The brand is the same but the owners aren’t, so Saigon Rimsai Sukhumvit 65 isn’t a “second branch” of the long-running restaurant on Thong Lor. (It’s a franchise. Whatever.) It’s obviously newer but also bigger and much nicer than the original. Located in a quiet area of Sukhumvit Soi 65, which can also be reached from Pridipanomyong Soi 13, Sukhumvit 71, the converted house is very cozy with a soft pink décor that is very chill-chill. There is space for up to 40 people inside and another 10 on the patio. The menu is familiar, so to test the kitchen out we skipped the stuff that just about every Vietnamese restaurant can do—dishes like naem nuang or goong pun oy—and went for bo nhong giam, a.k.a. Vietnamese fondue, with mixed seafood, pork, chicken or beef with vinegar. This impressed us very much, thin meat cooked in chicken stock and then eaten with a special dipping sauce. Pla tord trakrai (deep fried Indian halibut with fresh chopped lemongrass) and banh mi nvong (French bread with a homemade sauce) were also delicious winners. The owner of this pretty-in-pink place, Khun Ju (Jutima Lalikul), says that her Saigon Rimsai stands out from other Vietnamese restaurants in Bangkok for two reasons. First, she’s a stickler for cleanliness, especially when it comes to raw vegetables, which you eat a lot of here. The other selling point is the atmosphere—cozy and casual—which, she says, should be reason enough to visit. We agree.