Friendship Kitchen
Friendship Kitchen is a restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States. The original restaurant opened in 2021, serving Vietnamese cuisine. The outpost Friendship Kitchen NW: From Saigon 2 Singapore opened in 2023 and serves Singaporean cuisine in addition to Vietnamese food.
Description
The Asian Pacific American- and LGBTQ-owned restaurant Friendship Kitchen operates in Portland, Oregon. The original restaurant on Glisan Street in the northeast Portland part of the Kerns neighborhood serves Vietnamese cuisine. The restaurant has a patio and the interior has neon signs and patterned lanterns. The menu includes bánh mì, bún bò Huế, noodle dishes, pho, and cocktails. The curry dish cà ri is called Keep Calm and Cà Ri On. On the drink menu, the Fresh Off the Boat has ginger-infused gin and the White Men Tears has rum and coconut milk. The Pho-Jito has rum, Combier, cilantro, and a syrup made with cardamom, cinnamon, and star anise. The Thai'd Up is an alcoholic and iced Thai tea. Other drinks use lychee, mango, tamarind, vodka, and whiskey.Friendship Kitchen NW: From Saigon 2 Singapore operates on Thurman Street in northwest Portland's Northwest District. In addition to Vietnamese food, the outpost serves Singaporean cuisine such as bánh xèo, Hainanese chicken rice, and laksa. The outpost also serves ragout with braised chicken in tomato-red wine sauce, as well as garlic butter shrimp and steak frites, soy-sugarcane drumsticks with vegan fish sauce, and garden rolls with tofu skin.
In addition to pho, both locations have served bánh tét around the holiday Tết.