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Thien An is a new Vietnamese restaurant to open us in this neck of the woods. Not much is in this area except we did pass Pho & Bun a few blocks west on the way back home. There’s plenty of room to park and they even have a lot in the back. We came on a late Monday afternoon so there were only a few tables occupied. The inside is new and quite spacious. The menu is massive but the southern Vietnamese soup (hu tiu mi) and beef stew (bo kho) caught my eye. – Fresh salad roll with tofu (V2) ($6.00 for four) – these were nicely done. Slightly warmed, freshly made and with a good peanut dipping sauce. – Veggie noodle soup (V9) ($10.50) – O’s converted to partial vegetarianism so it was veggie soup for her. She liked the broth and it looked like a satisfactory amount of tofu, vegetables and noodles. – Hu tieu nam vang (H2) ($13.00) – smelled great. You choose either egg noodles or rice noodles. I asked about it and you actually can get a mix, so I tried both. You get a variety of meat (beef, shrimp, squid and ground pork) but a bit more meat and noodles would justify the higher price point. That being said, the broth was solid and had a sweetness to it similar to what you find in a wonton/egg noodle soup. What I found interesting was the shape of their bowls. The top part of the bowl forms into a square shape. Odd. Good first experience. I’d come back to try their bo koh and other pho options. 3.5 stars.

Paik’s Noodles – Menu with Prices – 28124 Newhall Ranch Rd, Santa Clarita

This is a review for lunch to-go order on a cold weekday! What I ordered: Beef Jjamppongbap (no spice) Food: The broth was flavorful and PERFECT for a cold and rainy weather. I ended up slurping the soup after I finished eating the noodles and toppings! As what others noted, it has a peppery taste which might not be for everyone. But works for me!! The actual bowl was full of vegetables, beef, and a couple of shrimps. You would get a good amount for each mouthful of noodle and soup! Price: $ CHEAP for the quality and quantity! Parking: It always has ample parking. This is located inside the plaza. Service: For the TO-GO experience only! I like the fact that they didn’t forget the necessities that comes with the order such as utensils and napkins. Plus points for me! Just like ordering a bowl of noodle soup, the broth and noodles/toppings are separated. The noodles I got wasn’t sticking and the veggies seem fresh and not too wilted. However, I would suggest for a bigger bowl for the broth. I had to slurp the soup before putting in the noodles because the bowl was a little shallow to put everything in. It’d be a mess if I just drop all the contents in!! Not to mention it was also hard to mix it in since the to-go bowl is small. WILL COME BACK!!! I will probably order Jajangmyeon during summer time and get the beef soup for winter/cold days. So many items on the menu I’d love to explore!

Flower Brook Mifen House – Menu with Prices – 44-35 Kissena Blvd, Flushing

Came here after a doctor’s visit on a rainy day. No umbrella, but it’s walkable from Charles b Wang community center. Place looks Asian but also hipster. Cashier speaks English very well. I wasn’t sure what type of noodle they had so I went with my gut and ordered my favorite lamb topping on noodle soup. The guy charged me $9. That’s a little expensive for a bowl of noodles. Also I got the Wang lo Kat drink which was $2. I said to stay and I got my food from the counter and there were sone unknown pink stuff in it. I thought it was ginger because it looked like ginger from japanese sushi restaurants but it was sour and had texture like a cabbage. I stopped eating that and focused on the noodle and the noodles were like hand-pulled noodles except a bit more uniformed but same amount of positive mouth feels, chewy and smooth at the same time like what the other reviews say. The soup was amazing which I didn’t expect because I asked for less spicy and usually I prefer spicy noodle soup but it didn’t need the spicy to make it taste good. The sour vegetables complimented the rich beef broth really well. They give lots of cilantro to contrast the flavors. I usually don’t like half a boiled egg in my noodle soup but this was a tea leaf egg, which made it okay. I will visit here again when I go see the doctor again! Or maybe even just to show my friends. It was pretty dead when I went so I was skeptical of their food being good. But to be fair I went at 3ish pm

Thai Son Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 6471 Victoria Dr, Vancouver

