The Best Things Eater Portland Ate in July 2025 | Eater Portland

"As someone severely gluten-intolerant, I still happily took the hit to return for the Oma’s Table tasting menu, a spread of Southeast Asian small plates leading to the pièce de résistance: a tamarind-mala fried chicken platter spun with sweet-and-spicy tamarind sauce, smashed Sichuan peppercorns, crushed peanuts, lime leaf salt, and “hella herbs.” It’s the kind of bite I can’t stop picking up even as other dishes clamor for attention — cooling cucumber raita salad, caramelized carrot and leek curry with flaky roti canai, and salted egg yolk curry fries pocked with fermented serrano chiles and scallion (we added the latter) — best washed down with the cocktail for a cause or something zero-proof like the “I Am Serious” with pandan, coconut, and lime." - Eater Staff