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Vietnamese salad rolls are extremely satisfying and wonderfully healthy. They are a great meal to take to work or school, and they make a great party appetizer as well. Try your hand at salad rolls with this recipe from Lucy and April Eklund of Portland's Jade restaurant.
This unassuming Sellwood spot blends a Vietnamese noodle house with French patisserie and teahouse, reflecting co-owner Lucy Eklund's stint training at Béziers' Maison Carratié.
It took a few months for Jade Teahouse to really take off after mother-and-daughter tandem Lucy and April Eklund opened the doors in Sellwood in October 2008. But the comfortable, high-ceilinged eatery has been a hot spot ever since. Jade's counter-service set up makes ordering snappy, with a surprisingly expansive regular menu supplemented by an intriguing array of daily specials.
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Patrick Alan Coleman visits Sellwood standbyJade Teahouse, commending its seamless French and Vietnamese fusion and making Eater extremely hungry in the reading process.
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Consider for a moment the nearly 70 years of French occupation in Vietnam. Just stick with me here. Now, consider it while biting into a Vietnamese meatball sandwich at Jade Teahouse and Patisserie. That baguette? House made and spot-on. That meatball? More European than Vietnamese, and utterly tender and delicious.
The idyllic streets of Sellwood in spring look a lot like the set of Sesame Street (without the puppets)—it’s the kind of neighborhood where kids still sell ten-cent cups of lemonade on the sidewalk (really—I bought one). Nestled in this Southeast Portland haven is the bright and airy Jade Teahouse & Patisserie, owned by mother-daughter duo Lucy and April Eklund.