"Vietnamese food isn’t the first thing you expect to find at the same place where you pick up your laundry detergent and Solo cups, but that’s just part of the beauty of ASAP Phorage. Located in the back of a convenience store in Playa del Rey, this tiny counter seems like the kind of place your instincts tell you to avoid, but in reality, they serve some of our favorite pho on the Westside. The crowd is a mix of barefoot surfers, teenagers who peaced out of school early, and you, holding on to the remnants of your New Year’s clean-eating resolution." - Brant Cox, Kat Hong