Pasar Is Bringing Indonesian Market Meals to Portland | Eater Portland
"On Northeast Alberta, Pasar is designed to evoke a pasar malam: snacks hang from the walls and sit on shelves at the entrance, a bar awning suggests an Indonesian warung with batik fish beneath the counter, mega mendung cloud patterns mark the ceiling, and the walls shift in color from sunrise oranges to twilight purples. I found the concept focused on small, market-style bites meant for grazing — currently open for dinner with plans to expand to all-day pasar pagi snacks and pasar malam dishes — with a lineup that includes fried gorengan like risol sayur and bala-bala, lemper ayam, nasi tim, bakso with ayam kuluyuk, a soup-style lontong Cap Go Meh bolstered with sayur lodeh and terasi, and a variety of kue (putu ayu, talam ubi, cantik manis); the bar, run by Ross Grimes, offers cocktails made with arak, baijiu, or a house-made pandan-coconut liqueur." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
