Pho LTK — Restaurant in El Monte

For Hainan Chicken lovers, this is it! The chicken meats are tender yet the skins are crispy. The chicken retains its freshness when served. This restaurant serves variety of dishes with Hainan chicken.

The decoration of the restaurant is not that impressive but the foods are good. During Covid they have three tables for outdoor seating. It's best to order take out.

We tried their Hainan chicken rice which I believe to be one of the best in LA. With garlic rice to go with the tender hot water poached chicken meats, the restaurant claimed they used the Wen Chang chicken( type of organic yellow chicken) as it's done in Singapore to add authenticity to the dish.

We also ordered Hainan chicken pho as well. The pho is the Chinese rice noodle with Hainan chicken and some vegetables. Unlike the beef pho, The broth in this chicken pho is clear and sweet. The portion is big.

Along with the Hainan chicken theme, we also got their chicken salad. This salad is similar to the Chinese salad in most restaurants in the US, the only difference here is the Hainan chicken used in the salad that makes the salad to have a unique taste. Instead of dried chicken meats in the salad, you will get to enjoy the tender chicken meats with the lettuces.

Finally, you have to try their sesame ball. Very crunchy outside and soft inside with green bean paste. This is a very...

I saw this pho restaurant had good reviews so gave it a try for lunch. There was plenty of parking when I came around 12pm and no wait for a table either. We were seated fast and beat the rush because the tables filled up fast a while later.

We ordered the shrimp and crab paste soup w/ vermicili (11.50) and my friend got the beef tripe, tendon soup pho (11.99). We ordered the small bowl size. The food was ready in about 5 minutes which was fast. The shrimp and crab paste soup was pretty good but the noodle portion was a bit small even for a small size. The soup was nicely seasoned though and the meatballs were good too. My friend said the beef pho was pretty good too. It looked like it had a good portion of meat and noodles too.

Overall, I think this is a decent pho place to eat out but there are definitely better ones. Food is not bad and good parking. However, note that they do charge a credit card fee. I don't know what the minimum is because they didn't say until I already gave them my credit card. So that part was bad or I would have paid with cash or...

Small mom & pop Pho place. They have a variety of Vietnamese dishes but I've only had their Pho, Hai Nam Chicken w/rice (technically Chinese), and their Vermicelli w/grilled beef. All three dishes were flavorful. I've also had their spring rolls. The spring rolls are satisfying, however I've had better. But nonetheless meeting one's expectations. Geographically, if you are north of Lower Azusa Rd., with boundaries of East Pasadena and Azusa, I would say this is one of the better Pho places. Additionally, based on quantity, quality, and pricing, this is a place of value + wonderful flavors. Not to mention a sweet older "auntie" who is friendly and welcoming...