Tokyo Sando
Sandwich shop · Downtown
431 SW Harvey Milk St, Portland, OR 97204
Highlights
Japanese milk bread sandwiches: katsu, egg salad & specials
Japanese milk bread sandwiches: katsu, egg salad & specials
"Taiki Nakajima’s popular Japanese-style sandwich cart is the Midtown Beer Garden, where diners can enjoy meals with beer from Fracture Brewing and live music on occasion. Nakajima uses slices of shokupan as bookends for fillings like pork katsu, panko-breaded tofu, and creamy egg salad. The cart has a menu of regular sandwiches, but specials like the deep-fried curry pan sando or one stuffed with strawberries and cream are the attraction for regulars: They’re announced on Instagram and typically sell out fast." - Ben Coleman
"Tokyo Sando brings the best of Japanese convenience store culture (“konbini”) to the Midtown Beer Garden, the revamped version of a longstanding downtown food cart pod, with picnic table seating for 300 and a stage for live music. While egg salad sandwiches might be a 7-Eleven staple in Tokyo, they’re nothing like this food cart’s overstuffed version that incorporates two soft-boiled eggs, sliced to expose their jammy yolks, on crustless shokupan. The katsu sandwich featuring a breaded pork cutlet and savory brown sauce on a bed of shredded cabbage leans closer to tradition, but if that’s too pedestrian, opt for the naka sando that amps up a chicken cutlet with tartar sauce like they do in Kyushu. The plaza comes alive during lunchtime with nearby office workers and tourists." - krista garcia
"With shokupan sandwiches styled after the popular Japanese convenience store “sandos,” Tokyo Sando makes distinctive versions packed with flavor, like a gyoza scotch egg-filled special and a chicken nanban with tartar sauce and red cabbage. The shop’s miso pork katsu is a particular standout with crispy fried pork with a hearty dose of miso sauce and black garlic; it’s also available with tofu." - Alex Frane
"Tokyo Sando brings the best of Japanese convenience store culture (“konbini”) to the Midtown Beer Garden, the revamped version of a longstanding downtown food cart pod, with picnic table seating for 300 and a stage for live music. While egg salad sandwiches might be a 7-Eleven staple in Tokyo, they’re nothing like this food cart’s overstuffed version that incorporates two soft-boiled eggs, sliced to expose their jammy yolks, on crustless shokupan. The katsu sandwich featuring a breaded pork cutlet and savory brown sauce on a bed of shredded cabbage leans closer to tradition, but if that’s too pedestrian, opt for the naka sando that amps up a chicken cutlet with tartar sauce like they do in Kyushu. The plaza comes alive during lunchtime with nearby office workers and tourists. photo credit: Emily Triggs" - Krista Garcia
"Because of its limited hours, I beeline to Tokyo Sando on a regular basis; its Japanese-style sandwiches built on fluffy shokupan let 'sando artist' Taiki Nakajima layer chicken nanban, pork katsu, or creamy egg salad, and they always make for a lunch to look forward to." - Janey Wong
