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Viet Noodle Bar

323-906-1575
3133 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles , CA  90039
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Viet Tran is another rampant flavor-combiner. His vehicle is soy milk, which he makes every morning by hand, from organic soy beans. "I think there is an art of it," he explains. "What turned me on to soy milk was the creation of it. It's more of an art than soup. You cook soy milk for three hours, you feel open, you feel calm. I want to show people how to make soy milk. It's very meditative, very Zen. Soaking it, blending it, extracting the milk and then cooking it."

Tran, a former computer programmer, traveled across North Vietnam for five years and studied noodle-making and soy milk-making in little villages. In addition to his tiny Viet Soy Cafe in Silver Lake, he now has Viet Noodle Bar in Atwater Village, perhaps the only place on the planet where you can get a bowl of defiantly traditional Hanoi-style chicken pho in a sharply modern setting. You can also get soy milk in all kinds of configurations -- with black sesame, with yerba mate, with coffee. He's adding a soy-milk tasting bar, with such flavors as organic garlic ("very sweet," he says) and turmeric.

C. Thi Nguyen, Special to the Times 9/24/08

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    Posted by Katie M. on Yelp_small
     

    I can't get enough of the lemongrass pho with soyskin and wild mushrooms. Perfection. A friend of mine who is Vietnamese explained something to me which...

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    Posted by rachel m. on Yelp_small
     

    3 stars for my initial visit, I will most likely post a follow up review after I try a few more menu items. I ordered the sesame beef noodle bowl with spicy...

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    Posted by Oanh N. on Yelp_small
     

    After a long week of travel, I was craving good Vietnamese food so I tried Viet Noodle Bar for lunch. I ordered the Bun Bo Xao, which is rice noodles with...

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