That’s hilarious! And amazingly coincidental, given that last week, my friend was explaining to me the different levels of guai-lan-ness (namely, in ascending order, guai lan, lao lan, tu lan and xia lan).
I’m, sadly, only at Level 1 on the GL-metre.
AHHH!! TU LAN!!! Our favorite Vietnamese food place in San Francisco!
I have explained to all my non-Singaporean friends what the name meant.
But the food is just fabulous. Although we always come out of that hole-in-the-wall place smelling like food. A must-go if visiting. If only for the experience of walking down 6th St in SF…crackheads, homeless people, together with the hippest bars and great food.
Still haven’t found a good cheap Vietnamese restaurant here in NYC…probably due to the lack of Vietnamese immigrants (vs. in West Coast where there were tons).
Haha, how coincidental Kelly! I didn’t actually realize it was in SF, I just saw the name and burst out laughing. This blog seems to have a bit of California love goin’ on lately, what with this post and the more recent one about the Salton Sea. Probably an attack of wanderlust.
That’s hilarious! And amazingly coincidental, given that last week, my friend was explaining to me the different levels of guai-lan-ness (namely, in ascending order, guai lan, lao lan, tu lan and xia lan).
I’m, sadly, only at Level 1 on the GL-metre.
AHHH!! TU LAN!!! Our favorite Vietnamese food place in San Francisco!
I have explained to all my non-Singaporean friends what the name meant.
But the food is just fabulous. Although we always come out of that hole-in-the-wall place smelling like food. A must-go if visiting. If only for the experience of walking down 6th St in SF…crackheads, homeless people, together with the hippest bars and great food.
Still haven’t found a good cheap Vietnamese restaurant here in NYC…probably due to the lack of Vietnamese immigrants (vs. in West Coast where there were tons).
Haha, how coincidental Kelly! I didn’t actually realize it was in SF, I just saw the name and burst out laughing. This blog seems to have a bit of California love goin’ on lately, what with this post and the more recent one about the Salton Sea. Probably an attack of wanderlust.