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Completed designs for two 10×14″ oil on canvas.

Recently I stopped in at Thu The with a friend. A scrap of paper sticky-taped to the wall advertised Hanoi Style Pho. Had to have it, and it was great, but to tell you the truth I couldn’t tell you the difference between this and regular pho.

I’ll have to have them side by side one day.

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Lunch today! Pho Ga.

The team was back in Footscray today. Toby and I are now trying to convince our spouses to move there. I bought some fish in the Little Saigon Market and thought about how good it would be to do my shopping there on a permanent basis.

Lunch was at a new noodle shop for us. Tra Vinh, just across the road from the market. They don’t do Pho here, their specialty is Hu Tieu Mi, which is apparently a pork based soup. I opted for their Bo Kho, which was good. The kids had spring rolls and tea. Another great noodle joint.

Ta Vinh - (03) 9687 8008 - 70 Nicholson Street Footscray 3011

Pho Hung Vuong - (03) 9689 6002 - 128 Hopkins Street Footscray

I’m doing some digital versions of these drawings in the lead up to a set of oil paintings. As part of the integral research for such a project, E and I joined Toby and Asha on a trip to Footscray.

A couple of weeks ago the group had lunch at a small cafe in Little Saigon shopping center. The noodle soup was basic but fine. We speculated that at just $20 for the four of us, lunch couldn’t really get any cheaper. So this week we decided to go a bit posh and picked out a noodle shop on the main street. All shinny glass, neon and upholstery. We were worried that this joint might blow the budget but it was pissing down rain when we arrived, and the corner bench seat was a welcome retreat.

As is the habit of late, we order two noodle soups and BBQ chicken on broken rice. The pho was of a fine standard, and there was plenty of patrons here. A brilliant lunch on a cold day. The bill came in at a staggering $23. At that price we’re going up market all the time.

The voyage continues…