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czechczich t1_j9a8342 wrote

This is in my hometown and I’ve been going there since they opened and they have the best peanut sauce in town.

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Chiefo104 t1_j9c3qw6 wrote

When I lived in Coffey Park this was our go-to place.

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czechczich t1_j9cwktd wrote

We might have been neighbors! Rip my old house.

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Self-Aware-Bears t1_j9cz5f6 wrote

Isn’t it cool how we’ve rebuilt the area though? I love how different all the houses are

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czechczich t1_j9czclo wrote

It’s a strange sort of uncanny valley feeling because I still remember what they used to look like.

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baphosam t1_j9aso4o wrote

Are there other competing places with peanut sauce?

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Quacky3three t1_j9atpby wrote

Peanut sauce is very common in Thai/Vietnamese restaurants.

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TheHomieHuglord t1_j9c6fd7 wrote

Which is why I can't eat it if I don't want to die

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LaoTze151 t1_j9c8vsu wrote

what?

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fasterbrew t1_j9ca3v3 wrote

Peanut allergy

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edgar__allan__bro t1_j9cciho wrote

And for anyone out there who has a peanut allergy and tends to be on the cavalier side of things (i.e. joking about how their allergy could kill them) -- I did have a very, very good friend pass away some years back after accidentally ingesting peanut butter.

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dontfkwitme t1_j9cfh7o wrote

Darwins survival of the fittest....

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Adrenalcookie t1_j9csisf wrote

Truuu his allergy having genes luckily won’t be spread

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Redditributor t1_j9cw7go wrote

I don't think it quite works that way. There are genes that can influence under what conditions certain allergies could develop

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Vroomped t1_j9cbamr wrote

They can't eat Thai/Vietnamese restaurants or they'll die, because they contain peanuts. They can't eat Texas Roadhouses either.

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baphosam t1_j9awf84 wrote

So you’re telling me there’s multiple Thai/Vietnamese restaurants in this one town?

Edit: Wow everyone. I guess having a lack of multiple Vietnamese /Thai restaurants near me and being so daring to ask the question means I’ve pissed off a lot of you.

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WINTERMUTE-_- t1_j9ax9v2 wrote

That's not an uncommon thing.

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stewdadrew t1_j9c1pis wrote

The town I grew up in was an hour from the nearest McDonald’s. If you would have told me as a young kid that you had multiple fast food in your city or more than 1 Chinese restaurant, you lived in a big city in my eyes.

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ambermae513 t1_j9axxac wrote

Depends on where you are. I live in a small town with very limited options. Chinese, Mexican, Italian, and several fast food places plus a couple wing places and that is it. The closest bigger town has exactly 1 Thai place and zero Vietnamese. My sister lives in the closest big city (about an hour drive from me) and has a favorite spot to get Pho and a different favorite to get any other type of Vietnamese cuisine.

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WINTERMUTE-_- t1_j9b008n wrote

I live in a Canadian town of about 150,000. Not huge by any means. And we have probably around a dozen Thai or Vietnamese restaurants.

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ambermae513 t1_j9b0hp1 wrote

Yeah.... so based on the last census: My town 8,600 Closest bigger town (35 minutes south) 74,000 Closest big city (1 hour north) 880,000

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Blue_Moon_Rabbit t1_j9c9bat wrote

My town has several pizza places, chinese places, and even an indian place sharing a lobby with a fish and chips place.

We have no Mexican, at this point Id settle for a taco bell or something.

I just want some fucking quesadillas man… ones I don’t have to cook for myself.

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norkm t1_j9bxmok wrote

In the Bay Area, which has one of the largest Asian populations in the US? Yes. My neighborhood has 2 Vietnamese places and 2 Thai places all within a 10 min walk on the same street.

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Oraxy51 t1_j9c7aj6 wrote

Heck even in Arizona there’s a good handful of Thai/Vietnamese places here. Some Japanese places, some chinese, some Korean, it’s a nice diversity.

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borderlander12345 t1_j9c2zqo wrote

I live in a city of 300,00 in Australia and there are probably 15+ Thai restaurants within 20 minutes drive from me and at least half that in Vietnamese

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DocPeacock t1_j9cz692 wrote

Is it worth driving over from Petaluma for? I saw the story about the this locally.

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czechczich t1_j9czja6 wrote

If you find yourself in SR running errands or something, give it a go! What’s the Vietnamese scene like in Petaluma?

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DocPeacock t1_j9d0cdm wrote

There's only a couple places for pho and they're fine, I guess. A place called Simmer that I thought was pretty good. But according to the Vietnamese women at my wife's nail salon, none of the places in town are any good. I'm pretty sure they're comparing it to their home recipes. Maybe next time we're in the mood for it we'll drive up and check out Lee's.

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DisgruntledJarl t1_j9b0gsn wrote

Vietnamese food is such a confusing cuisine for me. From India, I tried the most authentic vietnamese food I could find recently in my hometown and the peanut sauce was something I did not expect at all. My mouth was left wondering "wow this is strange" every time I tried something. Overall I still liked it but its probably not something I love so much that I'll keep going back to it.

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johyongil t1_j9c8ezp wrote

My exact reaction to handmade samosas. “Strange. It’s fine but I’m not gonna go out of my way to get it again.”

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DisgruntledJarl t1_j9cgxqf wrote

Is there another way to make samosas with machines?

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johyongil t1_j9ch2u0 wrote

Yes. They regularly sell them at Costco and other grocery shops. They’re even worse.

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