Name: Vietnamese pho, Lang Van style (Charlotte style)
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5kg beef knuckle and shin bones; 500g brisket; 1 large onion, halved; 5cm piece ginger, halved; 5 star anise pods; 4 whole cloves; 2 cinnamon sticks; 1 tablespoon coriander seeds; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 30g rock sugar; Salt to taste; 400g flat rice noodles; 300g raw eye-round beef, sliced paper-thin; Garnish: bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime wedges, sliced chili, sliced onion, hoisin and sriracha

Vietnamese pho is the Lang Van east Charlotte signature, a slow-simmered beef-bone broth ladled over rice noodles with thin-sliced beef, served with herbs,.

Vietnamese immigrants brought pho to Charlotte's east-side corridor along Shamrock Drive and Central Avenue starting in the late 20th century, after the post-Vietnam-war resettlement programmes through the 1980s. Lang Van opened in 1990 and was awarded Charlotte's only Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025 for the family-run kitchen's pho and broader Vietnamese menu. Le's Sandwiches and Saigon Palace round out the canonical Charlotte Vietnamese addresses.

1 editor pick for Vietnamese pho, Lang Van style in Charlotte, ranked by editorial score. All Charlotte signature dishes · Vietnamese pho, Lang Van style across every city.

Lang Van ★ 4.7

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east-charlotte · 3019 Shamrock Dr, Charlotte, NC 28215

Lang Van is the east Charlotte Vietnamese institution that won the city's only Michelin Bib Gourmand in the 2025 American South guide for pho.

Where to eat Vietnamese pho, Lang Van style in Charlotte: 1 editor pick

Lang Van ★ 4.7

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