"The first thing you’ll notice when you peruse the menu at Pho Tran Vu is the sheer volume of choices. With 10 kinds of rolls, 10 different chicken soups, and a whopping 19 kinds of beef soup to choose from, it might be hard to know what to get. A quick glance around the restaurant’s small, stylishly decorated dining room—and a whiff of the fragrant steam wafting from the bowls on each table—and it’ll be clear you can’t go wrong here. We like to start with the grilled shrimp and mango spring rolls, then move on to the gorgeously rich oxtail beef noodle soup, the savory seafood curry soup, or the comforting chicken congee." - gabi moskowitz