BKK PAD THAI @CARTOPIA — Restaurant in Portland

This was the cart I was most excited to try at cartopia. I patiently waiting for them to open. I absolutely love a great chicken pad Thai... Unfortunately I did not get that here. Everything was reheat and serve. The rice noodles ( which take only a couple minutes to cook ) weren't fresh. And were riddled with nasty tofu. I can't stand tofu; and this was not supposed to be in my order! The sauce was ok I guess. The Sriracha avocado I paid extra for didn't taste like anything but avocado. The biggest let down was the chicken. Two tiny OLD dry flavorless prices of chicken seriously? Nothing took long to cook that I ordered. For 18 bucks I really didn't expect old, left over reheated food. You would be very angry if you were served that after you went out of your way to eat somewhere. I hope this review inspires you to try harder; Cause you won't last long serving the kind of food. Oh. I picked out all the burnt egg and tofu so you can see what I'm talking about. And the clumps of hard, reheated...

I will dream of your Pad Thai even when I’m long gone 🥲❤️

I was visiting Portland and apparently made it my goal to visit as many food pods as I could. My destination that day: BKK Thai. I don’t even like Pad Thai. It’s usually too oily and sweet for me but I decided to try it anyway. I was blown away 😳 The flavors were perfectly balanced, enough veggies to break up the noodles, and most importantly not too sweet. The Thai tea was the perfect accompaniment to wash it all down. I will say the Satay chicken was on the drier side and I could’ve done without but it didn’t take away from the amazingness of everything else.

BKK you have my heart, best Pad Thai...

Vegetarian Food Review: I am giving a 2 star review because the menu states that they serve Vegan and Vegetarian food. That’s a lie when the fried tofu they use is fried in the same oil as chicken. Vegan very clearly means no animal fat or animal products. Now I know why I felt a bit heavy after I ate there. Today I asked before ordering. I am exhausted by food biz playing with our diets. I will change my review when I clearly see that the oil is being separated for vegan vegetarian diet. Otherwise let’s just call it non vegetarian. The chef told me it’s not meat. It’s just chicken. FYI. The taste was lovely the last 2 times but ofcourse I had...