Le Soleil

133 Clement St. San Francisco
415.668.4848

Right where Clement Street starts at Arguello, many SE Asian Restaurants are popping out recently. Just between 2nd and 3rd St., Le Soleil is one of many Vietnamese restaurants in the area. Unlike other ethnic restaurants, this one is fancy. They juxtaposed beautiful dark furniture with a slight Asian/modern hint against nice yellow walls. I was expecting to pay a little more for the comfortable spaces, but surprisingly, food is just as reasonable as any other Vietnamese restaurant in the area.
We had crab bun, and beef bun. The bun, which is extruded rice noodles, was silky and smooth, in extremely flavourful clear soup. The noodle was a bit thicker than ones I had before. Actually I ordered escargot bun, but I got beef instead, which was quite ok. I can try escargot next time. The beef had a lot of flavour; in some Vietnamese restaurant, they serve beef that was used for broth making, and has no more flavour left. The beef at Le Soleil wasn't like that. It was cooked till tender, and there was lots of that. I got tendons as well. They say they are good for your joints, hahaha. They are gelatinous and I am starting to like them.
This is definitely a good lunch spot for future. I am glad we found this place.