This is a cash-only Vietnamese restaurant with several locations in Vancouver. The one that I went to was on Victoria Drive, which was built in the location where a Church’s Chicken used to be. They have quite a large menu of various noodle soups, as well as rice and vermicelli dishes. I had a small Vietnamese Beef Brisket Stew with Egg Noodles and Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chops on Steamed Broken Rice. The food was quite tasty. Although I couldn’t remember the exact prices, they were relatively inexpensive (plus they have an additional 10% off on Tuesdays). The only negative is that the service wasn’t particularly friendly/helpful, but that is to be expected i most types of joints like these. I think it’s definitely worth checking out. Vietnamese Beef Brisket Stew with Egg Noodles, Small (around $9.50): 4/5 This contained beef brisket, egg noodles, and carrots. The noodles had a really nice bouncy texture. There was a pretty good amount of meat present, which while a bit on the chewy side, was still tasty. I particularly enjoyed the broth though, which was rich and quite flavourful, with just a slight bit of heat. Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chops on Steamed Broken Rice (around $9.50): 4/5 This came with a small side of soup, which was just broth. The pork chops themselves were quite tender and juicy, and did have a grilled flavourful and fragrance. The rice was also well-cooked, with a nice bouncy texture. Summary: Food: 4/5 Price: 4/5 Service: 2.5/5 Overall: 3.5/5 Recommendations: Beef Brisket Stew, Grilled Lemongrass Pork Chops

Nuro Noodles ???å??å?³?ç??è??? – Menu with Prices – 160-06 Northern Blvd, Flushing

I decided to give this place a try because it was a new spot with solid reviews and I love Taiwanese beef noodles. It was a rainy night but I still walked over. I had my mind set on trying both, so I ordered both the spicy beef noodle soup and tomato beef noodle soup. The lady was super friendly and nice as others have mentioned. One part of the experience is the service and although I took it to go, I felt very welcomed. A+ for that. I hurried back home and it was the moment of truth. I have tried many beef noodle soups before so I wanted to see how it compared. The first thing I noticed was how deep and rich the soup looked. The color was beautiful. The beef was nice, big chunks and the noodles looked al dente. I tried the soup of the tomato beef noodle and it was exactly as it looked: rich and full of flavor. Combined with the noodles, beef and pieces of bok choy, it was a winning combination. I was very impressed. The soup was on point, the beef was nice and tender and the noodles were cooked perfectly. It met and maybe even exceeded expectations. Next, I tried the soup of the spicy beef noodle soup. Again, I was very satisfied. They are both excellent! My experience was great- not only was the owner super nice but the flavor was all on point. As you can see, this is my first review. I’ve tried a lot of places but never felt the need to write a review, but I felt like I had to write this review. Service was great, food was awesome! I’m a little sad that they only have a tiny shop inside a supermarket. I hope they will be able to have their own restaurant some day! Btw, sorry for the quality of the pictures. I also had to eat some before I took it.

Noodle House – Menu with Prices – 4800 Baseline Rd A-110, Boulder

One of the more authentic places for Asian food in Boulder–this is exactly what I’ve been looking for in this town. And the boss lady is an absolute gem! The restaurant is extremely clean, spacious, and nicely decorated. The name of the restaurant is Noodle House, but they also serve hot pot–seems like it’s the only place in Boulder that does. They have lunch specials daily for both noodle dishes and hot pot combos too. My boyfriend and I got the beef noodle soup with the house noodles. The house noodles are delicious–you can taste the homemade freshness through the texture and consistency of the noodles. The beef noodle soup is flavored nicely and in a very authentic way. The mild spicy has the perfect amount of kick to it. The beef is also cooked to a tender perfection. Super flavorful and well seasoned. The only thing I didn’t love about the beef noodle soup is the fact that it includes broccoli instead of something more traditional like bok choy, but honestly this is all around a decent bowl of beef noodle soup. Not Taiwanese style, but good. The owner is the sweetest woman and honestly feels like a mother figure with how kind she was. Can’t wait to come back and try the hot pot when it gets a bit cooler. Noodle House, you’ve won my heart.

Pho Cuu Long Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 757 St Mary’s Rd, Winnipeg

*looks at the other review* Okay… Anyway, I ate here recently and enjoyed it. One of my mom’s friends recently dined here and highly recommended the beef stew noodle soup, so that was what I went with. Their beef stew noodle soup is pretty unique. Instead of a rice noodle or egg noodle option, they put both in the soup. It was definitely an interesting take, and the taste was really good too. The broth in particular was excellent, one of the best beef stew broths I’ve ever had. The ambience is quite modern and somewhat screams Northern Chinese restaurant more than a Vietnamese restaurant. The outside doesn’t look anything special though aside from the nine dragons symbol (Cuu Long loosely translates to Kowloon, a region in Hong Kong). Service? Yeah they’re a little scramble-y…but with these establishments I never expect much for service. Definitely will return.

