Phò Vàn on Hawthorne
Posted By LaurenI had dinner at Phò Vàn on Hawthorne last night. The food was pretty good, but I was really impressed with the lighting. I loved the hanging lamps over the booths and along the back wall.
The lamps over the booths drew my attention before I walked in the restaurant. They were tan and white concentric cylinders in groups of eight. There were three different sizes. The largest lamps were about a foot and half in diameter and the smallest were about six inches in diameter. The outer casing of each was a transparent tan fabric screen cylinder. The inner cylinder was made of a white screen whose top and bottom just a few inches below those of the outer tan cylinder. On the bottom, creating an innermost concentric circle was a one-dimensional horizontal circle of white paper, blocking out the sight of the light bulb.
After I sat down and ordered, the lamps in the back of the demanded inspection. Each had a wide mushroom-shaped glass shade and hung from the ceiling by three black metal chains. The mushroom-shaped shades were supported by three curling ornate supports. When I looked closely I discovered that these supports were actually herons with fish in their beaks. The bases of these lamps were white or red shiny ceramic, connected to the mushroom shade by the three herons.
I’m not saying it’s necessarily worth it to go to Phò Vàn just to see the lamps, despite how cool they are. The food is recommendable. However, when I went there for dinner last night I found the service to be confused and rude so perhaps the lamps are not what you should use to make your dining decisions.
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1 Rebekah 17 November 2006 @ 4:53 pm
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