Flavor Boulevard

We Asians like to talk food.
Subscribe

Best Pho in the Bay

October 19, 2010 By: Mai Truong Category: California - The Bay Area, noodle soup, Vietnamese

If you ask me a few weeks ago, which place has the best pho in the Bay Area outside of San Jose, I would not give a straight answer. I would instead say that the speediest pho is at Le petit Cheval on Bancroft, at most 5 minutes after ordering and a bowl is steaming up your nose; the most spacious pho restaurant is Phở Vỉ Hoa in Los Altos; the lowest price of a sliced beef number is about $6; and upon slurping you usually can’t escape a tightened, salty lingering at the back of the throat, reminiscence of the seasoning package that comes with your instant $1 pho.

If you ask me now, I’d say without hesitance: Le Regal has the best pho in the Bay, and possibly one of the best I’ve ever had I still don’t have the answer yet: UPDATE on October 15, 2011: Le Regal’s pho broth has become fatty and bland, it is now one of the worst pho I’ve ever had…

The following is but a beautiful memory: 🙂


The main reason for this definite conclusion is the lack of that post-slurping tightened, salty aftertaste. It does hurt my pocket a little paying $8-9 for a wad of thin, chewy noodle, a hefty plate of bean sprouts, and meat. But the broth is the deciding factor, and this broth is at least twice as good as any other broth outside San Jose.


Inside San Jose, I haven’t ordered any pho. Cuz if you’re already in Vietnamese town, shame on you for sticking to only that one dish.

Address: Le Regal
2126 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 845-4020

0 Comments to “Best Pho in the Bay”


  1. Hey very nice website!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I’ll bookmark your site and take the feeds also…I’m happy to find numerous useful info here in the post, we need develop more strategies in this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .

    1
  2. Howdy! Would you mind if I share your blog with my zynga group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really enjoy your content. Please let me know. Thanks

    2
  3. I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. I don’t know who you are but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you are not already 😉 Cheers!

    3
  4. Hi there, just was aware of your weblog thru Google, and found that it’s really informative. I’m going to watch out for brussels. I will be grateful should you continue this in future. Many people will probably be benefited from your writing. Cheers!

    4
  5. Some really interesting information, well written and generally user genial.

    5
  6. Very interesting points you have remarked, thanks for posting.

    6
  7. Its like you learn my thoughts! You seem to understand a lot about this, like you wrote the e-book in it or something. I think that you can do with some to drive the message house a bit, but other than that, that is magnificent blog. An excellent read. I will definitely be back.

    7
  8. I believe this site has got some real great info for everyone :D. “I like work it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” by Jerome K. Jerome.

    8
  9. Hi, i believe that i noticed you visited my site so i came to “go back the want”.I am trying to to find things to enhance my website!I guess its ok to use a few of your concepts!!

    9
  10. I have not checked in here for a while since I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are good quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my everyday bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂

    10
  11. I have learn several just right stuff here. Certainly worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how a lot effort you place to make the sort of great informative site.

    11
  12. My brother recommended I would possibly like this website. He used to be entirely right. This submit truly made my day. You can not believe simply how a lot time I had spent for this info! Thanks!

    12
  13. As a Newbie, I am always exploring online for articles that can benefit me. Thank you

    13
  14. Hey, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues. When I look at your blog in Opera, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, amazing blog!

    14
  15. Well I sincerely liked reading it. This post provided by you is very useful for accurate planning.

    15
  16. It’s exhausting to find educated individuals on this topic, however you sound like you understand what you’re talking about! Thanks

    16
  17. This website online is mostly a walk-by means of for all the information you needed about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse here, and you’ll positively uncover it.

    17
  18. Hey very cool site!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your site and take the feeds also…I’m happy to find numerous useful info here in the post, we need work out more techniques in this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .

    18
  19. This blog is definitely rather handy since I’m at the moment creating an internet floral website – although I am only starting out therefore it’s really fairly small, nothing like this site. Can link to a few of the posts here as they are quite. Thanks much. Zoey Olsen

    19
  20. As I website owner I think the content here is very superb, thankyou for your efforts.

