Pho Town: Noodle Stories From South El Monte

Vietnamese beef noodle soup — it's all about the broth

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Anne Fishbein

Lime aid: Pho Huynh's beef noodle soup, the Chuck Berry of pho

Anne Fishbein

Ready to dunk: Beef slices at Pho Hien Mai

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Pho Filet

9463 E. Garvey Ave., Ste. A
South El Monte, CA 91733

Category: Restaurant > Vietnamese

Region: Central San Gabriel Valley

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Still, we all know how these expeditions go, the ones that evaluate a broad spectrum of restaurants all serving basically the same thing. Many places are visited. A set of criteria is established. Exactly one of them is found to be divine, although the formula allows a faintly recommended runner-up or two, and its aesthetic, applied retrospectively, becomes the standard the other restaurants all fail to live up to. Is Pho Minh the equivalent of Bob’s doughnuts, Mozza’s pizza or Philippe’s French dip? I submit that it is.

Pho Filet, 9463 E. Garvey Ave., Unit A, South El Monte, (626) 453-8911.Pho Hien, 9911 Garvey Ave., South El Monte, (626) 575-1949 or www.phohienrestaurant.com.Pho Hien Mai, 9805 Garvey Ave., South El Monte, (626) 575-2722.Pho Hong Long, 10012 Garvey Ave., South El Monte, (626) 350-3909.Pho Huynh, 9706 Garvey Ave., South El Monte, (626) 350-6688.Pho Kim V, 9663 Garvey Ave., South El Monte, (626) 542-9555.Pho Minh, 9646 E. Garvey Ave., No. 108, South El Monte, (626) 448-8807.