green and simple

It's 7:20am and weirdly dark. Partly due to the spring forward DST shift, partly because I can barely keep my eyes open. I'm hungry. And all I can really see is the bright bold colors of somtum (green papaya salad) in front of me. It's not like I can't eat this at work everyday if I wanted, but here I am, craving. I guess that says somtum about Sotum Gai Yang. The simplicity, the flavors, the freshness, the sticky rice, the heat (they don't hold back if you tell them to bring it) and the roasted chicken.  I here, I mean I hear, there's more. Pad Kee Mao, Khao Soi, etc....need to go back soon, but will I be able to order anything else? Don't know. Don't know much, but I need to get a new song stuck in my head. Oh, but I do know they just opened a second cart, 3rd and Stark, looks like a metal box. They all do you say. For reals though, you'll understand if you see it. Somewhere on the OG cart I thought I saw mention...dark again, a millisecond nap...about this being a healthful diet....forget Jared and his never ending string of turkey subways....I could eat this every meal. Do I even know what I'm saying. No. Just typing. Not really saying anything. Ignore me, I'm tired....I'll wake up soon. Actually don't completely ignore me. Get Somtum or better yet Somtum Gai Yang (green papaya salad plus chicken). Red cart, next to the dump truck, a few carts up from Nong's. I'm sure this'll make sense to someone...okay stopping now. Somtum (It's fun to say, you should try it).

Somtum Gai Yang
SW 10th and Alder
Portland, OR 97205
Mon-Sat 11am-7pm
503-522-9543

SW 3rd and Stark
Portland, OR 97205
Mon-Sat 11am-9pm (1am on Fri, Sat)


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