(This venue is closed.) It's unclear whether the menu will eventually be enhanced with specialties from Central Vietnam.
The inaugural lineup doesn't include bun bo Hue or any other dish I could identify with Da Nang's gastronomically renowned neighbor. It does provide a lunch special that adds a free app to each entree, like sauteed eggplant and fried but still silky tofu ($8.50) with red bell peppers, onions, and basil in a chili-garlic sauce. My opener, minced-shrimp-and-chicken "Da Nang fritters" (regularly $5), were dominated by a sweet chili sauce that might also have anchored a shrimp cocktail.
Le Da Nang
75 Second Ave. (4th-5th Sts.)
212-505-9533
