More Pizza (hey, it's almost always at least edible)

It's pretty hard to make a bad pizza, so it is almost always a sure bet to be at least decent. I am an espoused pizza snob, but this one was pretty good, as you might be able to tell from the picture. It was at least above average. I got it at Little Italy City Pizza in Na Trang. It had some of the same problems most of the pizzas I've had in southeast Asia have had, namely the sauce was too sweet and the cheese wasn't mozzarella (it was jack or some other kind of white). But it had fresh basil and the crust was better than Domino's Pizza. I like a thin crust if it is done well and this one was. It was crisp without being to cracker-ish and soft without being soggy or doey. I gave it 2.5 forks in my note book, but hindsight has given me a rosier outlook, so I'm giving it a full three. It was better than average.

The USA Today of Beefsteak

I got this eyesore of a meal at a friendly little place called the V Cafe. It was highly recommended by our Lonely Planet guide - strike out number 10 for them. I ordered the beefsteak with french fries and a salad and what I got was a cold, pulverized rather then tenderized piece of meat smothered in an equally cold onion sauce of some sort. Also, it was more gray than brown or pink and it did not taste good. It didn't taste bad necessarily, but it wasn't good either. It's like calling USA Today a newspaper. It is but it's not really. The fries were good though. But I suppose any asshole can cut potatoes and drop them in a frier. I know I was pretty successful at it through high school. Bottom line, if you're ever in Dalat, Vietnam, don't order the beefsteak. All in all, I give it 1.5 forks. I've got to be a little lenient here because you can't fairly expect a good steak in the hinterlands of vietnam.