (barbecue pork buns), custard buns, har gow, noodles, radish cake, and shumai. [3] [4] The menu also includes beef short ribs in broth, salad with pig-ear, roast pork, deep-fried rice balls with sweet pork, and "Chinese sushi" (fish and shrimp wrapped in seaweed, breaded and fried). [2]
The restaurant operated via take-out during the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [5]
In 2013, Ben Waterhouse of The Oregonian said, "HK Cafe proves that even the bleakest of asphalt deserts can be home to great food." [2] In 2020, Michael Russell included the restaurant in the newspaper's list of "Portland's 40 best inexpensive restaurants", and described HK Cafe as one of the city's busiest restaurants on weekends. [6] Seiji Nanbu and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included HK Cafe in Eater Portland 's 2021 overview of "Where to Find Outstanding Chinese Takeout in Portland and Beyond". [7] Portland Monthly included the dim sum in a 2022 list of "The 12 Best Breakfasts in Portland". [8]
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