Golden Delight

In our honest experience, most restaurants offering 50/50 Asian menus tend to falter at one or another, but that’s far from the case at Golden Delight, a sleekly designed eatery in Rosemead that fills up early thanks to a deftly executed mix of Vietnamese and Chinese dishes—particularly the hot stone pho. Flavorful and light, the clean-tasting aromatic broth stays warm for what feels like hours in the stone bowl. Across the menu, smaller details shine through: the vermicelli-studded egg rolls atop the bowls of bun thit nuong; the shower of herbs that accompany the cha gio. For carnivores, there’s also decent renditions of Hainan chicken and bo luc lac—listed as "French style beef cube."