Last year, my girlfriend, her companion animal and I went to Portland to do some tax-free shopping and grab a bite to eat.
While we there, after strolling down the Pearl District, we had the wonderful and surprising experience of enjoying the BeWon's http://www.bewonrestaurant.com/ eight course vegetarian/vegan Korean meal for $24.95 each. We used a Microsoft Passport card and the restaurant is also listed in the Portland Entertainment Book.
The meal came as I remember with pumpkin-rice porridge, stir-fried sweet potato noodles with vegetables, shiitake-filled baby crepes with eight items representing each providence such as carrots, egg whites, egg yolks, bean sprouts, and other items, stir-fry mushrooms, broccoli and other vegetables entrée with two types of kimchis, spinach, smoked squid, some kind of pancake, quartered sweet potatoes, bean sprouts, fried crispy seaweed with crunchy rice and firm black beans, tofu soup and finally followed with ginger cider with a pine nut resting on top and a dessert of fried puffy rice roll. Chris, the male proprietor who was serving as waiter that day explained in detail each dish's gustatory and cultural history.
Afterwards she told me that was the best meal she had had in several years. When I asked why, she replied that it was difficult to find places that would serve this many vegetarian courses.
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