Vietnamese in Phoenix
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43rd Express (also known as Pho 43Express) is a family-run Vietnamese restaurant that has specialized in pho, the wildly popular beef noodle soup, since 1993. There are 20 pho options, including the Pho Dac Biet (house specialty pho), served with rice noodles and slices of brisket, tendon and tripe submerged in the restaurant’s intensely flavored […]
Fusion food gets a bad rap, but spots such as Belly make the case for how different cuisines can be thoughtfully paired and riffed on, with delicious results. At its core, Belly draws on flavors from southeast Asia, with dishes including crispy spring rolls served with herbs and lettuce, claypots and bao. The Melrose location, […]
Drop in on this restaurant in downtown’s San Carlos Hotel during weekdays from 3 until 6 p.m., when the deals are in full bloom. Most food options range from $5 to $8 during happy hour, including the crunchy, fresh, light and flavorful soft shell crab spring rolls. However, if you’re not looking for healthy, the […]
Com Tam Thuan Kieu, a homey spot at Mekong Plaza, is a place to gorge on enormous plates of food, most of which run $6.99. Incredibly, the menu has more than two hundred different items — rice dishes, noodle soups, and rice vermicelli dishes — but if you look closely, you’ll see that every conceivable […]
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With over a decade in the business, Chandler’s Cyclo definitely must be doing something right. With both fusion and classic Vietnamese fare, you can enjoy a range of options, including vegetarian and gluten-free upon request. Favorites include bun cha Hanoi and bun bo xao, though the pho at Cyclo is also on point. Owner Justina […]
The moment you’re seated and handed the cracked-laminated menu at Da Vang, relief follows. Good, aromatic, hearty Vietnamese food is on the way. Most dishes are priced around $15 and usually require a to-go container or an afternoon nap – or better yet, an order of café sua nong (hot coffee with sweetened condensed milk). […]
Three Cambodian dishes on the mostly Vietnamese menu set this place apart. Cold lemon-beef salad, stir-fried beef tossed with lemongrass and hot pepper, and beef coated with black-bean sauce press all the right buttons. The Vietnamese fare also shows some energy.
Tucked into one of the best strip malls in the Valley – where there are a handful of other Asian restaurants, as well as a Korean grocery store – Dragonfly Vietnamese Kitchen is worth seeking out. You’ll find authentic ethnic cuisine and a surprisingly pleasant caf
This vegetarian, vegan, and certified kosher eatery in Scottsdale puts a Vietnamese spin on meatless dishes, thanks to owner and chef Mai Ly, who, along with her husband, managed similar restaurants in Maui for more 20 years. On the corner of a strip mall, the atmosphere is casual and easygoing, with bright green walls, linen-topped […]
The Great Pho King food truck comes from Mike Baum (front of the “house”) and chef Eddy Pham, who met just a year ago and realized they would need each other to enter — and be successful in — the street food biz. The menu includes two types of Vietnamese noodle soup, or pho, both […]
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Focusing on the distinctive food of Hue (pronounced “hweh”), located in the center of Vietnam and the country’s one-time imperial capital, this counter-service stand in the food court of Mekong Plaza, the Asian-themed mall in Mesa, is a rare treat for lovers of Vietnamese food and a one-of-a-kind experience for everyone else. Highly flavorful, ridiculously […]
A cheap, reliable ethnic storefront, offering tasty Vietnamese fare. The goi cuon — shrimp, pork, greenery and noodles wrapped in rice paper — are superb. Noodle dishes are appealing, and so is the crunchy lemongrass chicken. For a caffeine-sugar high, finish up with filtered coffee dripped over sweetened condensed milk.
The capital of banh mi in AZ, banh mi being those Vietnamese submarine sandwiches crafted with crusty French bread and filled with any number of items including pork meatballs, barbecued pork slices, head cheese, ham, cilantro, pickled daikon, and so on. These Southeast Asian sammies are dead cheap — usually under $3 per — and […]
Way-cheap, very satisfying Vietnamese eats, in a pleasant, casual environment that features red umbrellas hanging upside down from the ceiling and blue walls hung with black-and-white photos taken by the owner’s father. The specialty here is pho, a hearty soup of rice noodles and broth, traditionally using beef, but these days it also incorporates seafood […]
At this unassuming Vietnamese restaurant with a quick-service slant on the city’s west side, we received some good advice on how to best enjoy a bánh xéo ($4.35), or Vietnamese savory crepe: Wrap pieces of the crispy, fried creation — made of rice flour and filled with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts — in lettuce […]
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It’s easy to appreciate this no-frills Vietnamese restaurant in North Phoenix as much for its mostly satisfying food as for its owners, Phat Pham Tan and his wife, Hien. With the initials standing for America and Vietnam, Tan’s two loves, Pho A.V. offers a small menu of traditional Vietnamese dishes that are simple in their […]
A few things set Pho Avina apart from the usual bare-bones, strip-mall ethnic joint. The cheerful décor is one; the exhaustive menu is another. Along with standards like pho and all kinds of seafood dishes, this place serves a variety of roll-your-own spring rolls, lots of vegetarian dishes, sweet boba drinks, and a dozen banh […]
