beef noodle soup, beef tendon, bun bo hue, pho, pork bun, vietnamese in Columbia, SC Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 7:00AM On our most recent trip to the West Coast, my buddy Zack met up with me at our hotel and we finally got to spend some long deserved time together. Zack and I have been compadres since my climbing days at UNC, where in fact, I met a lot of my best friends. There's nothing like putting your life in someone's hands to build trust and lasting friendships.
"The itch," as my cousin calls it, was hitting me pretty bad. I had to find some good cheap noodle soup, STAT! I hit up Yelp!, my first line of research when it comes to unknown territories, and found a restaurant that had a 3 star rating with over 50 reviews, and only one "$". This is a winning combo. You see it's not so hot that people give it 4-5 stars because everyone else does, or because it costs so much people feel bad about how much money they spent, and therefore, lead other people to go spend money there for bad food. You get it? It's a science using these internet review sites.
Now that I've given away my technique for finding local spots, let's move on to the food.
Fresh Spring Rolls
beef tendon, pho, pork bbq, pork grill, spring rolls, tendon, vietnamese in Saratoga, CA Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 1:25AM 
Just a quick post on this little gem I stumbled upon in Oakland. As soon as I walked into this restaurant I knew I was going to enjoy this meal.
pho, rare beef salad, vietnamese in Oakland, CA Monday, March 29, 2010 at 6:57PM 
We had the day off here in Oslo, Norway and I would have done more had I not realized that Oslo-ans make 4 times more money than we do in the states and therefore everything is 4 times more expensive. We found out that McDonald's employees make a whopping 130kr (~20USD) per hour! You can't go to Burger King and get a whopper meal for less than $15 USD. Needless to say it was going to be a challenge to try to find a place that would satisfy my yearning for good food and keep it under 20 bucks.
bun, chicken, norway, oslo, vietnamese in Oslo, Norway Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 7:09PM 
"5 Dollar foot long", eat your heart out. Check out these 3 Dollar foot longs! Greensboro, NC you've gotta check out this spot!
banh mi, local, sandwich, vietnamese in Greensboro, NC 
