Soup Dumplings?

[aviva5675]

Coming to Portland in 2 weeks for a few days and am feverishly doing my food homework. Dawned on me that there might be a place to get xiao long bao (soup dumplings) somewhere? I'm from outside Chicago and the pickings are slim around here...

Did see a cart Asian Station that might???

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Asian Station Cafe
599 SW 10th Ave, Canby, OR 97013

[midorimonsta]

The xiao long bao here are not things that I would recommend to visitors. On the northwest coast, Vancouver, BC probably is your best bet for XLB or I would recommend going down to San Francisco or Los Angeles....

Sorry to disappoint you! There are tons of other good food options in Portland tho...

[JillO]

Yep. Ditto.

[aviva5675]

Thats ok, thought Id throw it out there.
On our list so far are June, Beaker and Flask, maybe Le Pig. Screen Door, food carts...Clyde Common possibly....

[midorimonsta]

Your list looks good... although my favorite is Le Pigeon.

If you're thinking Screen Door for brunch, I would definitely try to line up in front about 15-30 mins before opening. Or else you're in for a 2 hour wait on most weekends.

If you want something Asian that is good, I think it would be worth it to hit up Pok Pok which is truly spectacular, even if you compare it with the best up and down the West Coast. I just simply haven't seen anyone else do the same.

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Pok Pok
3226 SE Division St, Portland, OR

Le Pigeon
738 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

[miss.foodie]

Speaking of XLB on the northwest coast, there's going to be a famous XLB restaurant called Din Tai Fung opening up in the Seattle area soon (Bellevue). This Taiwanese chain is very famous and their Hong Kong location won a michelin star. They have one other location in North America and it's in the Los Angeles area.

[JillO]

SO close, and yet....sigh.

Great handmade noodles at Frank's Noodle House on NE Bway (at 7th Ave) have dulled the pain of no great XLB...but I still miss 'em.

[ritabwh]

din tai fung opened in bellevue, wa. most people and reviewers love it. some people complain about it. mixed reviews on the soup dumplings. long lines when they first opened. better now. i have not been to it.

[Nettie]

See this thread on pfg.org for a detailed discussion: http://portlandfood.org/index.php?/to...

[HungFarLow]

Wong King has soup dumplings the last time I went to dim sum. They were pretty good, but nothing compare to Din Tai Fung in Taiwan though.
Asian Station food cart was closed a while ago.
The soup dumplings I've had in the US do not have crab fillings. 8(

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Asian Station Cafe
599 SW 10th Ave, Canby, OR 97013

[turtlchow]

How could anything in the states, specifically PDX, compare to Din Tai Fung? (Shanghai, Tapei) They are pretty much the best EVER!