Nong Poonsukwattana
Make the Thai Chicken and Rice from One of Portland's Best Food Carts
Making decisions is hard. Boxers or briefs? Swipe right or swipe left? But to help you with one choice for today, we have the perfect dinner.
You've Never Had Chicken and Rice Like This
A staple of food carts in Thailand, khao man gai literally translates as "chicken fat rice." That's literally all it is, and yet it has the power to pack exponential levels of flavor, like some kind of chicken-y thermal detonator.
How Portland’s Thai Food Queen Turned a Cart from Craigslist into an Empire
Nong Poonsukwattana found her first food cart in 2009 off an anonymous Craigslist ad. Today, her burgeoning food empire is a Portland staple. But it is hard to believe that all of that buzz comes from just one dish: chicken and rice.
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