bonnie & jason

Alissa teething, Avenue Q, and Saigon sandwiches

Well, our super easy baby isn’t quite as easy now that she’s started teething. They haven’t erupted yet, but I think they’re on the verge as she’s drooling more, seems to be running a slight fever, and doesn’t go to sleep as readily as she used to. Also, she really goes to town on her teething pacifier, chomping down pretty hard with her gums. Here are a couple pictures from yesterday when I was setting up the backdrop for Kathy and Eric’s maternity studio session:

In other news, we went to see Avenue Q with Kathy, Eric, and Benita today. It was pretty darn funny although the music itself wasn’t all that great. I have to say, some of the lyrics were a little hard to pickup so maybe I’ll have to listen to the soundtrack to make sure I didn’t miss all the jokes. One thing that I didn’t miss was all the puppet sex. Yes, puppet sex. Pretty funny… certainly worth the price of admission just for that. =)

Before the show, we had lunch at Saigon Sandwiches. A coworker of mine claimed it to have the best Vietnamese sandwiches and if you remember from this post, I’m quite the connoiseur of Vietnamese sandwiches. (I stole this pic from Yelp.)

So what was noteworthy of this new contender? Well, first of all, this place is similar to Bahnwich in that there are two Chinese ladies working their tails off in a tiny little place trying to get the line of people out the door served. (Yes, there was a line out the door.) Second, the official menu is pretty limited, but what do you expect when the sign outside says, “Saigon sandwiches?” Despite the limited official menu, they still had a wide variety of drinks as well as other random snacks like spring rolls, mochi desserts, and other pre-made appetizer kinds of things that were not listed up on the board. There was also a shelf full of random Chinesey kinds of candy and snacks. Third, the sandwiches are all $2.50… including tax! Even cheaper than Bahnwich! Yeah, yeah, but how were they?

The bread was really good. The sauce was more sweet than savory. The pork was tasty. And the fixins (carrots, cilantro, peppers) were fresh. All in all, I’d say that they edged out Bahnwich but didn’t quite dethrone Vietnam Village. I guess I prefer the savory sauce and stronger BBQ flavor of Vietnam Village still. Maybe it’s because Vietnam Village is where I had my first sandwich. Or maybe it’s because I’ve been there so many times. Whatever the reason, they still hold the title of best Vietnamese sandwich.