Now this was a true kitchen experiment. I really had no idea how it was going to turn out — spoiler alert: it was awesome! I came across the Pok Pok recipe for Ike’s Fish Sauce Wings in Food & Wine magazine a few months ago and thought, “oh, wow. I need to try making those.” And finally this was that day.

If you’re not familiar with Pok Pok (or the whole Pok Pok Empire including that, and Whiskey Soda Lounge, the take-out shack, Ping in pdx’s Chinatown and now a place in Brooklyn, NY!), it’s a Portland restaurant with amazingly tasty Thai street food. These wings are so good. And, even better, we live 5 blocks from Pok Pok/WSL, so even if these didn’t turn out, we could have just walked down and gotten some. Win either way!

Anyway, like I said, these were really . . . → Read More: Ike’s Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings (a la pok pok)