Fans of blind items may have been tickled to see an article from the Oregonian tease a possible new restaurant from the James Beard Award-winning Langbaan team, but it appears the news is true: Chef Akkapong “Earl” Ninsom confirms that he, along with Eric Nelson and chef Sam Smith of Yaowarat, will open a new restaurant dubbed OK Chicken & Khaosoi. “Our vision is to bring a Northern Thai dining experience back to Portland — something the city has been missing since early in the pandemic,” Ninsom writes in an email to Eater.
While that news in itself is worthy of excitement, exactly where the restaurant may set up shop
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