Noodle Soup Restaurant, Lincoln

Noodle Soup Restaurant's streamlined menu keeps the focus on just a few Vietnamese classics. First and foremost that means traditional pho noodle soups, whose velvety broths might incorporate thin slices of chicken, rare and well-done "eye round" beef, or vegetables such as bok choy and baby corn. Hu tieu, a pork-based version of the soup, marries shrimp, ground pork, and quail egg and can be served wet or dry. Diners can also stick to familiar favorites such as sesame chicken or shrimp fried rice, or they can try one of the fruit jelly–based bubble teas the Daily Nebraskan called "a delightful surprise."