The Wallflower Report

So we were driving around looking for a place to eat. At first we were going to just go to Noodles & Company but they were like way too crowded to even find a parking spot so Judy told me to keep my eyes out for an alternative. So I kept my eyes out for a Noodles & Assoc LLC or a Noodle, Noodle, Salad, & Noodle or a Poly Global Tri Noodle Ltd (formerlly James A. Noodle & Son) or something but there apparently just aren’t a lot of alternatives to Noodles & Company around.

Luckily though there were plenty of other restaurants. They were all pretty crowded but by the time we got done driving around to find one that wasn’t too busy the lunch rush was just about over so we were able to get a parking spot and a table at the Thai Pepper.

I don’t know if you’ve ever eaten Thai food. A lot of people are afraid to try new and unfamiliar things especially if they seem “exotic”. But if you’ve ever been to a Chinese restaurant then you could probably just walk into a Thai restaurant and picksomething you like with like barely a glance at the menu. This is because Thai restaurants like all Asian restaurants put a page of Chinese restaurant food in there.

Because a lot of people are afraid to try new and unfamiliar things.

So I’m like going to do my part in helping to educate people about Thailand. It’s all in how you look at things. Some people say that Thailand is in the “Far East” but I say that makes it the “Near West”.

So anyway, Thailand was ruled by a stern but well-meaning monarch until he died of lung cancer and was remade as a cartoon with an evil wizard. Its chief exports are post-operative transsexuals and YouTube videos of elephants painting. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok which is known for being fun to say. I don’t know much else about Bangkok but according to a quick Google search it’s a crowded stinking polluted city where people get their kicks above the waistline, which I guess means it’s like pretty much every Jason Statham movie ever? So it has that going for it.

And now you know everything you need to know if you ever visit Thailand or a Thai restaurant. You can walk in with your head held high and ask for the stir fry menu knowing that you are taking part in a rich cultural heritage, or something.

~Ariella Rasputin Wallflower

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