13 Years. One Kitchen. Two Cuisines.

Pho Heaven is a Korean-Vietnamese fusion restaurant at Westgate, Auckland. The only one in New Zealand.

It opened in 2013 as a Vietnamese restaurant. The founder, a Korean mother, ran the kitchen alone after her business partner left. She cooked Vietnamese food the only way she knew how: with Korean technique.

Gochugaru in the broth. Wok-fired seafood over pho noodles. Korean chili heat layered on Vietnamese cinnamon warmth.

Nobody planned a fusion restaurant. A Korean cook made Vietnamese food her way. Thirteen years later, that's still what happens every day.