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Reserve a spot for Han Oak’s Gimbap Party, featuring an expansive spread of kimchi, marinated proteins and pickled veggies.
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Asian Cuisine Tasting Menus in Portland

Portland hosts a flourishing scene of Asian and Southeast Asian restaurants featuring exceptional tasting menus.

Updated Dec. 5, 2024 4 min read
Amy Lam

Amy Lam

Amy Lam is a writer and editor based in Portland. Read More

Gone are the days of fine dining experiences that feel like stuffy affairs with strict dress codes and anxiety over which fork to use. Portland has become a destination for bold and vibrant culinary creativity and focus on local and seasonal ingredients from the Pacific Northwest. Alongside cuisine spanning the Americas and Europe, Portland has a flourishing scene of Asian and Southeast Asian restaurants featuring exceptional prix fixe experiences. With inspiration from Vietnam to Korea, Portland chefs bring distinct flavors from Asia and influences across Cascadia. Treat yourself and book a reservation to explore the tasting menus that celebrate the rich flavors of Asian cuisine.

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These superb dining experiences are all in high demand — make an advance reservation to secure a spot for your group.

Langbaan

Since 2014, restaurateur and chef Earl Ninsom has been treating diners to traditional Thai flavors imbued with thoughtful twists highlighting local ingredients at Langbaan. A James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant in 2015 and winner of Outstanding Restaurant in 2024, Langbaan has lived up to the accolades and remains one of the finest restaurants in Portland. Langbaan, meaning the area at the back of the home where families cook and share meals, was once tucked behind one of Nimsom’s other Thai restaurants, Paadee — guests entered through a secret entrance door at the back of the restaurant disguised as a bookcase. Langbaan has since moved to Northwest Portland, where it takes over the dining room of Phuket Cafe (another Nimsom eatery) during service on Friday and weekend nights.

Langbaan’s seasonal menus highlight the regional cuisine across Thailand, diasporic communities (Bangkok’s Chinatown, Thai Muslims) and specific aspects of Thai food in everyday life. Entire dining experiences are devoted to the pulsing heat of Thai nightlife, hearty meals of Thailand’s working class and more. Diners can expect each course to deliver a distinct explosion of flavors, from the bright citrus in Thai street snack miang som to curries that coat your tongue with layers of tangy, salty sweetness. For those who partake, the wine pairings and cocktails won’t disappoint. Book a seat at the chef’s counter for the best view of each course as it’s being prepared over flaming grills in the open kitchen.

Portland Restaurants

Portland is a renowned culinary destination, and Portland restaurants run the gamut — no matter your budget, your location or the cuisine you crave, your next great meal awaits you in Portland.

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Han Oak

A night at Han Oak feels like sharing a cozy dinner at a friend’s place. The open dining room flows out into a courtyard strung up with lights. The interactive Korean tasting menus invite you to cook up your own hot pot with cuts of meat sourced from local farms or wrap your own hand rolls with gochujang-sesame-crusted tuna at a gimbap party. The drinks menu is stocked with Korean beers, rice wines and cocktails. The karaoke machine challenges diners to cap off their night by belting a few tunes in the company of some of the best restaurant staff in town.

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Indulge in home-cooked modern Korean cuisine at Han Oak, like soft crab and gochujang-sesame-crusted tuna.
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Peter Cho and life and business partner Sun Young Park own Han Oak in Northeast Portland, a modern take on Korean cuisine with homey vibes.
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Han Oak is an acclaimed Korean restaurant specializing in prix fixe dinners.
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The down-home vibes were baked into Han Oak since it opened in 2016, when chef Peter Cho, with life and business partner Sun Young Park and their two small sons, lived in an apartment behind the restaurant. With dishes like mom’s kimchi — made up of fresh and sour chunks of fermented daikon and napa cabbage, just like Cho’s mother prepares it — you can’t help but feel like you’ve been personally invited to a home-cooked meal. Han Oak is a casual party where everyone gathers for Cho’s modern take on Korean cuisine, which stars local ingredients, like the silken Ota tofu banchan prepared with handmade tofu from America’s oldest tofu shop, located right here in Portland. “How we decide on what goes on the menu is based on my training in New York, which is the foundation for my cooking, and then the flavors that I grew up with and really crave for,” said Cho, who is a 2023 James Beard Award “Best Chef” nominee. “And then just being inspired by the ingredients we have access to. It all kind of comes together here in the Pacific Northwest.”

