The Best Chinese Food in Portland OR
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The best Chinese food in Portland OR, according to the experts: Eater, Portland Monthly, and Time Out have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Excellent Cuisine comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Portland.
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Duck House and Sichuan Taste Chinese Restaurant hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Portland Monthly next.
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Rank 1. Excellent Cuisine
Chinese
This is a Cantonese dim sum hall out on Division, with a banquet-room floor plan and carts that never seem to stop circling. Come daytime for congee and shrimp rolls the color of a sunset, or after dark for whole crab fried with ginger and scallion. The parking lot is always packed, and a great uncle seems to be permanently posted outside. Tables turn slowly, which tells you everyone has settled in.
The awards
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland
- Portland Monthly The 50 Best Restaurants in Portland Right Now
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Rank 2. Duck House
Sichuan
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The chile oil wontons alone have pulled people across town to this downtown Sichuan restaurant, a sister to Sichuan City out in Happy Valley. The menu runs the full range of textures the cuisine is known for: crispy, tangy, soupy, and that particular mouth-numbing heat that makes you pause mid-bite. Order generously and expect your lips to tingle for a while afterward.
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Rank 2. Super Joy Coffee Lab
Chinese Coffee Shop
A downtown coffee shop and roastery that sources beans from Yunnan, China, then puts Chinese flavors in the cup, like an osmanthus latte or a Sichuan pepper mocha that tingles on the way down. The seasonal rose honey pistachio latte has its own devoted following. There are only a few tables and a wall of beans and brewing gear, so you'll mostly be ordering and leaving, or guarding a seat like it's the last lifeboat.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Coffee Shops In Portland