Park's BBQ is known for its gorgeously marbled meats and strong Korean cuisine in general, but if you come in at lunch you'll likely see one dish on every table: The kalbitang. The soup, which is made from boiled beef rib bones, contains cubes of beef which can be dipped in a garlicky soy sauce.

It's hard enough to get a table at Seongbukdong when it's cold for all of its other fantastic Korean fare, but the kalbitang tastes like the homemade genuine article, replete with long-cut green onions and healthy chunks of rib meat.

Still the standard bearer for the Korean beef bone broth soup in the city, Hanbat Sul Lung Tang hasn't only been around forever, its seollungtang recipe remains practically unchanged. With an almost sticky, milk-white broth and adjustable levels of green onion and salt, this might be the representative beef noodle soup in Koreatown.

As pho goes, there are better options in SGV and, of course, in Little Saigon in Westminster. For those unwilling to make the drive (and for me, since this map covers LA proper), Pho 87 suffices quite nicely with a rich, beefy broth that can go toe-to-toe with most of the bowls in the SGV.

To have an upscale pho concept seems a bit antithetical to the perceived expectations of a great pho restaurant, but the bowl at Phorage in general is exemplary, and the oxtail pho is no exception. With a rich, beefy broth and meltingly tender oxtail meat and perfectly cooked noodles, it's a pho experience oftentimes surpassing its Little Saigon peers.

Sapp Coffee's boat noodles come chock full of toppings and arrive with a serious boost of spice to make it one of the more stellar boat noodle entries in Hollywood's Thai Town. Cool down the heat with one of Sapp's tasty iced tea or coffee offerings.

Though they're not particularly known for their noodle soups, Ruen Pair puts out the most fragrant and heavily spiced bowls of boat noodles in Los Angeles. With a deep savory broth accentuated by a healthy dose of star anise, Ruen Pair's boat noodles take the more-is-more approach to polarizing results. Thai ex-pats decry its inauthenticity, but the dish itself remains soupy, spicy comfort food of the highest order.

For the money, Pa Ord Noodles still deliver some of the best boat noodles. The noodle shop doesn't skimp on the extras and isn't shy about adding tripe, so make sure to let the servers know if you're disinclined to offal.

Pine and Crane has received glowing reviews for its faithfulness to authentic Taiwanese cuisine, and the beef noodle soup is no exception. This savory, umami-filled noodle soup comes with baby bok choy and preserved mustard greens for balance.