Pho Lien Hoa

Oklahoma


Many Vietnamese refugees settled in Oklahoma after the Vietnam War in the mid-1970s and many opened restaurants. One of the very best is this otherwise nondescript, no-frills, cash-only outlet in a humdrum strip mall. The food could not be fresher or more authentic.


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