Vietvana Brings Standout Vietnamese to Avondale

It was beginning to look like another after-work dinner in a forlorn shopping-center restaurant — until the food started to come out. A platter of smoky grilled meats and crispy fried tofu threaded on skewers and showered with crushed peanuts, scallions and fried onions. A cooling green-papaya salad with slivers of tender shrimp and crunchy shrimp crackers. A set of delectably crispy chicken wings in sweet-hot chile sauce.