August 17, 2004

  • Boing boing has this article about a web site devoted to pho shops.

    'Pho' is Vietnamese brothy noodle soup. The article I've linked to explains how to pronounce it, and that reminded me of when I lived in the Little Vietnam area of downtown Houston:

    My housemate went to the pho shop down the block one time, and ordered 'foe.' The waiter brought him a cordless telephone handset. Another time, I went there with him, and even though I ordered chicken pho, they brought me tripe, all buried under the noodles so I wouldn't notice until I'd eaten a down to that point. Darek bit down on a pebble that had been placed in his bowl. Yay racism.

    And speaking of other blogs... You know what makes me happy? The Rude Pundit makes me happy.

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