Baon Kainan
Baon Kainan was a Filipino restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. It garnered a positive reception, before closing in 2025.
Description
The restaurant Baon Kainan served Filipino / Filipino-American cuisine in Portland, Oregon. The business operated from a food cart on Alberta Street called Alberta Carts, and later on Couch Street in the north Portland part of the Kerns neighborhood. Baon Kainan used the tagline "Not your tita's cooking". The restaurant's website said, "Our goal is to share our perspective on Filipino food through the lens of Filipino-Americans. Growing up predominantly in the U.S. and having a Filipino heritage makes our story unique but common to what second and third-generation Filipinos have experienced."The menu included adobo made with smoked tamari and chicken stock, ensaïmadas, as well as kare-kare served with French fries. The business also served sisig with jackfruit and mushroom, Filipino spaghetti with banana ketchup tomato sauce, and calamansi cream puffs. The brunch menu included pork belly tosilog with eggs and garlic rice, and ube bibingka was among dessert options.
History
The restaurant was owned by spouses Ethan and Geri Leung. It started as a pop-up in Seattle. In 2021, the couple relocated to Portland and moved Baon Kainan to a lot at Metalwood Salvage on Northeast Prescott Street.Baon Kainan was part of the Sobrang Sarap food tour. It also hosted Balong as a pop-up serving breakfast sandwiches. In 2025, Baon Kainan was among local Filipino establishments that participated in a fundraiser for victims of the Vancouver car attack.
Baon Kainan ceased operations as a food cart in July 2025 and re‑opened under a new concept as Pamana at The Hoxton, Portland, in Old Town Chinatown, starting September 3, 2025.