asian food: Lunch Room does Asian lovingly The Lunch Room is a sparkling, lime-green oasis for Asian food fans on a scruffy stretch of Northeast Second Avenue. The fairly standard Thai-sushi menu belies the well-chosen ingredients (fully ripe tomatoes, pungent fresh basil) and skillful care that go into each order. The salmon teriyaki ''lunch box'' combo included a petite portion of perfectly fried fish, a small salad, fried dumplings and a California roll. Fresh chiles fired up the beautifully composed basil chicken; green curry chicken was mellower but just as flavorful in a coconut-based sauce. Pad Thai with tofu was a hit with the vegetarian in our lunch bunch. Each entree came with not-too-salty miso soup and white sticky rice. The only thing we'll do differently next time is phone ahead with our order; extra care takes extra time, and the wait was longer than we would have liked. It was well worth it, though. -- KATHY MARTIN Place: The Lunch Room. Address: 7957 NE Second Ave., Miami. Contact: 305-722-0759. Prices: Lunch boxes $8.99-$11.99, entrees $5.99-$10.99, rolls $4.95-$10.95, breakfast items $2.99-$4.50. FYI: Breakfast and lunch only. Parking in front and on south side.