Born in Vietnam, raised in Oakland, and determined to create a monster
So there we were – little kids fresh from Saigon, looking at this big new country, and watching our folks give it their all in the face of incredible odds. Beginning in this country as boat people made them strive to do better, no matter what, and their determination gave us an anything-is-possible mindset. Our Oakland childhood and those early years in Vietnam set the stage for a lifelong love affair with Vietnamese food.
Monster Pho MAMA
From our family to yours
We were always thrilled to introduce people to these mouth-watering dishes (an evangelist mindset comes naturally when your mom and aunt are constantly cooking up a storm), and in 2014 we opened Monster Pho. Our authentic food and sweetheart staff quickly earned us a bunch of madly devoted monster evangelists. And even though Oakland is quite the shape shifter these days, we feel good knowing that our delicious monster noms keep providing big smiles and warm fuzzies for our Oaklandish family.