    20
  21. Very interesting details you have mentioned, thankyou for putting up.

    21
  22. I am curious to find out what blog system you have been utilizing? I’m experiencing some small security problems with my latest blog and I would like to find something more safe. Do you have any recommendations?

    22
  23. Hmm it seems like your blog ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to everything. Do you have any tips and hints for rookie blog writers? I’d genuinely appreciate it.

    23
  24. Hello my friend! I want to say that this post is amazing, nice written and include approximately all important infos. I’d like to peer more posts like this.

    24
  25. I think this is among the most significant information for me. And i’m glad reading your article. But want to remark on few general things, The website style is perfect, the articles is really great :D. Good job, cheers

    25
  26. Very interesting topic, thank you for posting.

    26
  27. Thanks for sharing excellent informations. Your site is very cool. I am impressed by the details that you’ve on this blog. It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. Bookmarked this website page, will come back for extra articles. You, my friend, ROCK! I found simply the info I already searched everywhere and just couldn’t come across. What an ideal website.

    27
  28. Wow, fantastic weblog layout! How lengthy have you been blogging for? you made running a blog glance easy. The full glance of your web site is wonderful, as well as the content!

    28
  29. Deference to article author, some good entropy.

    29
  30. You are a very smart individual!

    30
  31. As I website possessor I believe the subject matter here is real superb, thankyou for your efforts.

    31
  32. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be actually something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me. I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!

    32
  33. Those are yours alright! . We at least need to get these people stealing images to start blogging! They probably just did a image search and grabbed them. They look good though!

    33
  34. Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to mention that I have truly loved surfing around your blog posts. In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I hope you write once more very soon!

    34
  35. You have noted very interesting points! ps decent website.

    35
  36. Some genuinely fantastic content on this site, appreciate it for contribution. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” by Cicero.

    36
  37. Merely wanna remark that you have a very decent internet site, I enjoy the style and design it actually stands out.

    37
  38. Good day! I could have sworn I’ve been to this website before but after reading through some of the post I realized it’s new to me. Nonetheless, I’m definitely happy I found it and I’ll be book-marking and checking back often!

    38
  39. magnificent post, very informative. I wonder why the other experts of this sector do not notice this. You must continue your writing. I’m confident, you’ve a great readers’ base already!

    39
  40. I am not real wonderful with English but I line up this rattling easygoing to translate.

    40
  41. Thank you for sharing with us, I believe this website really stands out :D.

    41
  42. I really like your writing style, superb info , thankyou for putting up :D.

    42
  43. You can certainly see your expertise in the work you write. The world hopes for even more passionate writers like you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. Always follow your heart.

    43
  44. I like what you guys are up also. Such smart work and reporting! Keep up the excellent works guys I’ve incorporated you guys to my blogroll. I think it will improve the value of my site :).

    44
  45. Some really interesting details you have written.Aided me a lot, just what I was looking for :D.

    45
  46. I’ve been browsing online greater than 3 hours lately, yet I by no means discovered any fascinating article like yours. It’s beautiful worth sufficient for me. In my view, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content material as you probably did, the internet might be a lot more useful than ever before. “Oh, that way madness lies let me shun that.” by William Shakespeare.

    46
  47. certainly like your website but you have to check the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Many of them are rife with spelling problems and I in finding it very troublesome to tell the reality nevertheless I’ll certainly come again again.

    47
  48. fantastic points altogether, you simply gained a brand new reader. What would you suggest about your post that you made a few days ago? Any positive?

    48
  49. I do enjoy the manner in which you have presented this particular situation plus it does supply us some fodder for consideration. Nonetheless, coming from what I have experienced, I really trust when the comments pile on that men and women remain on point and don’t start on a soap box involving the news du jour. All the same, thank you for this exceptional piece and though I can not concur with the idea in totality, I value the point of view.

    49
  50. Woah! I’m really enjoying the template/theme of this blog. It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s hard to get that “perfect balance” between usability and visual appeal. I must say that you’ve done a awesome job with this. In addition, the blog loads extremely quick for me on Internet explorer. Superb Blog!

    50


Leave a Reply