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scootin buddha
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:18 am
by enzomatic
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I went with the local Vespa club for a ride today, we ended up at the Tu Vien Kim Son Monastery, it's a huge beautiful Vietnamese temple and monastery surrounded by redwoods about 1300 feet up in the Santa Cruz mountains. We kind of stumbled upon it and they were very very nice there, asked us a bunch about the scoots and our ride up the mountain, then offered us a tour and free delicious Vietnamese food. Def scooting there again.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:42 am
by BigColdMartini
Excellent! My roomy in college was from Vietnam and had endured terrible hardships with his family escaping the country in the late 70's. I remember him taking me to his home for family meals and fixing stuff in the dorm. Some of it was really good and some of it was an aquired taste. I remember just snacking on dried cuttlefish straight out the bag and creative ways to doctor-up Raman noodles.
Sounds like you had a great ride and some good memories.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:53 am
by r0sa
doctoring up ramen noodles as in put eggs in them?
if you haven't tried, it is quite yummy!
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:03 am
by sailortot
mmmm... pho
wish i had some right now.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:19 am
by r0sa
PHO is so0o good! i want some
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:28 am
by enzomatic
yeah pho would have been great, too bad it was a vegetarian monastery. Forgot to mention that after the ride we all met up at il motorino in SC to meet R. Black, he is a big scooter advocate and does lots of scooter art, covers for scoot magazine, fliers for scoot events, and a lot of concert posters. He signed his new book for me and we talked a while about this southern california vespa group "The Pharaohs" that I used to know people from about 12 years ago.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/14-659/F ... R-Black-HC
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:52 pm
by Pekabou
that is awesome.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:51 pm
by TheeSadTransmissions
The only acceptable way to augment Ramen is with this stuff.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:38 pm
by bunny
It HAS to be true Asian ramen for it to be authentic...none of that $.25 stuff from the grocery.
Kung Fu brand Onion flavor is my favorite.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:37 pm
by enzomatic
stir frying it definitely, I sometimes make my own peanut sauce for it, cook it with some greens too. that got me through college.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:45 pm
by Piedmont
Best. Restaurant. Name. Evar.
http://whatthepho.net/
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:39 pm
by bunny
Stopped by the Asian grocery last night on the way home...picked up the fixin's for homemade pho. The meatball kind. Fresh cilantro, bean sprouts, green onions, limes...
I'm gonna eat GOOD tonight!
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:36 pm
by r0sa
bunny, im jealous, ship me so pho PLEASE!!!!!
btw, are you vietnamese?
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:05 pm
by bunny
r0sa wrote:btw, are you vietnamese?
Yessiree Tuan!
I can't think of what the Vietnamese alternative to 'Bob' would be...nor 'Robert' So I went with 'Tuan' = Tony...
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:33 pm
by BigColdMartini
Hey Bunny,
The Kung Fu brand is one of the best, I like the beef flavor with extra green onions and a hard boiled egg. What part of Vietnam is you family from? My roommate was from the Cam Ranh Bay area.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:54 pm
by bunny
BigColdMartini wrote:Hey Bunny,
The Kung Fu brand is one of the best, I like the beef flavor with extra green onions and a hard boiled egg. What part of Vietnam is you family from? My roommate was from the Cam Ranh Bay area.
My mom's family is from Saigon, my dad's family is from Central and North Vietnam (I don't know where). I was born in San Fran (how cliched) and moved to Texas when I was 3 months old...so I've got a 'real' Texas twang that you can hear when I speak Vietnamese!
I <3 Kung Fu brand Onion flavor! Picked up a case of it last night! Oh, and there's this Japanese style Udon that is out of this world! YUM!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:31 am
by enzomatic
there are no asian markets in the santa cruz area, but over the hill there are thousands in san jose. I usually have to stock up like crazy at any 99 ranch I find.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:05 pm
by Piedmont
enzomatic wrote:there are no asian markets in the santa cruz area, but over the hill there are thousands in san jose. I usually have to stock up like crazy at any 99 ranch I find.
No kidding, San Jose has a Daiso. I'm Jealous.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:12 pm
by bunny
And can I just say...dinner last night was FANTASTIC!
It ended all too soon.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:48 pm
by PinkScoot
ommmmm
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:14 pm
by Ray Knobs
I love this stuff. Luckily i live 5 minutes from the Dino BBQ
