Rate-A-Restaurant, #48 in a series

Restaurant: gingergrass

Location: 2396 Glendale Blvd., Silverlake

Type of restaurant: Vietnamese Cuisine

They stipulated: No reservations. BYOB with a $5 corkage fee (fyi, Silverlake Wine is across the street).

What we ordered: Drinks: Basil-Lime Elixir ($2.95) and the Fresh Ginger Limeade ($2.95); Appetizers: "Gingergrass" Fresh Rolls ($5.50), Char-broiled Sugar Cane Shrimp ($4.95) and the Mako Salad ($8.50); Main Course: Banana Leaf Fish ($12.95), Shaking Beef ($11.95), and the "Gingergrass" Tofu ($9.75); Dessert: Bread Pudding with Coconut Custard Sauce ($3.95) and the Fried Banana Spring Rolls ($4.75).

High point: Dining with two other friends, we sampled a variety of food and ordered family-style.

Low point: No one was with me in ordering the Pork Chops and they ran out of the Lychee & Coconut Panna Cotta.

Overall impression: The scene is hipster, hipster, hipster -- wear your low-rise, bright tee and unkempt hair to fit in while dining. But seriously, you can check out the action in the kitchen from the dining area and it's good to see that Asians are manning the kitchen including a woman who looks like an actual Asian Mom. The best dish was the tofu, everything else tasted fresh but nothing spectacular. The basil-lime elixir was solid and the taste grew on Mike, but I liked it. The bread pudding had a nice texture and I couldn't get enough of that coconut custard sauce.

Chance we will go back: I'd like to give it another go and have the pork chops, sample the pho and taste the elusive panna cotta.