As the name almost suggests, Aquarium Cafe on Street 288 feels like the restaurant your fish-tank obsessed neighbour might open, if he lived in Japan. Half-a-dozen sturdy aluminum-and-wood tables sit snugly next to twice as many fish tanks, each populated with a different kind of tiny aquarium fish, or, in at least one case, a turtle (which you should not suggest eating, by the way, not even as a joke). The cafe menu, which reads back-to-front, Japanese style, stretches several pages long and includes a mix of Thai, Khmer, Western and Japanese dishes. Burgers ($5) come with a free beer and the drink list includes an avocado smoothie ($2.50). The house specialty is udon noodles, priced from $4-$7, which can be topped with a list of standards such as kimchi, fish paste and eggplant.
Aquarium Cafe Renature, #35 Street 288.
