SIGNATURE DISHES

Fresh spring rolls Deep-fried salmon spring rolls Vietnamese dumplings Pounded shrimp laced with sugarcane

SETTING: The spiffy, clean, user-friendly layout reflects this restaurant's location in a new shopping mall.

FOOD: Some great, some OK. Miniature masterpieces - which are also visually stunning - appear as highly recommended fresh salmon spring rolls, steamed and sliced into six bite-sized chunks, each sporting a thin white mushroom in a cluster of mint and lettuce leaves, and wrapped in a finely sliced blanket of cold salmon. Wrapped grilled pork ball is a classic, with thin slices of pineapple and a fan of lettuce. Grilled salmon set lines up four rectangles on skewers made of lemongrass, served with a bowl of soothing shrimp and onion soup, plus three tiny plates of condiments. Purple cabbage roll with shrimp resembles a dark purple painting as it displays four, bold wraps of vegetable and rice noodles, but the flavour is too heavily dominated by the cabbage.

WINE: Only a handful of mostly French and Chilean reds and whites.

SERVICE: Cool and easy-going staff make the meal flow seamlessly.

PRICE: About 1,000 baht buys two people a nice dinner, without wine.