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Outstanding Restaurant
2024 James Beard Foundation
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PORTLAND’S LANGBAAN WINS BIG AT 2024 JAMES BEARD AWARDS
“The most outstanding restaurant in the U.S. is located inside another restaurant in Northwest Portland.”
— OPB
THESE ARE PORTLAND’S 50 ESSENTIAL SIT-DOWN RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW
“PoMo’s 2014 Restaurant of the Year is still on a winning streak, unlocking the interactive, herb-zinging secrets of regional Thai cooking in choreographed evenings—each month trekking to a different region. Start looking for reservations now—it can take a while to get in.”
— PDX MONTHLY
PORTLAND’S 40 BEST RESTAURANTS
“Arguably America’s finest Thai restaurant…”
— THE OREGONIAN
BEST FOOD IN TOWN
“Langbaan, which introduces eaters to the different regions of Thailand.”
— SUNSET MAGAZINE
36 HOURS IN PORTLAND
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
GQ MOST OUTSTANDING RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA
“Langbaan is welcoming and generous, the food homey and gentle. Only the recipes are complicated, like the handwoven egg net enclosing pork, peanuts, and much more. (There’s always much more with Thai.) Live scallop sitting in a crispy cup made from coconut milk and rice flour was so sumptuous I wondered if it was intended to pass for dessert, and the salads contained tuna ceviche or marinated pork jowl—my kind of greens. This is the first Thai food I’ve ever eaten that made me wish I lived over there.”
— GQ
THE 50 BEST THINGS TO EAT & DRINK OF 2015
“For me, the flavor of the moment is funky and pungent, with a balance between acidity, salt, and spice..”
— GQ
CUSINE OF THE YEAR
“We’re hoping, praying (OK, begging) for a return trip in 2016.”
— PORTLAND MONTHLY
NOTES FROM PORTLAND, TAKE TWO