Almost a year since the last post... if it weren't for all the other good food in the Pilsen neighborhood, I'd have to seriously wonder why this isn't getting attention, we really enjoyed it.
It's pricey, but delicious and service was fantastic.

The place is bigger than we thought, and filled up shortly after we arrived (early seating before a show at Thalia).

The cocktail menu has some interesting items, this had mezcal and I don't remember what else except for the dehydrated orange slice, very nice and herbal. (the online menu has a completely different set of cocktails)

The papaya salad was outstanding. Sure it's not as spicy as some at the Thai places, but it was perfectly balanced in salt/sweet/spice. I was hoping for something closer to commercial beef jerky in texture, but it appears to have been rehydrated leaving it more like strips of ordinary beef.

This shrimp dish was very tasty with sweet onions, rau răm, nước mắm nhỉ. Again, good balance.

The mains came out together: A grilled eggplant with fermented chile -- I could have eaten this all day; and roast duck with keffir lime leaf and another variation on nuoc mam for dipping. Wonderful, could have gone a little crisper on skin.

Rice pudding with mung beans, sesame and peanuts was light for this sort of thing, a nice finish.
About the only complaint I have is price. The food is elevated, but not that elevated.
What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang