"Newly minted Eater 2024 Best New Restaurant winner Mémoire Cà Phê smashed into the Portland daytime dining scene over the summer and quickly won over locals with a menu focused on nostalgic, deeply comforting dishes that borrow influences from the Southeast Asian diaspora. The restaurant is an Avengers-like collaboration between Portland Cà Phê’s Kimberly Dam, Matta’s Richard Le, and HeyDay’s Lisa Nguyen and a bright celebration of Vietnamese American flavors, from things like a coconut milk egg omelette pocked with shrimp, fried chicken and pandan-spiked waffles, and a breakfast rice bowl drenched in fish sauce gravy and golden egg yolk. There’s not a miss in the bunch." - Zoe Baillargeon
Carter Hiyama
