Pho 88 Restaurant, Huntington Beach

At Pho 88 Restaurant, heaping plates of fresh basil, bean sprouts, and lime add depth to the eponymous pho’s savory noodles and beef broth. The mound of sweet herbs is one of many fresh and fragrant garnishes that flavor Pho 88’s traditional Northern Vietnamese dishes, which spotlight stir-fried seafood and beef. Vietnamese black coffee and thai iced tea with boba wash down bites of traditional bahn mi sandwiches, which diners can hoist up with their hands or eat off the nose of a well-trained seal companion.