Book a table on the footpath with views of the ocean or inside the blonde timber-dominated, echoey dining room to keep out of the sun and let the highly knowledgeable and professional, yet relaxed staff guide your culinary choices.

The contemporary menu is share-style, with various sized bites like betel leaf-wrapped barramundi, smacking with chariness and the heat of chilli, or the more substantial eggplant, given the lightest of tempura batters before a deep-frying, rendering it crisp and almost meltingly tender against an abundantly fresh salad with a lime-driven dressing.

Wok-seared squid sits in a sweet-sour broth that demands to be soaked up with a side of rice and devoured; before finishing with a clever reimagination of the doughnut — fried baos rolled in cinnamon-sugar alongside salted caramel sauce and peanut ice cream.

Better yet, go with the keenly priced “Feed Me” option and let the chefs do the choosing, which can be matched to wine from the strong, well-rounded vino collection boasting premium glasses by the Coravin.

There are also cracking cocktails inspired by Asian flavours that beg a sip, and local and Vietnamese beers for those hot summer days.