Pho (Noodle Soup) in North County Coastal

Sunday, August 22, 2004, 4:53 —by Ken W
This item was posted in Food, Restaurants in San Diego category and has 16 Comments so far.

I’m a noodle-holic.
Fat, skinny, boiled, fried. I don’t care. I’ll eat’em.
I love almost all kinds of noodles (after eating one too many packages in college, Top Ramen and Cup-o-Noodles are at the bottom of my favorites list)

For a while, I thought North County was barren of good asian noodles.
Living in San Marcos (region by Carlsbad), Convoy or Mira Mesa isn’t close enough for me to satisify a noodle craving in a timely manner.

No more!
I found two pretty good Vietnamese restaurants that serve Pho (one of my favorite kind of noodle dish)!
These places are located less than 10 minutes from me and coincidentally just about 1/2 mile from each other.

Kim’s Vietnamese Noodle House
159 South Rancho Santa Fe Rd
San Marcos, CA 92069
(760) 471-2572
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Pho San Marcos
700 South Rancho Santa Fe Rd, Suite #D
San Marcos, CA 92069
(760) 599-1200
www.PhoSanMarcos.com
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If anyone knows of any other good noodle places, let us know!

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16 Responses to “Pho (Noodle Soup) in North County Coastal”

  1. Joe Crawford said on Sunday, August 22, 2004, 9:26

    I really like the pho place on Clairemont Mesa Blvd — in the mini-mall sort of catty-corner from Ranch 99 — here’s a CityBeat review of it: Pho Hoa Cali: Vietnamese nirvana Rolled delights plus bowls of pho equals heaven Pho Hoacali, 7351 Clairemont Mesa, San Diego, CA 858-565-6997

    Really awesome food, and a great treasure for San Diego.

  2. Joe Crawford said on Sunday, August 22, 2004, 9:44

    And, I’ll add, at Ken W’s excellent suggestion, we at San Diego Blog have added a Restaurants & Food category for great posts like this one!

  3. Chris said on Sunday, August 22, 2004, 11:33

    You can get some nice spicy Vietnamese noodles at Dao Son Noodle House (2322 El Cajon Blvd).

  4. jkrank said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 5:37

    Wasn’t there an noodle place called China Fun over near Poway?

  5. Beckie said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 10:08

    The noodle place in Poway is in the Walmart shopping center parking lot. There is also a
    sitdown Vietnamese restaurant up on the Hill on the corner of Pomerado/Poway road.

  6. Ken W said on Monday, August 23, 2004, 22:08

    Thanks for the China Fun and Dao Son Noodle House suggestions!
    It’s good to know about these noodle oasisses in Poway and El Cajon.
    Damn. I’m hungry now.

  7. peter said on Friday, September 10, 2004, 15:25

    For the best pho ga (noodles with chicken) this side of the Pacific go to Bolsa. Its on the corner of Mira Mesa Blvd and Black Mountain Rd.

  8. Ken W said on Monday, September 13, 2004, 13:28

    I haven’t been to BOLSA in at least 3 years.
    But when I was working in Mira Mesa, it was one of my weekly lunch places.

    Isn’t there another Pho place across the street?
    I think it was in the same strip mall area as La Salsa.

  9. Ken W said on Monday, September 13, 2004, 13:34

    The Noodle gods must be reading this blog.

    My wife informs me that a new noodle place, called Noodles & Company, is coming to Encinitas and Chula Vista!
    It’s a chain. The menu items look tasty.
    I hope it’s good.

  10. peter said on Thursday, September 16, 2004, 10:53

    Yes, there’s a Pho Cali across the street from Bolsa. In fact, I’m meeting some people there for lunch today :)

  11. thainoodlesoup said on Saturday, July 1, 2006, 23:15

    I personally like Thai noodle soup for colds and for quick meals. It takes less than 5 minutes of prep and cook time and fills the belly and cures all that ails you. You can see the recipe at http://www.thainoodlesoup.com Try it out! Here in the Northen California, King of Thai is a small chain with great noodle soups!

  12. Kong Chi said on Monday, April 9, 2007, 12:11

    Decent pho and a coupon to boot Pho Lucky…
    http://www.sdreader.com/php/coupons.php?prefix=rest&region=7

  13. joel said on Thursday, June 14, 2007, 22:24

    Thanks! I’m a Pho’natic and I work in Mira Mesa but live in Encinitas, so I’ll be trying both of these out. I eat Pho about 3 times a week and LOVE it. I’m just a geeky white guy that’s found the next best thing.

  14. Ken W said on Friday, June 15, 2007, 12:44

    Hey Joel,

    There’s a Pho place in the Lumberyard (off 101)

    Kim’s Vietnamese & Chinese Restaurant
    http://www.yelp.com/biz/nrH_qT45jn5GRXtYlJswYA

    It’s good, but a little pricey for Pho (IMHO).

  15. Jim Bob said on Friday, October 26, 2007, 23:58

    Kim’s Noodlehouse in San Marcos rocks. High quality ingredients and the best flavors, and best of all dirt cheap and huge portions. Nobody beats their Pho Tai beef soup, not even my grandma. Egg rolls are awesome too, can’t get enough pickled daikon. You will make this place a habit. Not much ambience, but it’s nicely unpretentious with a family feel. You will make it a habit. Branch out and try the tableside grill dishes, awesome touch.

  16. Jen said on Thursday, November 22, 2007, 9:01

    Pho Lucky in Vista is by far one of the best Pho places in North County. No where else compares. They were voted best Pho by Chef Moz Dining Guide.

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