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With a superb location right at the heart of the city in IST Mall, Da Le Vietnamese Cuisine catches the eye due to its colourful décor bordering on but luckily just stopping short of gaudy.

The waiting tables outside of the restaurant romanticise Vietnamese street style sitting options, though sadly in IST all you will be seeing by way of scenery are a number of shopping opportunities and competitive dining options. 

Calling Da Le (Danang) 100 percent genuine is probably a bit of an overstatement; the menu features a few dishes such as a tofu-aubergine concoction, which has a distinct Chinese taste. Yet, if one knows to pick the right dishes, one is in for a treat. The papaya salad, my personal Lithmus test for any Vietnamese, is just spicy and sweet enough, a greatly refreshing classic from across the border. The chicken curry with big chunks of potato is simply pot-lickingly delicious, although such action will result in tragedy as the installation is kept boiling over a constant flame. The good news is, that the continuously stewing potatoes are crispified by their golden-tinted, exotic-looking pot; although one cannot help but feel sorry for the poor soul who will have to clean up that mess. 

The one criticism is that they betray their non-genuine roots with one rather big spelling mistake on the menu. Initial confusion over why all of their dishes included vanilla turned into a bit of a giggle once we figured out that in Chinese, the wrong word for lemongrass was used; it was not in fact a translation error but an even more serious blunder in the restaurant’s native language. In terms of quality, the lemongrass was not outstanding, and while present in three out of the five dishes on the table, the chef had only managed to unlock its taste in the seafood pho soup. 

For a group of four girls, the visit cost roughly ¥50 each, and while the dishes seemed rather small, no one left hungry; though realistically speaking any male companions would need to order one or two dishes extra. 

While slight improvements could be made, the Da Le experience can be recommended for a clean and nice environment as well as a surprisingly reasonable price considering its location; definitely a great option to enjoy a tasty and light break from both oily Chinese and calorific Western cuisine. 

Da Le Vietnamese Cuisine is located on 3F in the IST Mall in Xinjiekou. Tel: 85656155

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