Gado Gado
Asian fusion restaurant · Hollywood
1801 NE Cesar E Chavez Blvd, Portland, OR 97212
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Highlights
Pan-Asian & Dutch-Indonesian dishes, specialty cocktails
Pan-Asian & Dutch-Indonesian dishes, specialty cocktails
"Just off Sandy in the Hollywood District, this Southeast Asian restaurant wrapped in shellfish-adorned wallpaper offers something the team calls its rice table, a play on the Dutch-Indonesian rijsttafel service. For $89 per person, a flurry of dishes like pickled beet panipuri, chicken satay in terasi peanut sauce, and Chinese sausage and shrimp shu mai precede a feast of curries, stews, and braises, covering the table with an accompanying bowl of chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly’s grandmother’s clove-scented rice. Highlights include the blistered tomato curry and flaky roti canai." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Gado Gado was quick to set up outside dining in its Hollywood parking lot when COVID-19 struck, and years later, it’s still going strong. Cute, covered, and heated with standing heat lanterns, it’s a lovely and cozy place to dine on the restaurant’s inventive Indonesian and Chinese dishes, dumplings, and Singaporean chile crab." - Thom Hilton
"Chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly was named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category." - Erin DeJesus
"You probably wouldn’t bring a homesick Indonesian to Hollywood’s Gado Gado, a colorful strip mall spot that spawned Oma’s Hideaway, since the food is rooted in tradition but kind of does its own thing—to delicious effect. The grilled chicken satay and tender beef rendang wouldn’t be out of place in a Jakarta warung, but you’d be hard-pressed to find warm chanterelle and farro salads with mezcal-pickled cherries and fig gastrique on those same streets. And that’s part of the fun, as is the Singapore-style chili crab, a Sunday and Monday “secret” special. If you want to see what Gado Gado can do, gather a group and order the 13-ish course family-style Rice Table ($89 per person), their interpretation of a rijsttafel feast. You might start with a take on panipuri, filled with sweet potato purée and pickled pineapple while being charmed by coconut clam curry with anchovy croutons and clove and pandan-scented rice along the way." - Krista Garcia
"For some, a celebration dinner means covering the table in food, tangles of arms scooping and grabbing and yanking at the spread in front of them. This Hollywood neighborhood Indonesian restaurant’s “rice table” is specifically designed for those people: the meal comes with a flurry of snacks, grilled meats, curries, and braises served with the restaurant’s tasty clove-scented rice. The menu is available pescatarian or not, though this would not be the best option for vegans." - Michelle Lopez
