In this week’s batch of food news, the Filipino truck Baon Kainan opens this weekend, Ava Gene’s launches a new pizzeria called Cicoria, and you can once again enjoy sushi delivered via toy train at Sushi Ichiban. Plus, the stall Hapa Pizza is planning a food truck, Matt’s BBQ is expanding to Beaverton, and a ghost kitchen is bringing Christina Tosi’s famed Milk Bar treats to Portland. Read on for that and more culinary tidbits. For more ideas for what to eat and drink this weekend, check out our food and drink guide.
NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS
Baon Kainan
Married couple Ethan and Geri Leung, the team behind the Filipino pop-up Baon Kainan, will open a cart at Metalwood Salvage on Saturday. The Leungs previously hosted pop-ups at the Seattle restaurant Ben Paris (where Ethan worked as a sous chef) and at Matta. The spot’s tagline is “not your tita’s cooking,” which reflects Ethan and Geri’s experiences as Filipino-Americans growing up predominantly in the United States. The menu melds traditional Filipino cooking with influences from American fast food and snacks as well as the cuisines of personally significant places like Italy, South Carolina, and Hawaii.
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