Vietnamese Food and Cooking

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Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Pho Bang Restaurant
1702 West Camelback
602-433-9440

Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Pho Bang Restaurant

Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Pho Bang

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Seeking noodle soup with a Bang

BEST VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT

Pho Bang

Two New Eateries Debut on Mill Avenue

In the last week, two brand-new Tempe restaurants have opened in the spaces where restaurants shut their doors last month. Upstairs at 414 S. Mill, in the spot that formerly housed the Coconut Club, there's a new upscale lounge called Vintage Bar & Grill (480-297-2195), where they feat ... More >>

Update on New Pho Place

Quel coincidence! A friend just stopped by for lunch at that new Mill Avenue pho joint I blogged about earlier today, Pho Thang Long. Apparently it's run by the same people who own Pho Mesa, another fine spot for Vietnamese noodles (502 S. Dobson). Good to know. On a related note, it appears that th ... More >>

Mekong Plaza Offers Asian Groceries and Good Eats to Adventuring Foodies

Quel coincidence! A friend just stopped by for lunch at that new Mill Avenue pho joint I blogged about earlier today, Pho Thang Long. Apparently it's run by the same people who own Pho Mesa, another fine spot for Vietnamese noodles (502 S. Dobson). Good to know. On a related note, it appears that th ... More >>

Pho Avina might be worth going back to college for

Quel coincidence! A friend just stopped by for lunch at that new Mill Avenue pho joint I blogged about earlier today, Pho Thang Long. Apparently it's run by the same people who own Pho Mesa, another fine spot for Vietnamese noodles (502 S. Dobson). Good to know. On a related note, it appears that th ... More >>

Hood Wink

Using their noodle

D.I.Y. Dining

Auto da pho

Lasso Me

Friend of pho

Saigon in Scottsdale

Pho sure: Vietnamese eats hit the spot

Weird to the Wise

Hau Vietnamese cuisine is done

Cyclo Maniac

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

Pho Speed Ahead

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

The Ho Chi Menu Trail

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

PADDY MELD

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

Matt's Big Breakfast, Postino, Latitude Eight, and More Bring a World of Summer Cuisine to the Valley

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

Matt Carter’s Nine 05 Classes Up Fourth Street with Brisket Crepes and Blueberry Mochi Cake

Finally, fair Vietnamese fare

Soup's On!: Pho from Khai Hoan

Even temperatures in the 80s can't stop the feeling of fall. Slowly but surely, we find our tastes drifting from cold to hot, casting aside our iced coffee for a steamy cappuccino. And this time of year always makes us crave a big bowl of hot, homemade soup.Heather HochSoup made just the way we like ... More >>

King Mekong

East Valley ethnic center goes off

Closed for Business: Pho Thang Long

​So is it the economy, the location, or the cuisine?For some reason, Vietnamese cuisine hasn't had a very successful run on Mill Avenue. Over the weekend, Pho Thang Long abruptly closed up shop. Open a little more than a year, it occupied the spot at the corner of MIll Ave and 4th Street ... More >>

Loving Hut's Vegan Cuisine Is Deceptively Delicious

​So is it the economy, the location, or the cuisine?For some reason, Vietnamese cuisine hasn't had a very successful run on Mill Avenue. Over the weekend, Pho Thang Long abruptly closed up shop. Open a little more than a year, it occupied the spot at the corner of MIll Ave and 4th Street ... More >>

Pho Thanh Takes Over for Pho Bang

​So is it the economy, the location, or the cuisine?For some reason, Vietnamese cuisine hasn't had a very successful run on Mill Avenue. Over the weekend, Pho Thang Long abruptly closed up shop. Open a little more than a year, it occupied the spot at the corner of MIll Ave and 4th Street ... More >>

Boba Juice Serves Tasty Vegetarian Vietnamese Eats

​In researching boba drinks for a blog post awhile back, a reader helpfully informed me that new Boba Juice on 19th Avenue (in the same strip as Da Vang, 4550 N. 19th Ave., north of Campbell), serves vegetarian Vietnamese food.Thanks, whomever-you-are!  I stopped by for a super-cheap, su ... More >>

Banh Mi: What is the Nom Nom Truck Selling and Where Can I Get Some?

