Are there any good restaurants in PORTLANd (Hillsboro, Cove: car, best)

[GB1]

The best Mexican/Central American places I found were in downtown Hillsboro, near the end of the MAX line...a couple of storefronts, and one place that was called (I'm drawing a blank here) -- Tres Hermanos? It had a cartoon sign with three serrano peppers.

Vietnamese food was always hit-and-miss, which is not surprising, as it's tough to grow or get the fresh ingredients necessary; Portland is too far north to grow the right herbs.

Some very good Japanese restaurants around town, but the best ones are pretty expensive.

What the city really needs is a good Lebanese/Middle Eastern restaurant. That's a fortune waiting to be made.

One thing that hardly ever disappointed was the food carts around town -- for some reason, whatever the cuisine, they all tended toward the very good or even excellent.

[meltinjohn]

Originally Posted by PNW-type-gal

For Indian, I like Bombay Cricket Club on Hawthorne (although it's a mix of Indian and Mediterranean) and India House downtown. When I worked in Beaverton, I liked Swagats, over by Target in the remodeled house. I never cared for Swagats up in NW. When you walk into a good Indian food place, the smell of all the spices should make your mouth start watering right then.

My favorite little Vietnamese place (which I can't remember the name of) is on Sandy Blvd, across the street from Bike Gallery. There are good, mediocre and bad Asian places in Portland, but there are a LOT of them, so there are a lot of good ones. Which means there are a lot of bad ones, too, so if you get a bad one (mostly "gringo" Asian places, which have that stale, steam table food instead of freshly made), just go somewhere else next time.

Yea Bombay cricket sounds good. Is India House and Bombay both vegitarian totally or is it chicken too? The mediterranean has to have lamb so id guess it has meat lol. Im mediterranean also haha.
Yea I avoid chinese restaurants that have white people working all over. The food has never been good in that event I find. I come from Boston area so the chinese is never/very rarely gringos there lol altho some bad places too like anything else. As far as vietnamese, never been a fan. The food is too light and cucumbers isnt my favorite thing to eat and a lot of what they got has cucumbers and light egg rolls with all that fresher junk in it lol.

Originally Posted by GB1

The best Mexican/Central American places I found were in downtown Hillsboro, near the end of the MAX line...a couple of storefronts, and one place that was called (I'm drawing a blank here) -- Tres Hermanos? It had a cartoon sign with three serrano peppers.

Vietnamese food was always hit-and-miss, which is not surprising, as it's tough to grow or get the fresh ingredients necessary; Portland is too far north to grow the right herbs.

Some very good Japanese restaurants around town, but the best ones are pretty expensive.

What the city really needs is a good Lebanese/Middle Eastern restaurant. That's a fortune waiting to be made.

One thing that hardly ever disappointed was the food carts around town -- for some reason, whatever the cuisine, they all tended toward the very good or even excellent.

Yea dude I like Japanese but ya you gotta want to spend money for less amounts of real good food. I pick chinese anyday for the opposite reason.

And the lebanese/mid eastern restaurant, that sounds delicious especially seeing I once had arab neighbors and they cooked real good. Any city could use one of those.
Any portuguese food in Portland?

[nephthys]

Some of my favorite restaurants are:

Shanghai Noble House (Chinese) & Pepita's (Mexican) both on Macadam
Blue Fin Sushi on Broadway near PSU (on Saturday each dish is $1.25)
Rose's (Deli) on NW 23rd
New York New York or Stanish's for greasy goodness, both in SW.

I honestly haven't tried any middle eastern or indian restaurants here yet because I usually just make that kind of food at home.

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by EnricoV

You're better off eating regional food, wherever you go. ...

then what is a good Mexican eatery in Woodburn, It might be worth the drive.

[meltinjohn]

Originally Posted by nephthys

Some of my favorite restaurants are:

Shanghai Noble House (Chinese) & Pepita's (Mexican) both on Macadam
Blue Fin Sushi on Broadway near PSU (on Saturday each dish is $1.25)
Rose's (Deli) on NW 23rd
New York New York or Stanish's for greasy goodness, both in SW.

I honestly haven't tried any middle eastern or indian restaurants here yet because I usually just make that kind of food at home.

Shanghai Noble huh? That sounds good. Whats Roses deli like, Jewish style or italian? NY NY and Stanish's? You said its greasy but what kinds of things at those?

[nephthys]

Originally Posted by meltinjohn

Shanghai Noble huh? That sounds good. Whats Roses deli like, Jewish style or italian? NY NY and Stanish's? You said its greasy but what kinds of things at those?

I did leave out alot of details huh? Anyway, Shanghai Noble House is delicious, cheap, and filling... usually you will need to take it home. I think lunch is like $6.95 and that comes with tea, soup, & your entree. Dinner is a little more, with way more options and the plates are HUGE. Rose's is jewish, they even serve matzo ball soup. NY NY is italian, with huge hot subs, pizza, pasta etc. Stanich's is pretty much only burgers, and it's a sports bar atmosphere, some people might be turned off by it but it's a nice little neighborhood burger joint.

[culater88]

Any good Chinese restaurants that serve good dim sum in the Portland area? A good Jewish deli, now we're talking.

[EnricoV]

Originally Posted by PNW-type-gal

My favorite little Vietnamese place (which I can't remember the name of) is on Sandy Blvd, across the street from Bike Gallery. There are good, mediocre and bad Asian places in Portland, but there are a LOT of them, so there are a lot of good ones. Which means there are a lot of bad ones, too, so if you get a bad one (mostly "gringo" Asian places, which have that stale, steam table food instead of freshly made), just go somewhere else next time.

Yeh Ha?


For Dim Sum, I think Wong's King is probably the best; most popular.

[meltinjohn]

Originally Posted by culater88

Any good Chinese restaurants that serve good dim sum in the Portland area? A good Jewish deli, now we're talking.

Your a dim sum fan huh? Never really appealed to me when I saw that.

[sberdrow]

the McDonalds on Powell serves of some of the best Chicken McNuggets in the land.