It’s openings and launches galore this week, from a revamped Thai restaurant to new tasting menu dinners left and proper—however we’ve got one unhappy closure to report, and that’s Miami Good, one of our favorite new vegan spots in PoMo’s Best Restaurants 2021.
Miami Good Is Closing for Now
Vegan Cuban pop-up Miami Good announced via Instagram on March 30 that it could be ending its service at Bit Home Collective (727 SE Grand Ave) that night, with no reopening date in sight. “I might be looking out excessive and low for a everlasting residence however till then please understand it’s been an absolute honor to deliver you a chunk of my residence city!” wrote proprietor Valerie Espinoza.
Thai Restaurant Yui Reopens April 1
Thai restaurant Yui (5519 NE thirtieth Ave), which Chalunthorn “Yui” Schaeffer opened in August 2020, reopens this Friday after a brief closure. Now, Schaeffer’s mom, a.ok.a. Mama Ta, is helming the kitchen with a brand new pared-down menu that pairs particular proteins with every dish—for example, larb with pork, yellow curry with tofu, inexperienced curry with rooster, and kra prao with Wagyu beef. Lots of the restaurant’s hit dishes are coming again, together with their endorsements listed on the menu: sakoo, or peanut radish dumplings as beneficial by Eater PDX, shu mai liked by Jesse Martinez of Gumba, and khao tod naam klook, or crispy rice salad, a favourite of Ehow Chen of meals Instagram web page @ehow.eats. We’re notably pumped to attempt the squid ink pasta with the selection of pad kee mao or inexperienced curry seafood on high. An accompanying cocktail menu will launch at opening, with elements starting from yuzu vodka to lemongrass bitters to butterfly pea syrup.
Maurice Launches 7-Course Prix Fixe Lunch and Dinner
Downtown breakfast and lunch gem Maurice (921 SW Oak St), which we’ve lengthy admired for its black pepper cheesecakes and seasonal open-faced smørbrød, is switching gears from à la carte breakfast and lunch to a prix fixe mannequin. Seven-course lunches might be supplied Thursday by Sunday at 12:30 p.m., whereas seven-course dinners might be out there Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., all that includes native farms and different women-owned small companies. Previous menus have included dishes like lefse with apple and radish, or lion’s head schnitzel with horseradish and persimmon. Dinner is $85 per particular person (excluding gratuity), plus $22 for a tea pairing or $45 for a wine pairing. Reservations have to be made online prematurely.
Chef Alex Diestra, Former Head Chef of Andina, Has Taken Over at King Tide Fish & Shell
Waterfront seafood restaurant King Tide Fish & Shell (1510 S Harbor Approach) has a brand new head chef, the restaurant introduced in a March 29 Instagram post. Alex Diestra, who was most just lately the chef at Peruvian restaurant Andina and its extra informal sister spot, Chicha, has overhauled the restaurant’s menu, with uncooked dishes like kanpachi crudo with avocado, capers, blood orange, and chile French dressing and mains like seafood risotto with fennel, pecorino, and carrots.
Della Mio Pops Up with a 3-Course Dinner at Malka April 4
Be one of many first to dine on Malka’s backyard patio (4546 SE Division St) for the reason that pandemic started with this Italian pop-up from @dellamiopdx and @dapperdeerandfriends serving a three-course dinner menu on April 4. Menu selections embrace spring tartine with ricotta, English peas, favas, and candied kumquats on Little T bread; pistachio pasta with artichoke and herbs; and rhubarb crostata. Make reservations by emailing [email protected]
4-Course Dinner Involves Dimo’s Apizza April 6
Subsequent Wednesday, chef Doug Miriello is flexing his tasting menu chops at standout pizza spot Dimo’s Apizza (701 E Burnside St) with seatings at 5 p.m. and eight p.m. The menu contains oyster and scallop crudo, whipped baccala with griddled semolina bread, pizza with spring alliums, dandelions, nettles, “pungent cheese,” and pollen-rubbed porkchop with creamed greens. Every course might be paired with a distinct wine from Tendril Wines in Carlton, launched by proprietor and winemaker Tony Rynders. Make reservations via Tock.
Meet The Pleasure of Cooking Editors and Recipe Testers at Vivienne April 16
Prepare dinner with Portlanders John Becker and Megan Scott, the editors of the latest version of legendary reference cookbook The Pleasure of Cooking, plus two of their recipe testers. The occasion takes place April 16 from 6 to eight p.m. at Vivienne Kitchen & Pantry (4128 NE Sandy Blvd), which, could we remind you, is now a culinary bookstore, kitchenware retailer, afternoon pastry store, and natural-wine vendor. The Pleasure of Cooking of us might be collaborating in a panel/Q&A and making snacks; glasses of pure wine might be out there for buy. Tickets are $50 and will be purchased online (doesn’t embrace a replica of the cookbook).
