Gado Gado
Asian fusion restaurant · Hollywood ·
Pan-Asian & Dutch-Indonesian dishes, specialty cocktails, bold flavors
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Pan-Asian & Dutch-Indonesian dishes, specialty cocktails, bold flavors
"An Indonesian-inspired Portland restaurant helmed by Thomas Pisha-Duffly and Mariah Pisha-Duffly, this isn’t quite a hole-in-the-wall affair — it’s been nominated for James Beard Awards and was a semifinalist this year, runs an $89 prix fixe, and is lauded for roti canai, rendang, and curries that even spun into second restaurant Oma’s Hideaway; Gado Gado’s handiwork is considered some of Portland’s premiere eating. When Keith Lee visited on Wednesday, July 30, the restaurant was slow when he arrived; he ordered blistered tomato curry, chicken satay, English peas on rice, and a side of roti, and said of the curry, “That curry has so much flavor in it... That is ridiculous.” After the meal, he bought $2,000 in gift cards for the customers after him to use and left a $500 tip, prompting the restaurant’s ecstatic Instagram recap: “SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP!!!!!!! ... Holy shit I am overwhelmed with gratitude.”" - Paolo Bicchieri
"Just off Sandy in the Hollywood District, this Southeast Asian restaurant wrapped in shellfish-adorned wallpaper offers something the team calls its rice table, a play on the Dutch-Indonesian rijsttafel service. For $89 per person, a flurry of dishes like pickled beet panipuri, chicken satay in terasi peanut sauce, and Chinese sausage and shrimp shu mai precede a feast of curries, stews, and braises, covering the table with an accompanying bowl of chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly’s grandmother’s clove-scented rice. Highlights include the blistered tomato curry and flaky roti canai." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Gado Gado was quick to set up outside dining in its Hollywood parking lot when COVID-19 struck, and years later, it’s still going strong. Cute, covered, and heated with standing heat lanterns, it’s a lovely and cozy place to dine on the restaurant’s inventive Indonesian and Chinese dishes, dumplings, and Singaporean chile crab." - Thom Hilton
"Chef Thomas Pisha-Duffly was named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category." - Erin DeJesus
"You probably wouldn’t bring a homesick Indonesian to Hollywood’s Gado Gado, a colorful strip mall spot that spawned Oma’s Hideaway, since the food is rooted in tradition but kind of does its own thing—to delicious effect. The grilled chicken satay and tender beef rendang wouldn’t be out of place in a Jakarta warung, but you’d be hard-pressed to find warm chanterelle and farro salads with mezcal-pickled cherries and fig gastrique on those same streets. And that’s part of the fun, as is the Singapore-style chili crab, a Sunday and Monday “secret” special. If you want to see what Gado Gado can do, gather a group and order the 13-ish course family-style Rice Table ($89 per person), their interpretation of a rijsttafel feast. You might start with a take on panipuri, filled with sweet potato purée and pickled pineapple while being charmed by coconut clam curry with anchovy croutons and clove and pandan-scented rice along the way." - Krista Garcia
