When I was in Hanoi, my wife and I got up every morning at 7am to walk across town to get Bun Rieu.   I never had this dish before but the travel guide recommended it.   The recommendation was confirmed by groups of locals hanging out on those mini plastic stools waiting for the soup.  The soup...

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Bestie has a cool story.   They ran an indiegogo campaign to help them get the money they needed to open up the restaurant.  The dudes that run the place are nice.  They have record sales every once and a while.   They have dope copper leather hooks that hold their pots and steins. Currywurst is one of...

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One of the many memorable scenes in Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood For Love sees Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung) at dinner.  There are many such dinners, but this is the first and most important, and the setting is undoubtedly crucial.  The two dine at Goldfinch, one of Hong Kong's oldest steak houses, which still stands...

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