Viet Xpress – Menu with Prices – 2121 98 St NW, Edmonton

This place just opened up and is across the parking lot of superstore, right next to burger priest. I’m not a huge pho fan – but my boyfriend loves it. We usually go to hung phat and although I don’t like pho all that much, I am a big fan of hot and sour/Tom yum kinds of soups. They didn’t have anything like this on their menu, so I decided to try the “southern Vietnamese noodles” which was said to come with bbq pork, shrimp, chicken, and squid. My boyfriend got the 6 colour vermicelli bowl and we shared an order of green onion cake. Appy – for green onion cake it was satisfactory. Not the best, but not the worst. For my main meal – the broth had no flavour and my bowl basically consisted of noodles with a few select pieces of meat and vegetables. Seriously. I’ll upload a photo of all the meat I could find in my soup before I started eating (note after taking the pictures and eating, I found 2 more pieces of meat – 1 small piece of chicken and 1 small piece of gristle pork). My boyfriends meal came with a half cup of fish sauce so I decided to throw that into my soup since it was flavourless. It definitely added some flavour, but still wasn’t good. I didn’t even eat half. My boyfriend said his vermicelli bowl was just okay. He pointed out that they barely gave him any meat and that a big portion of the meat they did give, was very fatty. It was also kind of pricey at $16.99 for what you got. Over all, we will not be going back there again. The amount of bbq pork in my “bbq pork” named soup was really laughable.

My Chau Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 1715 Kingsway, Vancouver

I’ve been able to try a decent amount of Vietnamese restaurants. Love how they all specialize in a specific dish. My Chau’s claim to fame is their pho ga (chicken noodle soup). They’re located next door to Jarrito Loco Tacos. I dropped in for lunch twice. It’s reasonably busy. Didn’t realize they have more tables than when you first walk in. Staff is friendly and the food comes out quickly. They drop off a pot of jasmine tea when you sit down. The menu is massive with chicken pho, beef pho, noodle soup/dry noodle, rice vermicelli, rice dishes, appetizers, desserts, fruit shakes and beverages. Stick with #1-3 and you’ll be in good hands. Prices on the menu already include taxes. Trip #1 First visit was a solo one on a late Wednesday (around 2:00pm). – Mien ga (#2) ($9.75 large) – special chicken with clear noodle in soup with chicken, liver, gizzard, quail egg and chicken balls. There’s so much noodles but I finished them all. Loved the chicken balls and gizzard. Great chewy texture. All about the off cut meats! There was also grilled onions in the broth. Broth was fragrant, clean, simple and homey. – Bun thit nuong cha gio (#42) ($9.25) – grilled pork and spring roll over vermicelli. Got this to go for B’s dinner. Smelled great. The only complaint she had was that they didn’t give enough fish sauce to cover all the noodles. Trip #2 Second trip was on a Friday (around 12:45pm). Lots of regulars eating in. Loved how an older grandpa smacked one of the waiters butt’s… – Pho ga my chau dac biet (#1) ($8.75 small) – special chicken noodle in soup. Came with chicken, liver (B omitted hers), gizzard, quail egg and chicken balls. Looked similar to when I ordered their #2 bowl. – Pho ga don (#3) ($9.75 large) – deep fried chicken with rice noodle in soup. This seems to be their most popular dish so I had to try it. The chicken comes on a separate dish to keep it dry. Skin had a solid crackling and was even more delicious dipped into the sweet chili sauce. Broth is clean and simple with a subtle, unexpected depth to it. Cash only. It’s homey, comfort Vietnamese food.

Pho Mai Vietnamese Cusine Menu with Prices 2230 S Collins St, Arlington

I love pho and had the privilege of living near a thriving Vietnamese community back in California. My friends introduced me to traditional and even homemade Vietnamese food, including pho, of course. I guess what I’m saying is that my rating scale can be somewhat high. I found Pho Mai in an older shopping center, around other Vietnamese businesses – good sign. Inside, the restaurant is clean, has a mellow vibe, and the server was very sweet and punctual. He took my order with care and offered water when I didn’t ask for any. BTW, asking for hot or warm water isn’t unusual and goes better with hot soup, IMO. My Spring rolls came first and were generous in size, and had the mint leaves, shrimp, beef, and the sauce was yummy. The pho was also a larger size than I anticipated. I’d order a small next time because the amount of noodles and beef was a hearty amount! The beef broth was rich and soothing, just what I needed. I also like that the noodles were slightly ‘al dente,’ so they didn’t get over cooked while I ate. Overall, a great value for a delicious meal. Thanks, Pho Mai!

