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Cecilia’s Kitchen · North Asheville
Cecilia's Kitchen is a North Asheville restaurant on Merrimon Avenue that grew out of a food truck, and its French onion soup is a rich bowl of caramelized onions under Swiss cheese and crostini, baked in the oven. A soup of the day sits beside it, and the menu also carries the crêpes, empanadas and tamales that made the truck a success. Order the French onion soup.
Thai Pearl Restaurant · West Asheville
Thai Pearl is Chef May's restaurant on Haywood Road in West Asheville, and its yen ta fo, the pink noodle soup, takes its color from a red tofu and bean paste broth over wide rice noodles, finished with Asian greens, sprouts, cabbage, carrot, scallions, cilantro, crushed peanuts, crispy garlic oil and lime. Every soup is made to order, tom yum among them, beside the pad Thai, pad see-ew and curries. Order the yen ta fo.