| Sun Rice | |
|---|---|
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| Restaurant information | |
| Food type | Filipino |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Website | sunricepdx |
Sun Rice (sometimes stylized as SunRice or Sunrice) is a Filipino restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It operates from the Moxy hotel in downtown Portland. Previously, the business was a pop-up restaurant called Pulu by Sunrice.
The Filipino restaurant Sun Rice operates at the Moxy hotel in downtown Portland. [1] The menu includes silogs with options like branzino marinated in sinamak, corned beef, grilled fish, chicken and lamb adobo, and pork belly. There is also a vegetarian variety with maitakes. [2] Sun Rice has also served lemongrass-marinated chicken, lechon kawali, and seared albacore with coconut sauce, [3] as well as a breakfast slider with tocino yogurt sauce, guava iced tea, and doughnuts from HeyDay. [4]
TJ Cruz is the chef and co-owner, along with Ken Tran. [1] Prior to opening at Moxy, the business operated as the pop-up Pulu by Sunrice at the cocktail bar Deadshot. [5] [6] In addition to Cruz and Tran, team members included Roberto Almodovar and Justin Dauz. [7] [8] Sun Rice had announced plans to be a vendor at Block 216's food hall in collaboration with Magna Kusina, [9] [10] [11] in an effort to "push Filipino food forward", [12] but plans fell through. [13]
Moxy and Sun Rice have hosted a drag brunch featuring Nicole Onoscopi. [14] Sun Rice has also participated in Sobrang Sarap, a local food tour highlighting Filipino restaurants. [15] In 2023, Sun Rice served bowls of fried rice as free Thanksgiving meals intended for people without holiday plans. [16] [17]
Katherine Chew Hamilton included the corned beef silog in Portland Monthly 's list of the city's ten best dishes of 2023. [18] The restaurant was included in Eater Portland 's 2024 lists of "fantastic" Filipino restaurants in the metropolitan area and recommended restaurants in downtown Portland. [2] [3]
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