Pho Kingdom Anaheim(Noodle Soup) Menu with Prices 1150 N Harbor Blvd Ste 160, Anaheim

This was honestly one of the worst dining experiences of my life. I came for lunch on 11/28 with my two children. We are huge fans of pho and Vietnamese food and were very excited when this spot opened as it is very near my home. I ordered the Regular pho with 1-2 meats, my son ordered the pho broth with noodles, my other son ordered stir fry chicken. We also ordered spring rolls and egg rolls. The young man that took our order was nice but not very attentive. It was not very busy but he kept disappearing to the back. The vegetables used to add to the pho looked past their prime and the bean sprouts were not white and crunchy they were floppy and pale brown. Obviously very old. The pho broth was not clear and flavorful. It was cloudy and you could see the bits of beef floating in the stock. I wanted my 1-2 meats to be rare steak. Well I was charged an additional $3 for a tiny bowl of rare steak swimming in lukewarm bloody broth. The noodles were not vermicelli rice noodles rather they were all different sizes and thickness like someone threw leftover noodles in a pot together. There were hardly any on the pho. My sons stir fun plate looked delicious but the steamed rice came out rock hard and crispy again serving unsafe, old dried out food. The spring rolls were absolutely horrendous and had one tiny sliver of meat and shrimp and were overloaded with lettuce and no noodle. This had to be the worst pho place I have ever been to. It is too bad because I absolutely love pho and due to the horrible food quality I will never patronize this place again.

Old Taro Taiwanese Noodle – Menu with Prices – 4370 Thornton Ave, Fremont

One of my (and my mom’s) favorite beef noodle soup places ever! It’s definitely a hole in the wall, so usually on weekdays there is no wait. Occasionally, on weekends during lunch there will be a wait – a lot of families love the lamb hot pots (?), and it’s very family friendly. The place is not big, there are probably only 10 tables total, with 4 seats at each table. The spicy beef noodle soup is so good – it reminds me a lot of beef noodle soups found in Taiwan, and they give 3-4 pieces of meat in each bowl. They also offer the sour mustard greens é?¸è? and hot sauce on the side. Personally, I don’t add anymore hot sauce – it’s spicy enough for me. And recently, they just added “thick” noodles that look like handmade noodles. I love thicker noodles, the texture is much chewier than the original thin noodle. Occasionally, I get the plate of pork ears, since I like to dip them in hot sauce. Price of a bowl of beef noodle soup is $10.25 right now, which is similar to other beef noodle places around Fremont. I come here probably once a week or so, sometimes more. I just got it yesterday for take-out, and I know for a fact I’ll be getting lunch here again in 2 days. The service isn’t amazing, but it’s very efficient. I don’t expect great service at small, family run places like these though. There is no decor, but prices are decent, food is pretty great, and service is efficient. I highly recommend giving the beef noodle soup a try.

BZ Bees Noodles – Menu with Prices – 2636 Dupont Dr Ste 40, Irvine

This place has been sitting in my bookmarks for a while now and I finally got the chance to try it out! I love beef noodle soup so obviously I was very excited. They apparently open at 10am which doesn’t seem like a great business model because who goes out for beef noodles at 10am?? Well, apparently I do, because I strolled in right around 10:45-10:50 and asked for a table for one. I was the only person there aside from the workers but I’m not holding that against them. The menu is not very large- they only really have a selection of different noodle soups, a few Taiwanese/Chinese breakfast items, and a handful of drinks to order from. However I knew what I was coming for so it wouldn’t have taken me long to decide even if the menu was larger. I ordered the braised beef noodle soup (?ç?§ç??è???). I was tempted to order the beef and tomato soup but decided I’d better stick with the classic. After only a small bit of waiting, my noodles arrived and I went to town. The broth was spicy and nicely flavored and the meat was cooked well. The bok choy was a nice palate cleanser to all of the other heavy ingredients in the soup. The noodles were not bad, though they were a little too soft for my liking. I prefer noodles with a little more chew to them but overall the dish was still good. It was served with a few garnishes on the side: there was some salted peanuts, chopped scallions, and what I initially thought was pickled mustard greens but actually turned out to be some sort of roasted green pepper. I’ll have to come back sometime to try their other soups and maybe their drinks. Parking was easy but I came early on a weekday so YMMV. Also the restaurant doesn’t have an official sign yet but just look for the BZ Bee in the window and you’ll find it.