Pho Continues Tomorrow! – Nha Trang Restaurant

After starving ourselves of Pho for two weeks due to Dot Com Congee Noodle house and our Dot Com RockBand Adventure, it’s time to go back to the beef noodles that we love. For some strange reason, my body has now become accustomed to MSG and Brisket on Saturdays, and somehow, it doesn’t feel right without it. This week, unfortunately, will not have the accidental comedic stylings of Michael Kwan. He’s now in Deadmonton blogging about Oiled Cowboys. Hopefully him and Jason Landals will find some way to do a Dot Com Pho Deadmonton Edition and send the footage over for the weekly video.

This week’s Dot Com Pho will take place at the somewhat legendary Nha Trang Restaurant in Vancouver, BC, near the corner of Broadway and Fraser and not too far away from the Congee Noodle House Restaurant. The reason it’s legendary is because it’s the first place that I’ve ever had Pho with John Chow. I know it’s hard to believe, but John did willingly go to Vancouver for Pho at some point.  Here’s a map just in case you get lost:

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Again, everyone is welcome and we’ll be there at 12:30PM for some tasty beef noodles. Just leave a comment or send me a message on Twitter to let me know so that we can save a seat for you. At the same time, John Chow is also having a Dot Com Pho Toronto this Saturday so if you’re in Toronto, go check that out. He did some reader’s meet up earlier this week at some Hippy Vegetarian joint that he hated. John whines about a lot of things, but he has every reason to be upset about a meatless lunch. Carcass 4 Life!  See you all tomorrow!

Dot Com Pho – Congee and Noodle Edition

This week we didn’t have Pho and we didn’t have dim sum. Instead, we had Congee and Noodles at the Congee Noodle House in Vancouver. Gary Ng chose this location at last week’s Dot Com Reunion Edition and overall, we were pretty pleased with the food. I was really surprised at how many people actually showed up. They just kept coming as we tried desperately to add chairs to an ever shrinking round table. This week’s event featured new friends including Joshua Denney, Isabella Mori and Vancouver’s radio darling, Mr. Buzz Bishop. I hope they weren’t too traumatized by us LIVE as most people only get 10 minutes doses of us in our Dot Com Pho Episodes.

Old friends attending this week include Michael Kwan, Gary Ng, Tyler Ingram, Leo Chiang, Greg Morgan and 2012 London Olympics hopeful, Kelly Frankson. Topics this week feature a bid for a 2010 Olympic Sized Dot Com Pho, self promotion with Gary Ng, me trying to be Chinese, and of course, our gadget of the week. 

Next week, we’ll be taking a break to give Michael Kwan a Dot Com RockBand send off as he takes on a new blogging niche on Oiled Cowboys in Edmonton. We felt that it would be safer than renting scooters or riding segways again. Don’t forget to add me to twitter so that you can keep up to date on the latest Dot Com Pho Developments. See you at the next one!

This Week’s Dot Com Pho Location – Congee Noodle House

It’s that time again! Like on Iron Chef, where a secret ingredient must be unveiled, this week, a secret location must be unveiled. OK, it’s not really as dramatic since the title of this post has the location. This week, we stay asian, we stay with noodles and rice, and we stay with plenty of MSG and “assorted meats” at the Congee Noodle House in Vancouver, BC!

This location is right in the middle of Vancouver with six transit stops within a one block radius right at the corner of Broadway and Main. There is parking in the back, but there are various side streets that you can stash your car away if you are driving. Otherwise, it’s metered parking along the street. Of course, Scooter has no problems parking anywhere, but if your ride is lowered like Kwanye’s, you’ll want to stay on the street as scraping may occur in the back. CycleBC, where we rented our scooters for Dot Com Scooter Gang is actually three blocks or so behind it.

Here’s a map to get you there…

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We’ll be meeting there at 12:30 PM for a delicious and cheap lunch along with the usual banter and hilarity that you know and love and expect from a stronger and reunified Dot Com Pho. Although I haven’t been to this place myself, iPhone Gary speaks highly of this location. Hopefully his taste buds are better than BCM Greg’s as Cuu Long wasn’t what it was played up to be. I have been to the one near Kingsway and Joyce called Congee Noodle King and left totally full for under seven bucks. That’s half what we spend at Pho with a way better MSG high!

As always, we welcome anyone to come to our Dot Com [fill in the blank].  Just twitter me or post a comment to let us know that you’re coming and we’ll save a seat for you. Be prepared to join in the fun as you’ll never know if you’ll become Internet Famous in one of our Dot Com Pho Episodes. See you on Saturday!