[Sca-cooks] Re: Pho

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Mar 27, 2006, at 11:18 PM, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> At 03:55 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
>> There used to be a Thai restaurant near my old house called POO  
>> PING PALACE.
>> They said it was named for the royal palace of Siam.  Nobody would  
>> ever go
>> there with me, so I started ordering delivery and THEN telling the  
>> name of
>> the restaurant after everyone ate.  Ha.
>
> Ok, now I don't feel quite so bad that there are two Chinese  
> restaurants in town called 'Hung Far Low'. I haven't decided if the  
> name is a joke or not...

I remember seeing a sign off the Jersey Turnpike advertising a Fu Kyu  
restaurant, and I may have misread it or it may have been a joke  
(although I doubt it), but I can personally attest to the absolute  
authenticity and reality of the Mei Dick Barber Shop on Mott Street  
in New York's Chinatown. Good for hours of infantile amusement for  
the simple-minded, mostly writing ad copy...

Adamantius




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brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
eat cake!"
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"Confessions", 1782

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