Or try the soothing fresh spring rolls ($2.75), shrimp and rice noodles snuggled in a rice wrapper, which go with the peanut sauce.

The delicate and almost transparent rice wrappers enclosed a crisp filling of shredded lettuce, bean sprouts, mint leaves, small pieces of pork and whole peeled shrimp.

The shrimp, bean sprouts and noodles, in a soft rice wrapper, come with the traditional peanut dipping sauce, this time flavored with star anise.

Here it is served with soft rice wrappers, as is traditional.

Vietnamese spring rolls are transformed into a colorful composed salad that is served with lettuce leaves or rice wrappers.

Dip a rice wrapper into water for about 3 seconds, then place on towel.

Chao tom, grilled shrimp paste wrapped around sugar cane, is served traditionally with soft rice wrappers.

In a pan large enough to fit rice wrappers, pour water about an inch deep.

Thumb-size, they are stuffed with ground pork, shrimp, crabmeat and black mushrooms, and tucked in a parchment-thin rice wrapper.

Tiny biscuits with country ham and honey mustard, Thai chicken in rice wrappers and even sushi platters are among the hors d'oeuvres.