The Best Restaurants in Tacoma, Washington | Eater Seattle

"Freshly reopened after a remodel last spring, family-owned Tho Tuong has been locally beloved for almost 30 years for its Vietnamese-style barbecue, centering around pork and duck. The hours are limited to daytime and the lunch menu is brief, with duck and pork done two ways — roasted and crackly or glazed and barbecued. The classic fave is the lunch box, where you can pick two or three meats with steamed rice, pickled mustard greens, jalapenos, a mess of fresh herbs and green onions, and a cup of nuoc leo (a dark, flavorful broth) for dipping and/or pouring over everything. The combo can also be ordered in soup form, as a steamy bowl of noodles in broth loaded with your choice of meats. Sometimes, though, the move is just to order a pound of barbecued pork and walk away snacking on the shiny scarlet slices — a personal box of porky candy, just for you." - Meg van Huygen