Les Ba'Get on 34th at Ella - Vietnamese

With one caveat emptor, I recommend Les Ba'Get on 34th at Ella. A wonderful choice for excellent Vietnamese dishes. Lots of variety. Beautiful presentation. Lots of riffs on traditional Vietnamese banh mi, bun and pho.

The presentation is excellent, the prices are fair, and the food with that one exception is as good as it gets. 

Plus, one can, if one wishes, substitute zucchini noodles for rice noodles in the pho. 

The one thing I do not recommend is the hoisin chicken option for the sandwiches. The chicken has that WOF taste from being cooked and refrigerated and is not pleasant. 

But other than that, everything is a winner, imho.

Vietnamese - Pho Ve Dem - A Michael Shum Discovery

Michael Shum says: " This used to be my top favorite Pho spot, but I haden’t been back for a while because the quality was not consistent. Now that it was revisited with father-in-law, I got a chance to find out the current status. When I took my first spoon of the broth, I was instantly impressed, because the clear beef broth was complex, and had wonderful, strong herbal accents. It was packed with layers of flavors that kept coming through. The fatty oil that I asked for also enhanced the richness of the broth. Beef could have been better but it was not bad at all. I loved the nroth, and it’s still the type of heavy herbal aroma broth I prefer. 

"Don’t forget to get their durian ice cream for dessert. It’s fantastic!"