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Farmer's Market Special June 26 & 27.

We will be at the Minneapolis Farmer's Market on Lyndale, both Saturday & Sunday, June 26 & 27th. You can view the menu & order here: our Online Farmer's Market Menu. Items are available on-site at the markets. This weekend we feature is Cold Sesame Noodles. Free drink on us: Get a free Farmer's Market drink with 100 loyalty points. You must join the Rainbow Rewards program and make your purchase through Square. For each $10 you spend, you'll get 25 points. Feeling snappy? Take a picture or video with your Farmer's Market purchase from Rainbow, if we re-post it, we'll tag you for a free Farmer's Market drink on your next visit.

⭐SESAME NOODLES 🥜🔰 $10.00

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The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week: Sesame noodles at Rainbow Chinese

Taste editor Nicole Hvidsten and restaurant critic Rick Nelson highlight the favorites of their weekly dining experiences. Excerpt: Owner Tammy Wong, the reigning monarch of Eat Street, is a successful chef and restaurateur, but she probably could have had a thriving practice as a therapist. I know this because when my anxiety levels reach a certain threshold, I can count on her cold sesame noodles ($10) to help regain a sense of calm. Rainbow opened in 1987 — it relocated to its present location 10 years later — which means that I've been self-medicating with this particular comfort-food classic for more than three decades. Wong utilizes long, skinny ropes of wheat-flour noodles, cooks them al dente and dresses them with crushed peanuts and chopped green onions. Stir the noodles and they become coated in a thick, fragrant and slightly tangy sauce that's the color of dark butterscotch and is carefully fashioned from sesame oil, chunky peanut butter, ginger and soy sauce. (Right now, in this world of takeout, the stirring happens inside a white paper carton; in the dining room, the big bowl of tangled noodles is stirred tableside by the serving staff.) Describing the unassuming results as "bland" is inaccurate, although they're nowhere near "feisty," either. For that reason, some Rainbow regulars ask for a jolt of the chile-fueled condiment that jazzes up the some of kitchen's fried rice dishes. An astute therapist might observe that, because my mother packed a peanut butter sandwich for my brown-bag lunch on a daily basis during my six-year tenure at Palmer Lake Elementary School, I prefer the as-is version of Rainbow's cold sesame noodles. They're soothing. Uncomplicated. Easy. "People always say to me, 'Tammy, you make everything look easy,' " said Wong. "But it's really not easy. It's not simple. It takes a lot." (Rick Nelson)

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Get to know our story

There are several video documentaries available online to introduce you to the history-making Asians and Pacific Islanders that helped form what the United States is today. Explore the links below: PBS Asian Americans (website)   PBS Asian Americans Video Documentaries: Episode Guide Watch episodes of Asian Americans on through June 26.  The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first law put forth to restrict immigration to the United States. Museum of Chinese in America article PBS Documentary on the Chinese Exclusion Act, trailer.

Picking up your order:

Our parking lot on the SOUTH side of the building is now open for pick up orders. If you opted in to Order Updates, you can let us know you've arrived by responding to your order confirmation. You can also call us to let us know you are here by calling us or ringing the doorbell. We often only have one person at the desk, so please have patience when you call us or pick up your order.