THERE ARE CHICKENS IN HAYWARD!

And every time we flush here, it floods in Australia. This is what is known as the Coriolis effect.
I know this, because I now work in Hayward, where I was told that I should not drink out of the wrong faucet.
It seems we city folks CAN indeed learn a thing or two.
People here know more than we think.


Today it was my turn to arrange lunch for the crowd.



I sent out the following e-mail to my esteemed colleagues:


LEE'S SANDWICHES!

Find something zesty:
http://www.leesandwiches.com/main.php?act=productlist&catid=8

For timid people, they also have this:
http://www.leesandwiches.com/main.php?act=productlist&catid=11

Let me know what you want before eleven.

You probably want the bánh mì thịt nướng (餅麵串燒豬肉), right?

[Vietnamese baguettes: bánh mỳ (餅麵 "biscuit bread"). The dough is made with a mixture of wheat flour and rice flour, resulting in a lighter bread with a crust that benefits particularly from toasting without the interior becoming too moist or spongy.
The regular Vietnamese sandwich, also called bánh mỳ, or bánh mỳ đặc biệt (餅麵特別) contains sliced pork, either liver paté or head cheese, cilantro, sliced cucumber, and đồ chua (sour stuff: daikon and carrots shredded into diluted tamarind with a little fish sauce, sugar, chili flakes).
Sliced green chilies or red hot sauce may be added to taste. Frequently the inside of the baguette is buttered a bit to add flavour.]

Thank you.


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Apparently, they did NOT want bánh mì thịt nướng.
How very strange.

A number of them complained that it was exceptionally weird.
Several moaned about the lack of potato chips.
Was there even any salad?
Sodas?


BÁNH MÌ THịT NƯớNG

Folks, salad is NOT healthy for you. Firstly, if you put any meat, cheese, bacobits, or dressing in it, you've upped the calorie count and the hardened artery quotient immensely. Secondly, most cases of food poisoning in this country are caused by insufficiently rinsed salad vegetables and shredded turkey that sat out on the counter since nine o'clock in the morning.
Lettuce is best stirfried anyway.

Anyhoooooooo.......

Forty seven percent of the office chose the Vietnamese sandwich that best suited their personality.
Thirteen percent decided on 'European' ("white") sandwiches for their personality.
And forty percent (40%) found some chickenbleep excuse to go offsite and eat crap. They don't have a personality.

40% - good lord.


Several of us had the best darn lunch we've had in several weeks. Grilled pork on a crusty baguette, strong coffee drinkie (or Thai tea beverage), and a gloopy tapioca dessert (bột báng).
There was also a sweetened coconut dessert with boiled yam or banana.
Those last two you may know as kolak ube and kolak pisang.

Hayward ain't so bad after all.



By the way: potato chips are horrible for you. If you've ever wondered why there's an epidemic of diabetes and obesity in this country, look no further.
Potato chips.


Folks, please stop thinking inside the box.
It's mighty white inside that box.
Dark and gloomy, too.



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