![]() ![]() ![]() Milk + T started in Los Angeles as a food cart, and now it’s got a brick-and-mortar there and in Beaverton. Snag a taiyaki to go on the side, a fish-shaped pancake stuffed with the likes of red bean or custard. Bingsoo offerings include the classic injeolmi (toasted soybean powder) with red bean and rice cakes, black sesame with vanilla ice cream and red bean, and fruity flavors like mango or strawberry with whipped cream. ![]() Snowy Village has taken root on North Vancouver Avenue, conveniently located next to the new Two Zone Korean fried chicken restaurant. And on March 18, Meet Fresh, a Taiwanese franchise dessert shop, will open in Old Town. On March 11, Milk + T, a boba shop with locations in Beaverton and Los Angeles, will have its grand opening in downtown Portland. Snowy Village softly opened, selling Korean bingsoo, on March 4. Thankfully, this month welcomes three new Asian dessert spots. And when it comes to Asian dessert soups, like red bean soup, I can’t recall having one except after an excellent crab and fish dinner at Powell Seafood. We’ve got some good shaved ice desserts (looking at you, Soen kakigori, and Wailua shave ice), but Korean bingsoo is still a rarity (though you’ll find it on the menu at Janken). We have a few boba spots in Portland, sure, but not on every corner. If there’s one thing that Portland’s sweets scene could definitely use more of, it’s Asian desserts, many of which are famously (ideally) not too sweet and feature that chewy, onomatopoeic "QQ" texture you'll find in things like boba and rice cakes. ![]()
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