Both did not disappoint our bellies or our palates. My beau got the large pho tai (#33) and I ordered their hu tieu dac biet, or house special rice noodle soup. Their hope is that through this restaurant, they can share the healthy benefits of Vietnamese cuisine to the public through flavorful family recipes and bring family and friends together. They opened Pho Lantern Cafe in Costa Mesa in 2013. Locals raved about his mom’s savory pho broth, which carried on as a family recipe to Pho Lantern Cafe.īecause of their common passion for delicious food, Alysha and Thomas opened their first restaurant together in Nevada in 2007. Thomas and his siblings also helped cook and serve food at the restaurant. By selling pho, she was able to raise 8 kids by herself.

In Thomas’s family, his mother was the sole provider after the Vietnam war. Although it was a chore, she loved to do it because cooking brought people together. At 14, Alysha was cooking daily for her younger siblings while her parents worked. She spent a lot of time in the kitchen learning how to cook from her grandma. Coincidentally, before they met, both started cooking from an early age in Vietnam.Īs a toddler, Alysha loved pretending to cook and making air sandwiches on banana leaves. Alysha and Thomas have been married for 26 years.

Golden star vietnamese restaurant menu