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Old Oct 17, 2017 | 7:01 pm
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dat4life
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Originally Posted by roadwarrier
I spent time in Houston last year (I live in Johannesburg, so was very surprised), and had Banh Mi as good as I had in Ho Chi Min City. And the best was that it was a 3 minute walk from my condo!!

Your photo really looks good.
I hope you enjoyed your time in Houston! There is a large Vietnamese population in Houston, so there are many great Vietnamese restaurants around. Jealous you were able to walk to the restaurant though. I live in far North Houston, and it's at least an hour drive to decent Asian restaurants!

Originally Posted by injian
I could not agree more with what you wrote here, dat4life. Wife and I flew on their A340 circa 2013 in J from YYZ to PEK and it felt like we were in a market. We were the only ... non-Chinese passengers ... in J and everyone was just yammering away loudly in Mandarin, standing or walking around all the way until we lined up for take off. I was prepared for this but I couldn't help but facepalm. The funniest was when the passengers could not understand why the flights attendants ask them to raise the blinds during take off and landing.
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Haha. It is definitely a crazy experience! I felt really bad for the flight attendants since they deal with it daily.

Originally Posted by benjahman
Great report so far. Looking forward to your BR J review.
Thanks, benjahman! I hope to get the rest of the report up soon.

Originally Posted by UAL250
Fantastic TR!!! Looking forward to the rest.
Thanks, UAL250!
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