Spork is a fusion restaurant located in Bend, Oregon. It is along the street where many brunch places are at. Spork offers variety of types of food including Thai, Mexican, Chinese, and American. On many of the restaurant review sites, it is ranked as the number 2 restaurant to go to in Bend. Since Spork is so highly rated in many review sites, we decided to give it a try when visiting Bend.
We got to Spork around 12PM and parked our car along one of the side street in the neighborhood. The restaurant was not very obvious to find. We actually drove by it and had to walk back. The Spork sign is on its door and the restaurant offers both outside seating area and indoor seating area. It also has a logo that says "fire" in Chinese Like many Oregon restaurants, customers order the food first at the cashier and then find the table to sit down. We were given a stick with a picture on it after we placed our order and the server delivered the food to us.
We ordered a Pozole Rojo Mexican dish and a Dan Dan noodle Chinese dish. The Pozole Rojo dish was a bit small and did not come with many chips. The taste of Pozole Rojo was not as good as what we had in Portland either. The chicken could have been more tender as well. The Dan Dan noodle is mixed with a lot of green onions, peanuts, and minced pork. When we say a lot, we actually meant A LOT! The entire bowl of noodle is covered under green onions. The noodle is actually made out of rice, which is a bit different. The minced pork however is a bit tough to chew on. The restaurant itself is pretty much a self-serve restaurant. We get our own water and also place the food plate back into the disposal bins.
In addition, there are 3 washrooms at the restaurant and they are all on different side of the wall. So if you are waiting on a washroom, it would be wise to go around and check to see if the other 2 washrooms are available or not.
Overall, we were quite disappointed at the food that Spork offers. We had high expectation from Spork since it was rated as the second must visit restaurant in Bend and it turned out to be disappointing. We may give this place another try next time when we have a chance, but may try other brunch places first.
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