tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post3246241156087320851..comments2024-03-18T11:48:21.973-07:00Comments on Wandering Chopsticks: Vietnamese Food, Recipes, and More: The Edison - Los Angeles (Downtown)Wandering Chopstickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-45999029492352763412007-07-04T09:23:00.000-07:002007-07-04T09:23:00.000-07:00GC,Eeek! I don't much like getting into ethnic dis...GC,<BR/>Eeek! I don't much like getting into ethnic discussions at social gatherings, I always end up offending someone. It's hard to gauge strangers' reactions.<BR/><BR/>EDNBM,<BR/>The food is only a recent addition my friend said. The other times she's been, the kitchen was closed. Yeah, I was stretching it by being there for 2 hours? My friend was planning on being there for 4! I think I'm tooWandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-89687095755599182922007-06-29T16:23:00.000-07:002007-06-29T16:23:00.000-07:00Hi WC, I didn't know that they actually served foo...Hi WC, I didn't know that they actually served food there. The Edison is definitely a nice place to hangout for about an hour, then it gets sleepy. Nice post.e d b mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188768496767540955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-29875271364760245962007-06-23T23:59:00.000-07:002007-06-23T23:59:00.000-07:00$13 cocktails? Man...LA. Come back to Portland whe...$13 cocktails? Man...LA. Come back to Portland where we think $8 cocktails are expensive.<BR/><BR/>Re: the ethnic conversations...so true, and being half/half, I get it this a lot. Invariably and some company gathering when somebody has had to many cocktails. A couple years ago, when I revealed my Vietnamese ethnicity after being plied, the lady asked me how come we opened so many nail shops. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-37407512960294497102007-06-22T00:26:00.000-07:002007-06-22T00:26:00.000-07:00Kirk,I always get the "you don't have an accent at...Kirk,<BR/>I always get the "you don't have an accent at all" or something along those lines. Of course, I wasn't born here, but that doesn't prevent me from speaking perfect English. :)<BR/><BR/>Christine,<BR/>Hehe, I think launching into the whole dragon and fairy and 100 eggs creation myth would have been spending way more time than that guy was worth!<BR/><BR/>W&S,<BR/>Woman cannot live on Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-87122100966119279602007-06-21T15:27:00.000-07:002007-06-21T15:27:00.000-07:00What a disasterous experience with COMPLETELY obno...What a disasterous experience with COMPLETELY obnoxious people! First, I get really RILED up when people don't pay their portion of what they ate and drank. If you eat it, you pay. It is just that simple. Second, I agree with the others, in that you responded very well to that gentleman. If he didn't understand your point when you patiently distinguished between nationality and ethnicity, Passionate Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492203392706191554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-34394463030575254802007-06-18T14:19:00.000-07:002007-06-18T14:19:00.000-07:00I think this is why I never liked going to clubs/b...I think this is why I never liked going to clubs/bars. The music is too loud, the people aren't anything like me, and oh yeah, I've never been able to enjoy the taste of alcohol.<BR/><BR/>I think I was an old fogie even when I was young. Thank goodness my actual age has caught up to my personality.elmomonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102068612919963395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-36601124410621527852007-06-18T05:59:00.000-07:002007-06-18T05:59:00.000-07:00Good response to, "where are you from", how annoyi...Good response to, "where are you from", how annoying was he, hope he left you alone after that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-21980106118902051552007-06-17T19:36:00.000-07:002007-06-17T19:36:00.000-07:00If the Persian was truly proud of where he came fr...If the Persian was truly proud of where he came from, he would be telling people that he is in fact Iranian!!! Why are Persians so ashamed of being known as Iranians???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-33775309008141807372007-06-17T01:05:00.000-07:002007-06-17T01:05:00.000-07:00What no dumplings? ;-)Sounds like an "interesting"...What no dumplings? ;-)<BR/>Sounds like an "interesting" night! And skipping out on the bill - definitely not good! That's sooo rude!WokandSpoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424292899830521790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-50152626566969749722007-06-16T22:40:00.000-07:002007-06-16T22:40:00.000-07:00Haha, I like Kirk's method. For Viets, wouldn't it...Haha, I like Kirk's method. For Viets, wouldn't it involved a dragon? I forget how the legends go.<BR/><BR/>I really like how you handled the situation, even though your explanation went over his head. Just goes to show that some people just aren't worth the effort.Christine D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01617318859679680920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-87662235164845654342007-06-16T18:30:00.000-07:002007-06-16T18:30:00.000-07:00Eeeek, sounds like Yuppie hell! I still get the "y...Eeeek, sounds like Yuppie hell! I still get the "you speak really good English!" once in a while. to which I respond, "so do you...." And if you ask me where my ancestors are from? "Well it all started with Izanagi and Izanami.." just to draw them, thinking they are like my grandparents....and I always like the looks when I reach the part "they had a daughter, who was too beautiful so they put inKirkKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877072133631180313noreply@blogger.com