Portland, the fourth largest city on the West Coast, has a handful of Chinese restaurants located near Third Avenue and Clackamas Street in the northeast part of town. Each Chinese restaurant serves a variety of traditional Chinese and Chinese-American dishes, including sweet and sour chicken, lo mein and Kung Pao shrimp. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Chino Saigon Sinee
Chino Saigon Sinee at NE Broadway and Eighth Avenue is a casual dining restaurant that specializes in Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. Though the Chinese portion of the menu is limited, many of the entrees were less than $9 as of 2011. It includes Kung Pao chicken, Szechwan crispy shrimp and Mongolian beef. Chow Mein entrees are served with mixed vegetables. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Though Chino Saigon Sinee does not have a website, a copy of the restaurant's menu is online at MenuPix.
The Orient
The Orient at NE Broadway and 11th Avenue has an extensive menu featuring Hunan, Szechuan and Cantonese cuisines. The Orient's traditional Chinese menu includes moo goo gai pan, orange chicken and lo mein. It also has 10 house specialties that ranged from $9 to $12 in 2011. The Triple Crown dish is a combination of chicken, shrimp and roast pork saut ed with vegetables and water chestnuts. Fans of hot and spicy food may like the Hunan Trio, a combination of shrimp, beef and chicken served with a brown house sauce. The Orient is open seven days a week and has a daily lunch special. The Orient does not have a website, but the menu is on MenuPix.
Panda Express
Panda Express, the largest Chinese fast-food chain in America as of 2011, has a restaurant at 14th Avenue and NE Weidler Street. Its menu includes hot and sour soup, Thai cashew chicken breast, Kung Pao shrimp and SweetFire chicken breast. Panda Express also has a kid's meal of fried or steamed rice, chow mein, or mixed vegetables and a small fountain drink. Panda Express is open seven days a week and has drive-through service.
Max Orient
Max Orient is in the food court section of the Lloyd Center Mall. It is a buffet-style fast food restaurant serving veggie spring rolls, tofu with garlic sauce, General Tso's chicken, sweet and sour shrimp, chow mein and lo mein. Max Orient's has a combo-plate option for two menu items. Max Orient is open seven days a week. Takeout is available.
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