Nong's Khao Man Gai (Downtown)
Nong Poonsukwattana sells her chicken and rice at this downtown counter on SW 13th. It is the same one-dish kitchen and the same sauce by the bottle. The reporting on how it is cooked belongs to the SE Ankeny door.
Why go
Poonsukwattana runs her whole operation on one dish, and she says why: In Thailand, it's normal for restaurants to focus on one dish.
1 This is the downtown counter for it. She bottles the sauce and sells it nationally, so you can take the part that keeps.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the khao man gai and the sauce that comes with it.1
- Avoid: reading the Eater account of the chicken program as a description of this kitchen. It names no address, so I cannot tell you these are the same pots.2
Good to know
- Two Portland doors. This is SW 13th Avenue. The SE Ankeny counter has its own entry and carries the kitchen reporting.
- Booking: counter service, no bookings.
Verdict
listed — Nothing found in this pass describes this counter. The chicken and rice is Nong Poonsukwattana's and the sauce is the same bottle, which is a real reason to stop if you are downtown and hungry. It sits on the bottom rung because the evidence for it is entirely borrowed from the operator, and the sibling door on SE Ankeny is where the reporting actually lands. Move it up when Willamette Week or Portland Monthly prints this address.