Sông Hương-Góc Huế — Restaurant in San Diego

I love Song Huong (now 'Waiting Corner') restaurant near Camino Ruiz in Mira Mesa! This is my third time here, and I cannot get enough. It is on the end of a Asian-Pacific mini mall. This is a great area for Vietmanese, Filipino, and Chinese food, products, and exports. I came to San Diego five months ago from NJ, so my only references for food are from NYC. However, I stayed 5 full months in Singapore and Malaysia back in 2011. So much variety of food there...from durian ice cream, to sea turtle soup, to black chicken, to Indian, Halal, frog leg clay pots, and mean Mee Goreng.

Song Huong restaurant is energetic and cheerful with its friendly staff, gentle Asian club music, and Vietmanese of all ages. Ok, the door is an opening in a bright white wall, but please step inside and order some food! The younger dude reminds me of my best ex-Air Force co-worker in appearance and demeanor. You just want to know him.

The food? So good! I ordered Pho Dac Biet, which is rare beef slices, tongue, and tripe with onion and rice vermacelli in an excellent broth. Large crispy bean sprouts are on a side plate with a lemon and touch of jalepeno. I could eat this every day....and with chopsticks of course!

My drink was a Durian fruit and milk smoothie. They have big round tapioca on the bottom, which are the same size as the straw (think bobo tea). Durian fruit really is the King of Fruits. I used to eat 4 or 5 whole medium sized durian in the morning when riding a rented mountain bike accross a Malaysian island. Huge energy!

Anyway...come to Song Huong and immerse yourself! (Buy some mooncakes next door while you are here...they put them close to the registers. Oh, and use the secret entrance past the potted tree. More fun! When you come here...

I've been here a few times now, trying out different dishes. While I've gone on different days, different times, this is a fairly quiet place in part of the same building that houses Vinh Hung grocery store.

A few days ago, I ordered cha gio (Vietnamese-style fried egg rolls) and a large of their popcorn chicken. One of my nieces and her friend devoured the chicken. I can say I definitely like the fried egg rolls (albeit quite small).

Yesterday, I tried the pork chop with steamed egg loaf. Since I was trying to order one dish with add ons, they suggested a similar dish and substituted a fried egg instead of the pork "floss" for me.

What I loved was that this is one of the few Viet restos around that serves bone-in pork chops, which is far far juicier than bone-out. (But accept a fork and knife because it's really tough to eat pork chops with chopsticks.) They also supplied a nice bowl of beef broth with fragrant chopped greens on top.

Now one word of caution: the food IS very good, but it is a bit pricier than most Viet restos around here when it comes to the soups and main dishes.. Also, the menu page linked to from their Google Maps entry is very outdated, with current prices nearly double what was listed. Still, I'd recommend this place and the food. You might find something you love.

They also have some nice "pub fare" that you simply cannot get at other Viet restos -- the aforementioned popcorn chicken, jalapeno poppers (if I recall, and more). Pull up to one of their benches on a Friday night, watch some sports on their big screens, and dig in to some snacks or...

The food is very good here but I’m very disappointed in my experience. I ordered Banh Cuon Dax Biet with meat but got something completely different (the shrimp powder) and it was a very small portion. When I started eating I thought the meat is at the bottom, but didn’t find it, half way I told the owner he messed up my order. He just ignored me and made an excuse that the plate I received is more expensive than the one I order. This isn’t even the point, the point is I went there for a specific dish. I am not coming back there are plenty of other bang coun places in San Diego. I am disappointed it...