Pasar is a gem of an Indonesian restaurant offering a vibrant atmosphere and a menu bursting with authentic, flavorful dishes that keep diners coming back for more.
"Pasar in Portland, Oregon, is a dazzling Indonesian-Chinese restaurant designed to capture the spirit of bustling markets in Jakarta. Chef Feny, known for her snackable Indonesian desserts, draws inspiration from her childhood memories of markets, creating desserts that are compact, subtly sweet, and defined by a wide range of textures. The colorful kue at Pasar are intended to be integrated into meals, reflecting Indonesian culture. Feny uses innovative ingredients to produce distinct desserts like cantik manis and talam ubi, offering a unique dessert experience." - ByNina Moskowitz
"This Indonesian restaurant specializes in the snacks and dishes found in the archipelago’s morning and evening markets, ranging from savory fritters like bala-bala, springy tapioca cakes, and domes of chicken and rice known as nasi tim. A highlight on the menu: lontong cap go meh, a fragrant coconut-based soup loaded with jewels of rice dumplings, pickled vegetables, fried tofu and tempeh, and a sambal-saucy hard-boiled egg." - Rebecca Roland, Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Nathan Williams
"Everything at Indonesian snacks restaurant Pasar is big on flavor: the visually striking lontong cap goh meh, a mix of textures in a coconut broth with varying levels of crunch; the satisfying nasi goreng tek tek, a street-style fried rice. But my favorite bite here, consistently, is maybe one of the quietest dishes on the menu. The lemper ayam, essentially a square of banana-leaf-wrapped sticky rice, is wonderfully aromatic, the result of being steamed and then flash-seared on the grill, which allows the banana leaf to impart its flavor. Compared to the soy-heavy sticky rices that I grew up with (and continue to love), this one feels like pure, simple comfort." - Eater Staff
"She opened her Alberta Indonesian restaurant Pasar as something like a snack bar, serving a wide selection of single-bite treats she’d eat at the restaurant’s namesake markets she visited as a child." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Pasar, the new Chinese Indonesian restaurant and bar on Northeast Alberta, comes from the folks behind Wajan... showcases elements of Indonesian dining less commonly available in other parts of the world." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
