The Paper Bridge
The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Spouses Quynh Nguyen and Carlo Reinardy, who are co-owners and co-chefs, opened the restaurant in southeast Portland in 2023.
Description
The Paper Bridge is a Vietnamese restaurant in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. The business is named after a district in Hanoi. The restaurant's dining room has two areas, one of which is referred to as "the garden" and has hanging plants and paper lanterns.The Northern Vietnamese menu includes phở chiên phồng as well as Vân Đình-style grilled duck with glass noodles, chive flowers, daylilies, and bamboo consomme. The restaurant also serves the noodle dish bún chả. Among pho varieties is one with roast duck leg. The Lang Son-style pho has barbecue pork, pork tenderloin, pork belly, fried sweet potato, and chile sauce. The charcuterie platter has pork hock, Vietnamese and lap xoung sausages, pate, floss made of shiitake, pickled morning glory, and cheche.
Drink options include cà phê trung, iced coconut coffee, and rượu, or distilled rice wines infused with ingredients such as apple, mulberry, or rose myrtle. Cocktails include a gin fizz with calamansi juice and egg whites, and a mocktail called the lime snow has been described as "a sweet and citrusy confection with lots of ice". The Paper Bridge also serves smoothies with boba and jellies.