Diners settle in comfortably at 9021Pho, a new Vietnamese restaurant in Beverly Hills where chef-owner Kimmy Tang offers her rendition of the northern Vietnamese noodle soup pho, as well as a simplified version of her former menu at Michelia on West 3rd Street in Los Angeles. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Pho chay includes tofu, straw mushrooms, onions, bok choy, bean sprouts, basil and noodles in a broth. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The Saigon roll consists of rice wraps filled with shrimp, sauteed with lime leaf, ginger and chili pepper and rolled with jicama, cucumber and mixed greens. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
The papaya prawn salad offers grilled prawns served on green papaya with fried yam shreds. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Reza Feiz, left, of Studio City samples the pho at 35-seat 9021Pho, which has plenty of space for single diners at the noodle bar seats. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
