"This is Thai food the way you have always wished it would taste."
- Bon Appetit
"The most exciting of these (Thai restaurants) is Typhoon!, where owner-chef Bo Kline dazzles her diners with fare inspired by her native Thailand."
- Sunset
"Flavors explode in your mouth...The taste is ultra-fresh. You'll want to lick the plate."
- The Oregonian
"Thai food is all the rage, and Typhoon is the best place to eat it."
- Epicurious, The Essential Restaurant Guide
"The food here is more complex and interesting than any other Thai restaurant we've ever visited -- anywhere in the United States."
- The Food Lover's Companion to Portland
"Recently in Portland, Ore., I found one of the most unusual Thai restaurants I have ever eaten in, and my taste buds have not been the same since."
- Knight-Ridder News Service
"Bo Kline's 'creative cooking dispels the myth of boring Thai food' at this NW district eatery with 'flavor that isn't compromised by spiciness'; the 'food is great to look at and eat' and signature appetizers venture into new territory with stunning success; 'take guests here - they all love it'."
- Zagat Survey
"Bo Kline does a Thai cuisine with more colors than curry...From openers of Miang Kum...and beggar's purses of lively shrimp, the menu ranges into a kaleidoscope of curries, inspired seafood dishes, and pungent Thai noodle dishes."
- Northwest Best Places
"Just when we think we've become experts on Thai cuisine, along comes Typhoon...bearing dishes rarely seen in any American Thai restaurant."
- Willamette Week
"Kline has a particularly deft hand with shrimp and fish, allowing the seafood's delicate flavors to surmount ginger, garlic, basil, and some spices that could cook a flounder by themselves."
- Portland Best Places
"The Best Thai restaurant in Portland." (Certificate of Achievement: Two years in a row)
- National Association of Restaurant Evaluation
"Real Thai basil, 'proper Thai peppers' and other ingredients raise the Thai food here to a level we've enjoyed only in spots like London's Blue Elephant, which many consider serves the best Thai food in the world."
- Stratos Magazine
"Bo knows Thai food well, from the upper class Thai cuisine, to the peasant food. She probably has a broader range of appreciation for what constitutes Thai food than almost anyone else."
- Fine Food Magazine (Internet)
"Typhoon...is fast gaining a national reputation for its top-notch peasant-and-palace Thai cuisine...Bo Kline supervises Typhoon's kitchen, which produces dishes that drive critics to hyperbole."
- The Business Journal
"The unusual menu offerings generally aren't available at other Thai restaurants. Be sure to start a meal with the miang kum...The eruption of flavors that takes place on your taste buds is absolutely astounding (we first had this in Thailand and waited years to get it in the United States)."
- Frommer's Seattle
- The Best of the Pacific Northwest
"...An unforgettable experience for both newcomers and Old Siam hands. Mrs. Bo makes the best fried bananas in the world, maybe the universe. No joke. I'm a pisang goreng junkie...These are top drawer."
- 'Polo', The Asian Reporter
"...This Thai restaurant...offers unusual, intricate dishes with grace and flair. The food is excellent, but the extensive tea list is worth a stop in itself."
- Linda Nygaard, City Smart Guidebook: Portland
"Cutting edge Thai cuisine in an open, colorful setting."
- Judy Jewell, Oregon: Compass American Guides
"Typhoon! on Broadway: This new star to the downtown restaurant scene serves up spectacular specials and outstanding appetizers...Menu highlights include the can't-miss appetizers miang kum and hor mok...The daily specials are awe-inspiring. One night we discovered the savory Curry Roma - seafood wrapped in pasta with green-curry coconut sauce. We also experienced the truly out-of-this-world lemongrass pork tenderloin. Tender, tangy, tasty - it's one succulent dish."
- Byron Beck, CitySearch
"Nationally recognized for its innovative Thai cuisine, Typhoon!...is one of the hottest spots in the Northwest."
- Lonely Planet / Pacific Northwest
"There are a number of excellent Thai restaurants in Portland and two of them are named Typhoon!...My faves are Bo's Chicken in Green Curry...her Tom Kah Gai chicken coconut soup...and Miang Kum, a classic Thai peasant dish."
- Sara Perry / KINK FM102
"Best Phad Thai in Portland."
- The Oregonian; Arts
"Bo Kline, a top-notch Thai chef, brings a twister of tastes to Typhoon; try the grilled, peanut-sauced portabello mushrooms."
- National Geographic Traveler Magazine
"This snazzy restaurant is known for its roasted duck noodles, sweet snap peas with shrimp, and the portabello stir-fry with chicken, vegetables, or shimp. It's a happy mix of cuisines, and the customer is the winner.
- America Online: Our Hot Restaurants
"Typhoon! offers a stormily delicious menu of Thai cuisine in an often crowded room decorated with Thai motifs . . . Try the curries, sip a Singha Beer, hang out on the patio on a balmy summer day and it's easy to imagine you're transported to folkloric Thailand."
- Insiders' Guide to Portland
"Bo Lohasawat Kline . . . never muddles or forces out of balance, the holy quartet of her native cuisine: salt, sweet, sour, and heat. Her recipes are called from a repertoire that relies as much on familiar street foods . . . as on specialties fit for Thai royalty . . . Kline has brought back Thai food excitement."
- Nancy Leson/The Seattle Times
