With an all-Vietnamese team in the kitchen, you can be sure the tastes are lusciously authentic at this upmarket restaurant. It's been around forever but continues to shine with flavour-intense dishes such as spicy seafood salad, lotus-leaf-wrapped sea bass and lemongrass-marinated duck.

Low lighting and genteel service make this a good date spot.


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