Food Network Nom Nom Truck​Earlier this week we mentioned four Arizona food truck companies that are season 2 nominees for The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. We hope you follow the link to vote for your local food roadsters and a chance for you to win a trip to NYC for The Food ... More >>

CSM Cards, Beer and Wine Tastings, and Homemade Sriracha in Today's Eater's Digest.

theenchantedcook.blogspot.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?CSM CardsShow your support for the Downtown Phoenix Public Market and purchase a CSM card which are available in denominations of $50, $100, $250 and $500. Need a little encourageme ... More >>

Pig's Blood Soup from Com Tam Thuan Kieu

Erica O'Neil The offal-ly named pig blood soup at Com Tam Thuan Kieu. ​Despite what the supermarket aisles may lead you to believe, there's more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that d ... More >>

New in Downtown: Viet Kitchen

​I love it when this happens. I wish for something long enough, and then it comes true. So far, I haven't made it to Spain, and nobody's come to my door with a million-dollar check from Publisher's Clearinghouse, but at least there's a brand-new Vietnamese restaurant in Downtown -- the first ... More >>

Fragrant Pho at Viet Kitchen

If only you could smell how delicious this pho is . . .​If first impressions mean anything, then I expect to put Viet Kitchen in my regular rotation. The new downtown Vietnamese restaurant (on 1st Ave. at Adams St.) was a bright and cheerful stop for this curious and hungry reporter ... More >>

Eating the World: Maxim Restaurant

The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we'll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley.This week we visit Vietnam & China at Maxim Restaurant. Carrie Wheeler A bowl of Pho Tai and accompanyin ... More >>

Cambodian Grilled Beef Sandwich at Sekong By Night

​The day after CenPho's new Cambodian restaurant, Sekong By Night, opened, a couple of friends and I couldn't wait to try it. What we found was a surprisingly cute little spot done up with burgundy walls, Buddha art, and brocade tablecloths, with a dirt-cheap menu of tasty Cambodian dishes. T ... More >>

Sekong by Night Brings Cambodian Cuisine to Phoenix

​The day after CenPho's new Cambodian restaurant, Sekong By Night, opened, a couple of friends and I couldn't wait to try it. What we found was a surprisingly cute little spot done up with burgundy walls, Buddha art, and brocade tablecloths, with a dirt-cheap menu of tasty Cambodian dishes. T ... More >>

Lunch Under $10 at Pho Thanh

​It's not a side dish. It's not a soup dish. It's pho -- a main course, a noodle dish. In Vietnam, it's the people's food. Street food. And at Pho Thanh, it's delicious. It should be -- it's the house specialty. Think all bowls of pho are the same? Think again. What makes the pho at this west ... More >>

Ribbon Tripe: Pho Tai Sach Bo Vien from Khai Hoan

Erica O'Neil Ribbons of omasum tripe afloat in a bowl of pho tai sach bo vien​Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there's more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles ... More >>

Pho Filet Dac Biet at Pho Thanh

​Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 51: Pho Filet Dac ... More >>

Rice Paper Fills a Niche, But Will Guests Pay the Price ($8 for a Banh Mi?)

Bun Goi (Saigon Salad)​When I popped in for lunch the other day at Rice Paper, the new modern Vietnamese eatery in midtown Phoenix, I wasn't alone. Packed with downtown suits, Vietnamese locals, and a few hipsters, the chic little house-turned restaurant at 2221 North Seventh Street was bust ... More >>

Spring Roll Showdown: Blue Moon Vietnamese Kitchen vs Da Vang

​We ate a spring roll. A summer roll. A fresh roll and a salad roll. Kinda sounds like a verse to a Vietnamese version of Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. Luckily for us all, those are just the many guises of fresh herbs, lettuce, and shrimp (or pork or beef) wrapped in rice paper. Any name you giv ... More >>

Pho Ga from Da Vang

Ando Muneno Da Vang's Pho Ga. ​ ​Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburbian-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley's rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Pho Ga (Vietnamese Rice Noodle Chicken Soup) from D ... More >>

Chop PHX: Banh Xeo

Ando Muneno​​Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley's rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Banh Xeo The Basics: Authentic Vietnamese restaurants tend to have menus that ... More >>

Rice Paper's Pricey Vietnamese Food Could Use a Touch of Soul

Ando Muneno​​Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley's rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Banh Xeo The Basics: Authentic Vietnamese restaurants tend to have menus that ... More >>

Tea Light Cafe is Golden For Under $10

Shelby Moore An outsider's opinion will tell you that the most essential building block to good Vietnamese pho is in the broth, but the insiders tasked with assembling the traditional brew of steeped herbs and bone morrow will take it a step further. They'll tell you it's like the keystone t ... More >>