in the first Avenue of Roses parade in 2007. In September 2011, the Beaverton restaurant was rebranded as Lychee Asian Bistro and Noodle House. Ownership did not change, but the restaurant's menu focused on noodle and rice dishes instead of dim sum. Lychee Asian Bistro was replaced by the restaurant Spicy World. In 2018, Wong's King hosted The Asian Reporter Foundation's 20th annual scholarship and awards banquet.Wong's King closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The business had received a $10,000 city-sponsored relief grant, but filed for bankruptcy. Jamie Goldberg of The Oregonian noted that some of the restaurant's employees "struggled to overcome language barriers when navigating Oregon's dysfunctional unemployment benefits system". Excellent Cuisine replaced the Portland restaurant. Reception In 2005, Grant Butler of The Oregonian wrote: "At last, Portland gets a temple to Cantonese cuisine with the arrival of this large Chinese restaurant. From beginning to end, a meal here can be a voyage of discovery. Focus on the menu's page of chef's recommendations, and you see the kitchen's range. Also check out the daily dim sum, with bargain-priced delicacies -- and huge crowds on weekends." He said in 2007: "A bit farther from the city's core, there's terrific dim sum as well as an array of Cantonese delicacies from chef Fu Lai Wong at Wong's King Seafood Restaurant. This is the sort of mammoth restaurant you find in Vancouver, B.C., or Hong Kong. You understand why the dining room is full when the first dishes arrive: Portland has never had cooking quite like this." In 2013, The Oregonian's Michael Russell wrote, "The best [steamed BBQ pork buns] I've had in the Portland area ... are the ones at Southeast Portland's Wong's King Seafood, with tender barbecued pork in a sweet soy and oyster sauce." The newspaper's Mike Rogoway said Wong's King was among "Portland's best-known and most-loved restaurants" in 2012. In 2022, Zane Sparling said the restaurant "rewrote the map for Chinese food in Portland". Kathy Baruffi included Wong's King in USA Today 2009 list of 10 "great places to welcome prosperity", as recommended by Martin Yan. Chinese Restaurant News named Wong's King the third best Chinese restaurant in the U.S. in 2010. The business was one of ten recipients of the Overall Excellence Award at the magazine's sixth annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards, which were presented at The Venetian Las Vegas. Clarissa Wei