"All conversations about Vietnamese food in SF tend to begin and end with Turtle Tower, the Tenderloin mainstay that’s spun off additional locations in SoMa and the Outer Richmond. Turtle Tower is best known as the city’s top destination for chicken pho — as belly-warming and comforting a bowl of soup as you’ll find in the city, especially the version with gizzards (for those who partake). But the beef pho is just as notable, especially because Turtle Tower is one of the only spots in the Bay Area that serves the clearer, less aggressively spiced Northern style that doesn’t come with the usual tangle of raw herbs." - Luke Tsai
