"Any place that pre-sets a table with a giant flagon of tangy fish sauce knows how to party. Thien Thanh specializes in one dish, bánh cuốn, and serves it all day long. But most folks pop into the cash-only Chinatown spot midday. Even though the soft rice paper crepes fill up a large serving platter, one person can easily eat the entire dish. Crepes filled with pale pink dry-fried mini shrimps or charred slices of barbecue pork get dunked in fish sauce (hence the bottle) and disappear almost as quickly as they arrive." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene