Yaowarat (restaurant)

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Yaowarat (restaurant)
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EstablishedOctober 2023 (2023-10)
Food type
Street address7937 Southeast Stark Street
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97215
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′09″N122°34′54″W / 45.5193°N 122.5817°W / 45.5193; -122.5817
Website yaowaratpdx.com

Yaowarat is an Asian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Akkapong "Earl" Ninsom opened the restaurant in the Montavilla neighborhood in October 2023, serving Thai and Chinese cuisine. Yaowarat has garnered a positive reception and was named one of the ten best new restaurants by The Oregonian as well as Restaurant of the Year by Portland Monthly .

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Description

Yaowarat serves Thai and Chinese cuisine on Southeast Stark Street in Portland's Montavilla neighborhood. [1] [2]

The menu has grilled squid, mapo tofu, and pickled cabbage salad, as well as chive cakes, dumplings, and kuay teow kua gai. The dessert menu includes toasted buns served with pandan and Thai tea custards. [3] On the drink menu, the Same But Prettier has Thai tea-infused rum and coconut-jasmine horchata. [4]

History

Inspired by and named after Bangkok's Chinatown, [5] Akkapong "Earl" Ninsom—whose other restaurants include Eem, Hat Yai, Langbaan, and PaaDee—opened Yaowarat on October 6, 2023, [3] [6] in the space previously occupied by The Country Cat and later Lazy Susan. [7] [8] [9] There were opening delays; [10] in March 2023, Eater Portland said the restaurant was slated to open in late July or early August. [11] In 2024, Sam Smith was the chef [12] and Yaowarat began offering lunch service on weekends. [13]

Reception

Yaowarat was Portland Monthly 's Restaurant of the Year for 2023. [1] The business ranked fifth in The Oregonian 's list of Portland's best new restaurants of 2023. [14] The newspaper's Michael Russell included the chive cakes in an overview of the year's best new dishes in the city. [15]

Krista Garcia of The Infatuation included Yaowarat in a 2024 list of the 24 best restaurants in Portland and wrote, [16] "a trip to this fun, casual spot ... is your chance to enjoy grilled squid swimming in spicy dressing, some of the silkiest mapo tofu you've ever tasted, and bright curries like Yaowarat's green version with springy fish balls and winter melon." She recommended the "fanciful" cocktails over the Singha. [4]

Thom Hilton of Eater Portland said the dumplings, chive cakes, Chinese sashimi, wide rice noodles, grilled buns, and limeade slushies were the best restaurant meal he had in 2023. [17] Garcia and Katrina Yentch also included Yaowarat in the website's 2024 overview of eateries for "stunning" Thai cuisine in the metropolitan area, recommending the toasted buns for dessert. [18]

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  2. ↑ Zusman, Michael C. (2024-04-23). "Yaowarat Brings the Thai-Chinese Flavors of Bangkok to Montavilla". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  3. 1 2 Perkins, Erin (2023-10-06). "Yaowarat Brings Bangkok's Chinatown to Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  4. 1 2 Garcia, Krista (2024-01-26). "Yaowarat Review - Montavilla - Portland, OR". The Infatuation. Archived from the original on 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  5. ↑ Zusman, Michael C. (2024-02-21). "Five Questions for Chef Earl Ninsom". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  6. ↑ "A Guide to Portland's Latest Restaurant Openings". Eater Portland. 2021-01-27. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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  9. ↑ Loeb, Jacob (2023-07-15). "Lazy Susan Pivots Into New Restaurant". Montavilla News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
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