"Tucked in a strip mall off Mill Plain Boulevard, The Chef Thai Cuisine serves elegantly plated and carefully prepared Thai dishes in a small, understated dining room. The specials menu is filled with dishes hard to find in Portland’s Thai restaurants, let alone Vancouver’s — treasures like a savory crepe filled with mussels (hoi tod), rolled rice noodles in a five spice pork broth (kuay jab), and steamed squid bathed in lime juice, bird eye chiles, and garlic (pla muk neung manao)." - Rachel Pinsky