Kim Ky Noodle House — Restaurant in Westminster

After visiting the OC/LA area, we're on the way back to the Bay Area, we wanted to have some lunch before we go. Some of the restaurant closed on Monday, one our friends recommended this place for real excellent egg noodles soups, so we stopped by, it's right next to PLT the big VN shopping center. There's no parking for this restaurant, the whole block has a few parking spots and there's parking on the PLT but always full. We had to park outside on a different shopping center. The restaurant is small and simple, clean. The owner or the care taker seems to be extremely friendly and attentive sitting us on a table. The menu has quite a few dishes, but we're concentrating on egg noodle soup for lunch so we ordered the special bowl of rice noodles instead of egg noodles. It's quite good, quite tasty with chinese crispy donuts. We had a great lunch and the price is extremely inexpensive. Ready...

Wow, we are down here every month or two to get our hair cut, and always have a meal. Our previous regular spot disappointed us last time so I suggested it was time for a change. We didn't even read reviews on this place. We just saw it was crowded and was within walking distance of the hair salon so we gave it a try. The food was great and there was so much of it! We both had pho, and while we are accustomed to getting a great value eating Vietnamese food, this was even better than usual. This might become our new regular spot when we're nearby. Oh, the place was crowded, as I said, and it's not a huge place. But turnover was brisk so I don't imagine you'd have to wait long...

Truly authentic! Delightfully real deal!

The restaurant atmosphere is reminiscent of busy suburban streetside mommy-owned joints in Saigon where customers were perpetually on alert for the distant popping sound, and were ready to tease the cracked concrete floor, holding off their breath, watching for the ensuing explosion of mortar rounds. It would be a lucky day to still have the hearing sensation, and to be able to pull themselves back up onto their rattan chair, and to gorge down the remaining food like it was the last gluttony. But somehow, fully believed in their own survival skills that they must come back here, again and again, for the next few remaining...