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Default Dave Smith talks about "Vietnamese Food"

On 2/3/2016 11:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> About a year ago I was out with my son for the day and we stopped for a
> late lunch at a Vietnamese place. I had never had Vietnamese food before
> and had some expectation that if would be similar to Chinese and/or
> Thai, being in the same general area. I was really disappointed. It was
> not horrible, but it wasn't very good.
>
> M wife is away for the week so he called up and asked if I would like to
> go out for supper with him and he suggested I give Vietnamese another
> try because there was a good one near his place. He said they had
> similar dishes, but that this place is much better. He was right. It
> was quite good. It is not only tasty, but it is downright cheap. Their
> entrees were about the same price most places charge for an appetizer.
>
> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me. As I sit here three hours
> after my regular bed time I realize how potent that coffee was. He told
> me after I ordered it that it would probably keep me up all night, but
> he has issues with caffeine issues and never drinks coffee in the evening.
>
>

When I wuz in Nam, them gooks ate any kinda shit that moved. Fuskin'
spiders and shit like that.
Gooks!