Ocean City Seafood Restaurant was a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Ocean City Seafood Restaurant served Chinese cuisine in

southeast Portland Southeast Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon. Boundaries and features Southeast Portland stretches from the warehouses along the Willamette River through historic Ladd's Addition to the Hawthorne and Belmont districts out to Gr ...

Jade District The Jade District is an Asian-dominated commercial area and cultural hub radiating outward from Southeast 82nd Avenue and Division Street, in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is roughly between Division Street and Powell Boulevard to th ...

, within the

Powellhurst-Gilbert Powellhurst-Gilbert is a neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders the neighborhoods of Montavilla, Hazelwood, and Mill Park on the north, Centennial on the east, Pleasant Valley on the east and south, and Lents an ...

neighborhood. The menu included

dim sum Dim sum () is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in restaurants for brunch. Most modern dim sum dishes are commonly associated with Cantonese cuisine, although dim sum dishes also exist in other Chinese cuis ...

such as fried and steamed dumplings and jian dui (sesame balls), chicken feet,

congee Congee or conjee ( ) is a type of rice porridge or gruel eaten in Asian countries. It can be eaten plain, where it is typically served with side dishes, or it can be served with ingredients such as meat, fish, seasonings and flavourings, most o ...

, rice cake and turnip cake, and shark fin soup. KGW has said the business provided a "family-style Chinese dining experience". A representative of the social justice advocacy group Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon said of the atmosphere: "If you go there even when it opens, there's already people sitting there reading their paper and having their tea and enjoying the dim sum. It's almost like the local hangout in the morning. People are there to convene."

History

Co-owners Lisa Fan and Shao Wei Feng, both of whom previously worked at Wong's King, opened Ocean City in June 2009. The restaurant operated via take-out and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fan said fear of COVID-19 reduced business by as much as fifty percent. In March 2020, the restaurant hosted U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer and members of the Portland Asian American Business Community to discuss " coronavirus discrimination". The restaurant had closed permanently by mid 2022. Michael Russell of '' The Oregonian'' wrote:

Reception

Drew Tyson included Ocean City in Thrillist's 2014 "guide to Portland's 6 best dim sum spots". He wrote, "One of the big three on 82nd and a well-known haven for Asian food, Ocean City might not get the general recognition of Wong's King... but if you ask most of the city's top chefs they'd say this spot is their favorite. Tables fill up fast so make sure to get there early or be relegated to the edge of the dining room where, by the time the cart gets to you, they'll only have chewy chicken feet left." In 2016, Samantha Bakall of ''The Oregonian'' wrote, "Ocean City's trump card is chicken feet, which are the best I've eaten anywhere to date. They're shiny and glazed, resting in a pool of brick red, almost chunky black bean sauce. They were a little too salty this visit, but I'm going to look past that here." She also included the dim sum in a 2017 list of Southeast Portland's 39 "best cheap eats". The newspaper's Michael Russell included the golden corn dumplings in a 2016 overview of the best dumplings along Southeast 82nd Avenue.

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at '' Portland Monthly''
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at Zomato {{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon 2009 establishments in Oregon 2020s disestablishments in Oregon Cantonese restaurants Defunct Chinese restaurants in Portland, Oregon Powellhurst-Gilbert, Portland, Oregon Restaurants established in 2009

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