This homely mid-Sunset restaurant is lit too brightly and wallpapered with specials spelled out only in Chinese, but lucky for Lam Hoa Thuan, "dingy" and "hole-in-the-wall" are terms of endearment for Asian restaurants in this city, and an audience as mixed as the neighborhood itself fills the tables every night. Regulars on-the-go can skip the sit-down meal and order roast duck and glistening barbecue pork hanging in the front windows--delicacies that are take-out only--while those who eat there wrangle with a menu filled with humorous Engrish variations of Chinese and Vietnamese dishes:...
When to Go: Craving some pho for breakfast? No problem--this place opens at 9am.