There are but a few seats downstairs and some tables upstairs, but any window seat is the perfect perch to gander at freshly pumped gym bunnies and club puppies as they pass on the pavement after a workout. The room doesn't offer much in the ambiance department. The traditional numbered menu lists 72 items, a few hot with only one-pepper spicy. True to form, they're served cold with a peanut dipping sauce. Because the filling is heavy on vermicelli and light on shrimp, the rolls are bland and too starchy.
Chinese dumplings fare better.
Although not quite up to Baldwin Street's Yung Sing, I became addicted to these in short order. Alas, all is lost on the acrid, overly salted broth. The lightly curried dish bursts with barbecued pork, chicken and large shrimp. Each features pork and shrimp, the latter also having both chicken and a fried egg. We sample three of the chef's suggestions.