PaaDee

PaaDee
The restaurant's exterior in 2022
Map
Restaurant information
EstablishedNovember 2011 (2011-11)
Owner(s)Earl Ninsom
ChefAmporn Khayanha
Food typeThai
Street address6 Southeast 28th Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97214
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′21.8″N 122°38′13.7″W / 45.522722°N 122.637139°W / 45.522722; -122.637139
Websitepaadeepdx.com

PaaDee (or Paadee)[1] is a Thai restaurant in Portland, Oregon.[2][3]

Description

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PaaDee is a Thai restaurant on East Burnside Street in the southeast Portland part of the Kerns neighborhood. Erin DeJesus of Eater Portland has described the menu as Thai comfort food, including noodle bowls and soups, grilled steak, pork belly, skewers, kai jiew muu sub, (Thai-style omelette), sai grog e-san (fried Northern Thai fermented rice and pork sausage), and tod mon pla (fried fish cakes with cucumber relish).[4] The Ba Mhee Pitsanulok is an egg noodle soup with pork belly, red pork, and pork meatballs in pork broth.[5] Brunch options include egg custard, crab congee, buttermilk pancakes with sausage and fish sauce, and "street-style" omelettes.[6]

History

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In early 2011, Earl Ninsom and partners announced plans to open the restaurant.[7] PaaDee was under construction, as of September.[8] The restaurant opened on November 12,[9] and added weekend brunch service in December.[6] PaaDee's first anniversary party saw some proceeds benefit the Oregon Humane Society.[10] Amporn Khayanha served as chef, as of 2013.[11][12]

PaaDee closed temporarily in 2014, during construction of Langbaan,[13] a 24-seat Thai restaurant which opened in March 2014.[14] For Eater's Burger Week in 2015, PaaDee served a limited number of fried chicken sandwiches with coconut cream and red curry sauce, butter lettuce, pickled vegetables, and cilantro, served on bread made by Grand Central Bakery.[15][16] The restaurant was burglarized in early 2021.[17]

Reception

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Nick Woo included PaaDee in Eater Portland's 2018 overview of "where to eat, drink, and relax on East 28th's underrated restaurant row".[18] He also included the restaurant's Ba Mhee Pitsanulok in a 2018 list of 13 "soul-soothing" noodle soups in the city.[5] In his 2018 overview of Portland’s "incredible" Southeast Asian restaurants, Woo wrote:

Often overshadowed by its fine-dining sibling Langbaan, the casual PaaDee holds its own with an Issan menu flush with tasty larb (do not miss the fluffy, omelet larb with crispy rice that’s full of citrus and mint). Whole salt-grilled rockfish is a stunner, as is the ba mhee pitsanulok, an egg noodle and pork broth soup featuring pork belly, red pork, and pork meatballs. The fun, fruity cocktails are a good match for some of the aggressively spicy dishes.[19]

The website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden included the Tum and Laab in a 2020 list of "Healthy Portland Restaurant Plates That Don't Feel Like a Bummer".[20] In 2021, Alex Frane and Michelle Lopez included PaaDee and Langbann in Eater Portland's list of "15 Portland Bars and Restaurants Slinging Boozy Slushies This Summer", in which they wrote: "In addition to enjoying some of the best Thai food in Portland, Paadee and Langbaan offer two delicious slushie drinks on its shared patio: the Langbaan Margarita — a bright blue frozen margarita made with curacao, lime leaf, lemongrass, and Thai chili — and the Paadee-Colada, a Thai twist on the piña colada with ingredients like soju and lime-leaf-infused coconut milk."[21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (October 17, 2017). "Where to Find Stunning Thai Food in Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "PaaDee". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "PaaDee". 1859. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. ^ DeJesus, Erin (November 11, 2011). "Introducing E. Burnside's Thai Bar PaaDee, Opening Soon". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Woo, Nick (December 27, 2018). "13 Soul-Soothing Noodle Soups in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  6. ^ a b DeJesus, Erin (December 12, 2011). "MenuWatch". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  7. ^ DeJesus, Erin (January 19, 2011). "Mee Sen Co-Owner Opening New Thai Bar, Dubbed PaaDee". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  8. ^ DeJesus, Erin (September 15, 2011). "Plywood at PaaDee; Lorenzo's Shutters for Samurai Blue". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  9. ^ Stevenson, Jen (October 25, 2012). "PaaDee's Earl Ninsom on the Thai Spot's First Year". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  10. ^ DeJesus, Erin (November 9, 2012). "Signs of Life at Portland Penny Diner; PaaDee Parties". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  11. ^ DeJesus, Erin (January 9, 2013). "Event Planning". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  12. ^ DeJesus, Erin (February 12, 2013). "Go Celebrate Mardi Gras; Chinese New Year at Departure". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  13. ^ DeJesus, Erin (February 3, 2014). "Temporary Shutter/Eater Tracking". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  14. ^ DeJesus, Erin (March 20, 2014). "Inside Earl Ninsom's Langbaan, Open Behind PaaDee". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  15. ^ Centoni, Danielle (April 13, 2015). "Special Burger-Week Burgers to Sink Your Teeth Into". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  16. ^ Centoni, Danielle (April 15, 2015). "Eater Burgers: PaaDee's Thai Chicken Curry on a Bun". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  17. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 4, 2021). "A Burglar Broke Into Thai Spot Paadee This Weekend". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  18. ^ Woo, Nick (June 11, 2018). "Where to Eat, Drink, and Relax on East 28th's Underrated Restaurant Row". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  19. ^ Woo, Nick (June 5, 2019). "Portland's Incredible Southeast Asian Restaurant Scene, Mapped". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  20. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 18, 2017). "Healthy Portland Restaurant Plates That Don't Feel Like a Bummer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  21. ^ Frane, Alex (July 21, 2017). "15 Portland Bars and Restaurants Slinging Boozy Slushies This Summer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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