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Yam Yam's Southern Cooking Barbecue
Portland Best Soul Food.
Every time we visit Portland, the first thing we do is check into our hotel and then head to Yam Yams. Their menu offers a great selection of delicious side items such as greens, red beans and rice,
fried okra and candied yams and we received ample portions and the prices weren't that bad either. It always reminds us of the taste of down home cooking.
We have also read most of the reviews and what we do to complete our food experience is to order Popeye's Fried Chicken and go to Yam Yams for the sides and to us, no other eatery can beat it!…
I always wondered... Todays Oregonian states this resturant was a front for a 300k $ per mo Cocaine drug ring.
Best Fried Chicken In Town!.
I love Fried Chicken and am VERY picky about where I eat it from and how it tastes! This is the first place in FOREVER that I can honestly say I am IN LOVE with their Fried Chicken! It is SO YUMMY
for the tummy! O BOY the Yam Fries are Delicious! As is the Cole Slaw YUM!
I like the service and they are a family atmosphere. One would have to get acquired to the neighborhood to know that the more you go the friendlier they get. They pride themselves on their food and treat their customers like family once they have come in a few times. At first they seem reserved, but once they get to know you they are VERY loving FOLKS!!!…
The Northwest's VERY WORST BBQ. Dirty kitchen. Dirth Bathrooms. Dirty booths. Very poor service. Worst BBQ I ever tasted. Run away!
Greasy, FILTHY, and thats the good part.
I went there last Sunday for their BBQ buffet and I literally left in mid-meal. I am from NC and I know great "Q" ! Believe me when I say that because I've owned a BBQ restaurant back there for
several years. Before getting into the restaurant biz, I sampled BBQ from all the southern places I could including Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Alabama and so on. I KNOW GREAT "Q".
Yam Yam is anything BUT good "Q". with a few exceptions. The place is filthy. If you can, BEFORE you order, get a peek into their filthy kitchen. You'll probably have to "sneak a peek" as the Owner will most likely not allow you see it. Thats a VERY BAD sign, eh ?
There is nothing good about their left over, reheated food. Good "Q" has smoke rings, theirs had none. Their ribs are cooked in a microwave and then drenched in some god forsaken sauce to cover up the lack of taste. The collard greens were surprisingly tasty, as was the candied yams and the mac 'n cheese. But the meats were horrible. Nothing Southern about them. The tables were greasy as were the chairs. Food crumbs in every place imaginable, the bathrooms were disgusting and the service was horrible... a bunch of illegal Mexican immigrant kids, I would guess, who had no clue what they were serving and barely spoke English.
I took one bite of the greasy, undercooked beef ribs and we left in a hurry.
AVOID this sh*thole at all costs. Its a disgrace that they are still allowed to be open !…