Hungry for More?

Discover other eateries from the same visionary restaurateurs behind these acclaimed tasting menus.

  • Paadee

    PaaDee serves authentic Thai comfort food. Their menu is more expansive than what’s found at many Thai restaurants, but also includes familiar appetizer, soup, salad and entree selections.

  • Hat Yai – Killingsworth

    This Thai restaurant specializes in fried chicken and curry. Their traditional roti flatbread is made from scratch every day.

  • EEM

    Eem brings a vibrant and irreverent approach to dining and imbibing in Portland. They serve creative Thai barbecue, rich curries, craft cocktails and more.

  • Yaowarat

    Inspired by the Yaowarat Chinatown of Bangkok, this delicious, hip spot serves up Thai-Chinese street food and playful cocktails in Southeast Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood.

  • Mee-Sen Thai

    Mee-Sen Thai offers more on the menu than just curry and stir-fry — the owners called on their Thai roots to offer less-known dishes and creative takes on Thai classics.

  • Oma’s Hideaway

    Originally opened by the owners of Gado Gado as a pop-up during the pandemic, Omar’s Hideaway serves food inspired by Southeast Asian night markets.

  • Phuket Cafe

    Another restaurant by Akkapong Earl Ninsom, Phuket Cafe offers inventive takes on Thai flavors, including a “Thai paella” and shaved ice desserts.

  • Hat Yai – Southeast

    This Thai restaurant specializes in fried chicken and curry. Their traditional roti flatbread is made from scratch every day.

  • Jeju

    From the celebrated team who brought you Han Oak comes Jeju, a live-fire, whole-animal Korean barbecue restaurant that blends fine-dining sensibilities with a welcoming, playful vibe.

Gado Gado

An Indonesian-inspired family-style tasting menu with coconut heirloom tomato curry and Chinese sausage and shrimp siu mai? Say less.

Or rather, say “Gado Gado.”

Chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly (another 2023 James Beard nominee) draws from his Chinese-Indonesian roots to treat guests to Gado Gado’s version of a Dutch-Indonesian rijsttafel, a Dutch word that translates to “rice table,” a feast of many small dishes. At Gado Gado, the feast is a mix of culinary influences from many diasporic communities and the thousand ethnic groups that make up the island nation of Indonesia. Named after a hearty mixed salad famous across the country, Gado Gado features flavors as distinct as the veggies that make up the namesake dish. From the light, fragrant sweetness of Oma’s clove-scented rice to the rich and savory soy-braised pork babi kecap, guests can expect to regularly reach across the table to scoop heaping servings onto their plates alongside house-made sambals.

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More Asian Eateries

Explore other offerings from Portland’s robust Asian and Southeast Asian restaurant scene.

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Asian Bakeries in Portland

Find your next favorite Asian bakery in Portland, with options like bulgogi croissants and mochi doughnuts; you’ll want to try them all.

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Eight Great Sushi Spots Around Portland

Portland is only an hour away from the Pacific Ocean, so it should come as no surprise that the city’s sushi options are both delicious and expansive.

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Specialty Dishes of the Portland Jade District

Made like nowhere else in Portland, these often sold-out specialty dishes center heritage recipes and East and Southeast Asian cultural experiences.

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Portland Ramen Restaurants

The Portland ramen scene has exploded in recent years, spurred by the arrival of two authentic eateries straight from Tokyo.

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Boba Tea in Portland

From tapioca pearls and popping boba to cheese foam and jelly, boba tea in Portland is a big hit. Here’s how to find your new favorite drink in the Rose City.

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Thai Food in Portland

Thai food in Portland is some of the city's best cuisine with options that are cheap or pricey, sweet or savory, authentic or Americanized, vegan or meaty.

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