Heads Up: Keith Lee’s Portland Restaurant Tour Has Begun | Eater Portland

"An Indonesian-inspired Portland restaurant helmed by Thomas Pisha-Duffly and Mariah Pisha-Duffly, this isn’t quite a hole-in-the-wall affair — it’s been nominated for James Beard Awards and was a semifinalist this year, runs an $89 prix fixe, and is lauded for roti canai, rendang, and curries that even spun into second restaurant Oma’s Hideaway; Gado Gado’s handiwork is considered some of Portland’s premiere eating. When Keith Lee visited on Wednesday, July 30, the restaurant was slow when he arrived; he ordered blistered tomato curry, chicken satay, English peas on rice, and a side of roti, and said of the curry, “That curry has so much flavor in it... That is ridiculous.” After the meal, he bought $2,000 in gift cards for the customers after him to use and left a $500 tip, prompting the restaurant’s ecstatic Instagram recap: “SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP!!!!!!! ... Holy shit I am overwhelmed with gratitude.”" - Paolo Bicchieri