Sunshine Noodles

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Sunshine Noodles
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The restaurant's exterior in 2022
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Restaurant information
Established2019 (2019)
Food typeCambodian American
Street address2175 Northwest Raleigh Street, Suite 105
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97210
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°32′03″N 122°41′46″W / 45.5342°N 122.6960°W / 45.5342; -122.6960Coordinates: 45°32′03″N 122°41′46″W / 45.5342°N 122.6960°W / 45.5342; -122.6960
Websitesunshinenoodlespdx.com

Sunshine Noodles is a Cambodian American restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Sunshine Noodles is a Cambodian American restaurant in the Slabtown area of northwest Portland's Northwest District. The interior, described by Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland as "Hello Kitty-meets-Blade Runner",[1] has neon lights and pink tiles. The menu, which changes often, has included Phnom Penh noodles, a beef brisket noodle stew, fish sauce spaghetti and meatballs, and catfish spring rolls.[2][3] The brunch menu includes macaroni soup, steak with eggs and rice, strawberry French toast, and grits with shrimp and bacon jam.[4] Cocktails have included the Mekhong Vacation, a passion fruit margarita.[5]

History

Revelry chef Diane Lam launched Sunshine Noodles as a noodle bar pop-up with David Sigal in 2019. The menu included kuyteav Phnom Penh and num banhchok. The pop-up was successful, according to Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland. Revelry planned to rebrand as Revelry Noodle Bar, but closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Sunshine Noodles operated at north Portland's Psychic Bar from July 2020 to January 2021. The Cambodian menu included spelt noodles with French-style vegan tomato and maitake mushroom ragout with Maggi seasoning, as well as samlar machu, and grilled corn with coconut milk glaze. Sunshine Noodles also served potato chip salad with cabbage, wasabi ranch dressing, and candied cashews, and chile relleno banh chao. The pop-up was designed for social distancing during the pandemic.[7][8]

Lam began hosting a series of dinner parties at the restaurant called Penh Pals.[9] The pop-ups operation was expanded and extended through March 2021.[10] Sunshine Noodle's fried chicken with lime sauce became "a breakout hit", according to Jackson-Glidden.[11] Previously scheduled to operate longer, the pop-up ended service temporarily on December 24, 2020, intending to reopen at a permanent location in March 2021.[12] The pop-up hosted a Valentine's Day dinner.[13] In November 2021, Sunshine Noodles announced plans to re-open as a brick and mortar restaurant in Slabtown on December 13.[14][15][16] The restaurant launched a brunch menu in 2022.[4]

Reception

In August 2020, Willamette Week said of the pop-up at Psychic Bar, "Sunshine Noodles is an avowedly irreverent, none too serious take on contemporary Cambodian food ... The corn pudding is a candidate for the city's best new dessert, but the lime pepper wings are the breakout hit—spicy and complex, they want for nothing except a beer, and perhaps a napkin."[17] The newspaper also included Sunshine Noodles in a list of "Five Great New Restaurants That Opened in 2020".[18]

Katherine Chew Hamilton of Portland Monthly also included the Sunshine Noodles in an overview of best new restaurants of 2020.[19] For the magazine's "2020 Portland Food Highlight Reel", she wrote: "We also loved the patio at contemporary Cambodian spot Sunshine Noodles, one of the first restaurants in Portland that was specifically designed with pandemic safety considerations in mind, with Dance Dance Revolution-themed arrows directing foot traffic and cartoon noodle bowls serving as social distance markers."[20] In 2022, she included the fish sauce spaghetti and meatballs in a list of "4 Noodle Dishes to Eat Now",[21] and the Le Quick Fix in the magazine's list of "The Best Local Spots to Sip Espresso Martinis Like a '90s Boss".[22]

References

  1. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-07-09). "An Eater's Guide to Portland, Oregon". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ Damewood, Andrea (2022-02-02). "Sunshine Noodles Is Barely 2 Months Old but Already Delighting With Creative Dishes". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  3. ^ "Where to Eat in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. 2022-02-09. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ a b Frane, Alex (2022-05-13). "Gregory Gourdet's Upcoming Haitian Restaurant Kann Will Open in July with a Cocktail Bar". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  5. ^ Russell, Michael (2022-01-04). "Seattle dumplings, seasonal Burmese salads and more Portland restaurant news". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  6. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-12-20). "Chef de Cuisine Diane Lam Is Molding Revelry Into a Hip Noodle Bar". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2020-07-18). "May Sunshine Noodles Offer You a Ray of Hope in This Trying Time?". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. ^ Michelman, Jordan (2020-07-28). "Sunshine Noodles Brings Unheralded Cambodian Street Food Into the Daylight on Mississippi Avenue". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  9. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-08-21). "Otter Pops Deletes Tweet Offering Popsicles to Portland Protesters, Spurring a Boycott". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  10. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-09-30). "How Former Revelry Chef de Cuisine Diane Lam Opened an Outdoor Restaurant During a Pandemic". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  11. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-01-08). "Diane Lam's Next Project: A Delivery-Centric Cambodian Fried Chicken Spot". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  12. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2020-12-23). "Sunshine Noodles Is Going on Hiatus Until March. Meanwhile, There's Fried Chicken". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. ^ Frane, Alex (2020-02-04). "Where to Dine for Valentine's Day 2021 in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  14. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2021-11-05). "Sunshine Noodles Is Opening in Slabtown". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. ^ Damewood, Andrea (2021-11-05). "Sunshine Noodles Will Open a Permanent Location in Slabtown". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  16. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-11-05). "Diane Lam's Blockbuster Pop-Up, Sunshine Noodles, Will Reemerge as a Restaurant". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  17. ^ "Where to Eat in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. 2020-08-05. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  18. ^ "Five Great New Restaurants That Opened in 2020". Willamette Week. 2020-12-27. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  19. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2020-10-06). "Sunshine Noodles Stirs Modern Influences into Cambodian Food". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  20. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2020-12-29). "The 2020 Portland Food Highlight Reel: Pivots, Food Carts, and New Restaurants". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  21. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2022-02-25). "The Best Noodle Dishes to Try In Portland Right Now". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  22. ^ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (2022-03-07). "The Best Espresso Martinis in Portland". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

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