LAs best soup spots to enjoy amid El Niño weekend…
I gotta focus. I’m shifting into soup mode.
With another wet weekend looming — maybe bringing the first rain on Halloween in Los Angeles since 2014 — it’s a excellent time to heat up with a good bowl of soup.
Travel blogger Mariana in LA has damaged down 11 of her favourite spots to get soup in the City of Angels, with choices ranging from Vietnamese pho to the traditional chicken noodle.
She also acknowledged the beloved SoCal establishment Souplantation, which closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but last month announced its 2027 return.
With another wet weekend looming — maybe bringing the first rain on Halloween in Los Angeles since 2014 — it’s a excellent time to heat up with a good bowl of soup. Instagram/@paninikabobgrill
A person eats at Chong Qing Special Noodles in Los Angeles. Instagram/@urchin.food
While they don’t seem to be ranked, she acknowledges the Rare Beef Pho from Pho 87 in Chinatown first on her record, including that some consider it’s the best pho in Southern California.
“It’s all about the broth! It was rich, deeply aromatic, and packed with flavor, unlike anything I’d had before,” Mariana said. “It was so rich I completely forgot to add hoisin sauce. The thinly sliced rare beef cooks in the hot broth, becoming perfectly tender.”
Her favourite chicken noodle soup in city comes from San Gabriel’s Chong Qing Special Noodles, which she provides was a favourite spot of longtime Los Angeles Times food critic Johnathan Gold.
She described the chicken noodle soup as “a dream,” noting it options “fresh-tasting hand-cut noodles, tender shreds of chicken that effortlessly fall apart, a handful of bok choy, and a comforting broth that will leave you feeling satisfied and nourished.”
LA’s Koreatown is represented on the record by the ginseng chicken soup from Buil Samgye Tang, which she said stood out because of the chicken.
LA’s Koreatown is represented on the record by the ginseng chicken soup from Buil Samgye Tang, which she said stood out because of the chicken. Instagram/@builsamgyetang
Duck Noodle Soup from Roasted Duck by Pa Ord is featured as one of the best feel-good soups in Los Angeles. Instagram/@thainow.app
“The chicken is so tender that you don’t even need a fork. As if that weren’t enough, they also serve a nice selection of banchan (traditional Korean side dishes), including kimchi and radish, along with complimentary herbal tea!”
She also praised the pleasant workers and also really helpful the “#3” variant of the soup, since it options goji berries, “an excellent source of antioxidants.”
Another beloved LA neighborhood — Thai Town — is represented by the duck noodle soup from Roasted Duck by Pa Ord, which she describes as a “no frills” restaurant that is just not really helpful for big teams.
The duck noodle soup in query, though, she describes as “an absolute dream,” including, “The way the succulent duck, thin rice noodles, and thick bean sprouts came together in the impossibly flavorful and aromatic broth was magical.”
Other soups on the record embody the Japanese Plum “Ume” Soup from Otafuku (Gardena), the Chicken Soup from Kismet Rotisserie (Studio City, Los Feliz, Culver City, Pasadena), Chicken Dumpling Soup from Gjusta (Venice), Beef Noodle Soup from Corner Beef Noodle House (El Monte), Chicken Noodle Soup from Heng Heng Chicken Rice (Thai Town), Lentil Soup from Panini Kabob Grill (Hollywood, Century City, Downtown LA) and Japanese BBQ Chicken Ramen from Torisoba Sumiya (Sawtelle).
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