W Woodland Chinese - Duncan

We visited Mother's twice on a recent visit to Oregon.

Mother's has never disappointed me in any way I love trying the specials here as I can almost guarantee that I will like what they serve.

Mother's Bistro was one of many breakfast spots I went to during my stay in downtown Portland.

A true family restaurant, with the young daughter helping out with waitressing. Very cute. The food is fresh and well prepared. The whole family id friendly, and the atmosphere casual.

We thought we would try something new. Do not waste your money by eating here. We ordered pork fried rice, chicken in black bean sauce and ginger beef. The rice was dark yellow and each piece of rice was a millimeter square. It was completely tasteless and I am not sure if it was actually rice. Can rice be cut up into 1mm tiny squares? The chicken in black bean sauce was dry and the cook dumped all the old dried up green beans from the kitchen on the plate. There were so many that I thought I was given a huge plate of dried up green beans. The ginger beef was covered in a red chili sauce with some cut up ginger placed on top of it. It was deep fried to the point that I was afraid I was going to break a tooth by biting it. Don't waste your money here.