Seattle Restaurants

  1. Green Leaf

    A tiny nook with shiny black tables, this cozy joint is known for inexpensive noodle dishes packed with flavor, as well as huge bowls of traditional or vegetarian pho and a swoon-inducing version of bahn xeo - sort of a cross between a pancake and an omelet.

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  2. Pho Bac

    You can get three sizes of pho at this well-established restaurant on the edge of 14th Ave and Jackson St, with its huge windows gazing onto Little Saigon, as well as excellent spring rolls wrapped in fresh herbs and other classic Vietnamese dishes.

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  3. Tamarind Tree

    Serving upscale food in a beautiful dining room but at lowbrow prices, this elegant place has a HUGE menu including everything from satays and salad rolls to big bowls of pho and a tasty version of the traditional scallop-prawn-pork-mushroom fried crepe. It also donates some of its profits to the Vietnam Scholarship Foundation. Reservations are recommended on weekends.

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  4. Thai Tom

    First you notice the delicious aroma wafting down the street. Then you see the crowd of hungry people crammed into the doorway of this teeny storefront. It's an open-kitchen lunch counter in a long narrow nook decorated with elephant heads on dark brown walls. There's minimal seating, and the menus are written in gold on wooden blocks. Accepts cash only.

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