Last month, a traveling pop up series visited Portland called Breakfast Club. The series appears at various restaurants who do not normally serve breakfast to entice those chefs to do a one day breakfast event. Cities that Breakfast Club popped up this year included New York, Austin, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland. Three restaurants hosted here in PDX, and I attended 2 of them – one at Nong’s Khao Man Gai, and one at Kachka. Unfortunately I was not able to make the one at Tusk. Here’s a quick photo recap of those Portland Hey Breakfast Club Popup events.
For a set price, a diner would get a main dish, two sides, coffee/tea, and a special prize inside. Diners could choose to take the bag to go, or sit at communal tables and eat and meet others. What a fun play on the idea of a kid’s meal, but for adults!
The branding they have is whimsical and helps put everyone in a good mood. The art is by Amit Greenberg, and can be found on the parchment paper on the trays and wrapping the food, stickers, to go bags, even stickers.
Tusk
Sam Burglar created a special breakfast sandwich on a housemade roll along with slice of coffee cake and a tart and a crunchy salad.
Nong’s Khao Man Gai
Nong Poonsukwattana dished up an egg dish they normally serve for staff meal, stir fried with chicken fat, served with rice and her famous sauces, plus a bag of fried chicken skins and Gailan. Coffee was by BunaMX from Mexico, served in the iconic New York Anthora coffee cup.
Kachka
Bonnie Morales created a breakfast tray of Beet cured salmon with radish and housemade smetana butter on bread, farmer’s cheese and chocolate babka. Coffee by Stumptown Coffee
I hope they come back through Portland in 2018. To stay in the loop of where they’ll be next or interesting breakfast trays that are being created in other cities, check out their Instagram @heybreakfastclub. Which of these breakfasts is most enticing to you? What is your most unusual or unique breakfast that you’ve had?
How cute!! What a fun event and great for people who want to get out but not be out late. I tend to eat non-breakfasty things for breakfast, like leftovers from dinner sometimes!
This sounds so fun!
That artwork is so cool! What a great event.