Thai food Archives - Bridgetown Bites

July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Salad Week Road Trip: Bridgetown Bites Heads to Vancouver

Two gorgeous seasonal salads. — Salad is beautiful.

The Bridgetown Bites crew loves venturing beyond Portland in search of great salads. Last year, we expanded into the Willamette Valley and had a great time, while this year we crossed the river for a Salad Week road trip to visit our neighbors in Vancouver, Washington. Meg and I explored four restaurants, most of them clustered around the Waterfront and the Downtown districts, an easy trip from Portland and well worth the visit.

April 14, 2026April 27, 2026

Hua Hin Will Bring Thai Fine Dining To Southeast Portland

The entrance to Hua Hin on SE Hawthorne.

In early March, a Bridgetown Bites tipster told me that there was going to be a new restaurant in the space that was recently home to Phaya Thai Express—and that it was going to be a “Thai fine dining” concept. Then late last month I learned the new restaurant’s name: Hua Hin. I reached out to the owner, Ize Piyanut (Sampaotong), to learn more, and we spent a little time chatting about what’s to come there.

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025

OK Chicken & Khao Soi Will Open in the Old Pok Pok Space in Portland

The titular dish at OK Chicken & Khao Soi. — Photo credit: OK Chicken & Khao Soi.

OK Chicken & Khao Soi has been the source of a lot of chatter and speculation over the months since it was first reported in The Oregonian. I, too have been curious and wanted to learn more, so I reached out to them. I had a chance to chat with Sam Smith, one of the owners. Here is what I learned.

October 15, 2025November 6, 2025

Bangkok Belly: Bringing Thai Skewers, Salads, and Spirits to Portland

Skewers at Bangkok Belly. — Photo credit: Bangkok Belly.

A new Thai restaurant is opening on SE Belmont Street called Bangkok Belly. They’re setting up shop in what was most recently the home to Daily Fuel (they closed this past summer), but I remember it more as the location of Suzette, whose crepes I still miss.

I spoke with Kat Thirakomen, who owns Bangkok Belly with her husband David Fiske, about their plans for the restaurant. Here is what I learned.

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

ZabPinto Thai PDX Has Opened at Cascade Station in Portland

ZabPinto Thai PDX duck larb. — Larb made with duck, which is common in the Isan region.

The other day I received a press release about ZabPinto, and while reading it, a detail caught my eye: There is a new location at Cascade Station, where big box stores reign. I reached out to their PR person and arranged a time to stop by and find out more about this new ZabPinto, called ZabPinto Thai PDX. Here is what I learned.