Portland’s Best Restaurants and Bars, Spring 2025 | Eater Portland

"Louis Lin and Jolyn Chen serve what they call first-generation American food, drawing from their experiences growing up Taiwanese American and working in restaurants across the country. That means dishes like salted egg yolk shrimp and rigatoni all’Amatriciana find a home at the same table. Mini madeleines, a menu staple, are fashioned from masa and mochiko and serve as a sweet-savory start to the meal. Once a month on Wednesdays, diners are drawn in for an ephemeral burger special, like jalapeño popper burgers or their take on an In-N-Out double-double. Finish with a flight of housemade gelato, from fior di latte with Okinawan brown sugar to blood orange sorbet. Xiao Ye translates to midnight snack, which captures the restaurant’s mission to welcome diners to connect with loved ones and friends over unexpected flavor combinations." - Katherine Chew Hamilton