My Milk Shake Brings All the Boys To The Yard!

After hiding from my friends since the game, I decided to try. It was just me, Lisa B., Phuong and Mai for most of the night. We watched the A's play the Seattle Mariners on TV. (The A's lost... AGAIN!) When the Mariners really started to pull ahead, we started watching "Third Watch", which had it season premiere tonight.

I actually started to feel hungry tonight (appetite has been wonky for awhile now). My dad and I had gone out to lunch at Sonny's and I ordered imperial roll over rice noodles (I think the translation would be Bun Cha Gio) and coconut juice (Nuoc Dua Tuoi). I only ate like half of it even though I had no breakfast. That was all I ate until 11pm. Originally, our plan was to have Vietnamese sandwiches.

When we set out from Phuong's house we were headed towards Lee's Sandwiches on Story Road, which had just closed. Then we headed to Lee's Sandwiches on White Road, which had also closed. (One is open an hour longer than the other, but we were just too late.) Then Phuong decided our best chance was Prolific Oven in Santa Clara. As we pulled into the driveway, the employees turned off the sign. Red Robin was right next door, but none of us really have the cash flow for something like that. So we got back on 101 South.

There were quite a few restaurants open in the "little Saigon" area but Lisa is a picky eater, so we (Phuong and I) were leaving it up to her. Nha Trang restaurant (http://www.nhatrangrestaurant.com) was open, but it was, again, probably too pricey for us cheapskates. We finally decided on Pho Lee, on Tully Avenue. It's one of those 24 hour establishments.

As we cruised past, Lisa said "Oh my god, look at all the people in there-- and there's like-- one white guy in the whole place." I couldn't resist when I asked "Was is Tony?" Since, you know, he's all into those Asian girls. (A group to which, I sadly, do not belong.) Which made all three of us crack up so hard. I don't think the proprietress of Pho Lee had ever seen a white girl with pink hair in her establishment before. I think Lisa was a bit intimidated, but, whatever, I'm used to being stared at. The group of kids that came in after us were a bunch of emo kids with their token white friend (as Phuong says.)

Phuong and I shared the seafood soup, and Lisa got...... steamed rice. At least she put some soy on it. We did get her to taste a noodle though.

During the process of trying to figure out what to order (which was really all about explaining different food stuffs to Lisa) because she hadn't really had Vietnamese food before, but "Loves Thai Food." Phuong was explaining vermicelli noodles, Ramen noodles, egg noodles, etc. Finally, she got to chow fat noodles. I was trying to help at this point because the waitress had been by at least 4 times to ask us if we were ready to order, and, clearly, was quite peeved that we were not. "Yeah, it's like chow mein noodles, but fatter" Phuong said. I added "Like pad thai, but fatter. They're sort of look like bamboo in wonton soup."

Silence.

Then Lisa just erupted into laughter and proclaimed "I'm just a white honky from Fresno! I have no idea what you're talking about," at which point we all started to laugh rather loudly.

The seafood soup was great! I'd never had it before. Also I got a mango shake, and Phuong got an avocado shake (Sinh To Bo). I tried some of Phuong's shake because, it always sounded kind of wierd to me, but they sell it at Sonny's and Quickly Tea, so it must be popular. It was actually much much better than I expected. I might give it a whirl next week at Quickly Tea. Anyway, I shouldn't have had that mango shake anyway, since I'm not supposed to work out or do push ups or sit ups. But it was sooo soooo yummy. Maybe I'll try to again to exercise tomorrow- Let's just hope it doesn't lead to any dizziness or coughing spells.

Off to bed. ~Tragic Tuyen

(I love my new alias.)