Golden King Vietnamese restaurant has the typical pho and rice plates of a Vietnamese restaurant, virtually idential to that of Golden Star, reviewed earlier. The main difference is Golden King is willing to open a little later and thus is a viable choice at 6PM when Golden Star will tell you they are already closed. The food tastes almost identical, IMHO to Golden Star, as I also ordered the beef stew pho as a common basis of comparison. Similar amount of beef tendons, very tender beef that falls apart in your mouth, decent amount of fat in the broth (but not too much) with enough connective tissue to remind you you are eating beef, but not steak. There is a bit of spiciness in the broth, in that the waitress specifically mentioned the dish being "spicy", though it's not spicy hot in the hot chili sense, just that there's a bit of a kick in the spices used to prepare the beef. Actually, after repeated comparison, there seems to be a lot less meat in the Golden King...
An exploration of San Francisco Chinatown typically NOT covered by tours