"Mau is a great spot for a casual weeknight dinner, but if it’s raining and years of Campbell’s advertising has conditioned you to want soup for lunch, this is where you should go. Their pho ga is the chicken soup you’ll wish you had as a kid home sick from school, but the real thing to get is the vegetarian bun bo hue, with spicy vegetable broth, mushrooms, tofu, pineapple, and thick noodles. If you want something small to snack on while you wait, get the five spice quail or bi chon chay with mushrooms and roasted rice." - taylor abrams, jess basser sanders, will kamensky