A kitchen with
nothing to hide
Two sisters, a master chef and one big idea: let guests watch the cooking.
Different, and elegant
Wu’s Open Kitchen opened at the end of 2002 as a true family affair. Sisters Judy Chang Ransom and Nancy Wu, together with Nancy’s husband, chef Jimmy Wu, pooled decades of restaurant experience — from Portland’s Chinatown to the West Slope — into a single dining room.
Jimmy had already spent nearly two decades cooking in New York, Washington D.C. and Dallas. Rather than tuck him away in the back, the family built a gleaming, glass-enclosed exhibition kitchen right in the middle of the restaurant. It took a lot of extra stainless steel — and a little bravery.
It worked. The Oregonian featured the kitchen as the restaurant’s centerpiece, and the dining room filled up with families who came for the General Tso’s Chicken and stayed for the show.
We really wanted this to be different and elegant.
— Judy Chang Ransom, co-owner, to The Oregonian
Everyone here is family
Front of house and back, Wu’s has always been staffed by relatives and in-laws — which is why regulars feel like family, too.
Jimmy Wu
Trained in kitchens across New York, D.C. and Dallas. His General Tso’s is the one people say they can’t find anywhere else.
Nancy Wu
Previously ran Canyon Pearl in West Slope with Jimmy, and keeps the dining room running like clockwork.
Judy Chang Ransom
A Portland restaurant veteran who once owned Suzie Wong’s in Chinatown — and the reason the room feels so welcoming.
Two decades on the wok
The doors open
The family opens Wu’s Open Kitchen with its signature glass-front kitchen. Lunchtime crowds fill all 90 seats.
A local favorite
Featured in The Oregonian and celebrated in its “Readers’ Raves” column for food and service that remembers your name.
Tigard on 99W
Now on Pacific Highway next to Safeway — still family-run, still cooking in plain sight, with 800+ Google reviews.
Same recipes. Same welcome.
- Szechuan and Hunan cooking, wok-fired to order
- Generous portions at fair prices
- Gluten-free and vegetarian requests welcomed
- A kitchen you can see from your table
Come watch the kitchen in action
Lunch every day until 3pm, dinner every night. Walk-ins welcome — call ahead for larger parties.