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15532 Ward St. Garden Grove, CA 92843

714-531-2009 

 

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15532 Ward St. Garden Grove CA 92843

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  • Vietnamese
    Sun,Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 8am-8pm
    $$ $$
  • cash
    Kid Friendly, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
    Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
  • Accepted, Not Necessary
    Lot Available, Street
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Beef remains by far the most popular version of the soup in Little Saigon, and the majority of restaurants offer the chicken variety as an afterthought. But at Pho Dakao, cluckers are king (or queen, as it were)-they offer eight types of chicken pho, from some containing giblets, tripe and other offal to straightforward chicken soup that Red Staters would slurp up if they didn't know it came from the hands of a Vietnamese.








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  • 2012 | Best Pho

    There are two kinds of pho-lovers in this world: those who choose beef, and those who prefer chicken. Everyone in Little Saigon knows the best beef pho comes from Pho Thanh Lich (last year's Final Pho winner, as well as Best Pho title holder two years in a row here), and the best chicken pho comes from Pho Dakao (the winner in 2009), so which of the two wins in a face-off? It's like splitting the 1992 USA Basketball Dream team into squads led by Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, but we'll go... More »

  • 2008 | Best Pho

    Seemingly every third restaurant in Little Saigon sells pho, but few specialize in pho ga--chicken pho, a gentler, sweeter take on the Vietnamese soup. What distinguishes the smallish diner Pho Dakao from the hundreds of other pho palaces is the chicken itself--slaughtered that day at a sister company that sells live chickens a couple of blocks over. The difference between freezer hen and the fresh, just-plucked deal is as easy to taste as the difference between real horchata and... More »

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  • ocweeklybestof
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    | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

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    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    Seemingly every third restaurant in Little Saigon sells pho, but few specialize in pho ga—chicken pho, a gentler, sweeter take on the Vietnamese soup. What distinguishes the smallish diner Pho Dakao from the hundreds of other pho palaces is the chicken itself—slaughtered that day at a sister company that sells live chickens a couple of blocks over. The difference between freezer hen and the fresh, just-plucked deal is as easy to taste as the difference between real horchata and the stuff frat boys make with powder. The chicken chunks also contribute to the broth—this is the chicken soup Campbell's could never quite master. Pho Dakao also offers a great beef pho.

  • longl80
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    | Anaheim, CA | 3 Reviews

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    | Wed, November 25, 2009

    Da best pho shizzle eva here. Gotta check it out mang!

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