Sooo...a friend & I have started a regular habit of going out for "pho and fro-yo" that usually is a progressive meal starting at Pho Dat Thanh in Columbia, MD for Vietnamese beef noodle soup (pho), and ending at the Tutti Fruitti near Target on MD 175 for deliciously addictive frozen yogurt (fro-yo). The combination is perhaps non-traditional but whatever. Suits us well enough that we now know that the expression "dinner tonight?" is assumed to mean "7pm, Pho Dat."
Not a place for typical Liquid Culture source material, I will say that Pho Dat has a full bar (sadly not available on the take-out menu) with about 8-10 "specialty" cocktails they list for $4.95 a piece. (!!!) Long Island Iced Tea and Sapphire Martini actually make the list along with a couple more nebulous ones. Like the "Eastern Star" I had. Pure curiosity got me...there was definitely pineapple juice and something very stiff in it (thanks, barkeep!) but wow it was like mystery punch. Not quite sure if I want to know the secret behind the potion...and not really tempted to order again since 'jungle juice' does not really sit well with spicy pho.
Unfortunately I didn't think to take a happy snap of the super-awesome porcelain tiki glass my drink came in, but trust me, it was tack-a-licious tacky. Chipped even. It made me smile. Especially the bendy-straw they used.
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