glitz, glam, and good food

1. The gold and jewel encrusted plastic panda that waves at me from the front counter of a Vietnamese restaurant makes me do a double and then a triple take.
2. The joy of finally finding an equivalent vermicelli dish to the one I was addicted to in Calgary (at the above named restaurant).
3. Dropping in at a promising looking bakery/deli and finding virtually all of the traditional foods that my grandmother used to make.