Pasar - Review - Alberta - Portland, OR - The Infatuation

"Pasar, Wajan’s snackier sister, is playful and just transportive enough for a midweek date. Sure, you can split a larger dish like the battered fried shrimp tossed with salted duck egg yolks, but it’s more fun to load up on cemilan (snacks) and gorengang (fritters) and pair them with cocktails spotlighting Indonesian spirits. We recommend the sate padang, flank steak skewers in a mellow curry gravy (yes, you want the lontong, a.k.a. steamed rice cakes, to mop it all up), murtabak daging, a fried turnover stuffed with spiced beef and egg, and the bite-sized, colorful sweets flavored with pandan and ube that are meant to be eaten throughout the meal. Batik fabrics drape the walls, folkloric figurines line the shelves, and a thatched awning hangs over the bar, channeling the tropics but via Alberta St." - Krista Garcia