At today’s restaurants, the eye candy doesn’t end with gorgeous food: The glamour is in the details, such as the interior, the elegant glassware, even the bathrooms. Bong Su, the chic Vietnamese restaurant that opened in May, has all of this and more. Perhaps the most memorable element is what’s not there, though. The hostess, orchids tucked in her hair, greets you clad in a drapey bias-cut peachy silk shirt that looks conservative—that is, until she turns to lead you to a table, revealing that the shirt is backless. Maybe Bong Su has taken a tip from Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market in NYC, where waitresses sport similar attire. “Backing up your work” is redefined.
Bong Su 311 Third St. 415-536-5800
At today’s restaurants, the eye candy doesn’t end with gorgeous food: The glamour is in the details, such as the interior, the elegant glassware, even the bathrooms. Bong Su, the chic Vietnamese restaurant that opened in May, has all of this and more. Perhaps the most memorable element is what’s not there, though. The hostess, orchids tucked in her hair, greets you clad in a drapey bias-cut peachy silk shirt that looks conservative—that is, until she turns to lead you to a table, revealing that the shirt is backless. Maybe Bong Su has taken a tip from Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market in NYC, where waitresses sport similar attire. “Backing up your work” is redefined.
Bong Su 311 Third St. 415-536-5800
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