UYE East San Jose Good Times

5 stars for Betty’s UYE. She had the staff treating us very well. Thanks for changing my order to the #1. Betty knows her chicken phở. I can’t believe I’ve been eating beef phở for years thinking that’s the best kind. I’ve seen the light at Phở Ga, chicken is the way to go.
5 stars for the Vietnamese Coffee cup cakes.
5 stars for the Betty and Joon entertainment. Dance off, sprinkler, lawn mower, the dice and the you can’t win with the sprinkler argument.
5 stars for Mikey actually eating food. This might be the first time I ever seen him eat.

Good times. Great seeing everyone again. Until next time.

Woohoo to the first UYE of 2009!
Betty ROCKS, Betty ROCKS, Betty ROCKS! Must say it’s the first I’ve seen colored maps for the field trip passed out at an UYE, so organized!
Memorable highlights include lots of great company, Betty’ scrumptious viet coffee/​condense milk frosting cupcakes, Tetsu’s return and goodies for everyone, and of course, the kick-​off of the GG consumption!
I’m sad to have missed the dance-​off with B-​girl and Joon. Thanks Dave for posting up some great shots!
So far, it’s been an amazing year, can’t wait to see what the rest of 2009 offers… BRING IT ON!

Say Yes to The Best.
That’s the slogan we saw in CR and most notably, Betty’s new tag line!
UYE venues I attended: Phở Ga An Nam and Thoa Café
I made a cameo, even though I was not feeling that well. Dude, It’s a Betty event, and surely one not be missed! I was hoping the warm PHO might sooth my nauseated stomach. Sadly, this was not the case and my remedy came from something green and tart. Yes folks, the lime is the cure for the common cold. Luckily, the Latin homeboy working in the back kept my limes coming. Although I didn’t have the PHO, it looked yummy.
The venue was clean, spacious, modern and with Cocks all around. I liked the layout and parking was not bad.
Service was friendly and courteous. And yes, CASH ONLY.
Cupcake alert: Although tummy was telling me no, I did make space for that Vietnamese Coffee Cupcake. Loved that it reminded me of something from my childhood with the mocha flavor.

****WARNING****
Parents: Do you know where your kids are when they say they are going to drink coffee in East San Jose? Seriously. Bare Naked Ladies, and NO I am not talking about the band.
Only downfall that did not keep me out at Thoa Café till the end of the night or the alleged dance-​off was the SMOKE. I felt like I was in TX, Vegas, and/​or a closet with someone smoking in my face. I didn’t mind nakedness. I wished I could stayed. Wasn’t it funny that when Mara and I walked in, they were playing a ZUMBA song. Yup. I got down and started shaking my booty!
5 cupcakes to BETTY for being a great host, a great organizer, and a great__________(refer to review for suggestions-http://www.yelp.com/biz/betty-n-saratoga#hrid:yl6WuUeaIecfnKkSlUr8Ag)

this UYE rocked!
Betty N. vs Joon Y.
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FLAWLESS VICTORY to Betty N. =p
(wasn’t Joon wearing Yellow?)
I love the cultural education and awareness of the Viet community created by Betty’s UYE ! mo! mo! mo!!!
more laters…

Betty, you rock.
What an incredibly exhausting and exciting evening.
I almost passed on going tonight cuz I was feeling a little under the weather, and sleepy from just a little jetlag induced insomnia. But I’m glad I didn’t.
Today was almost like coming back to school after a break and meeting all your school friends again. It was awesome seeing everyone. The only difference being that everyone is a cool kid and no one is left out.
Walter (the grand pu ba himself), Mikey (So ultra cool, and coolly sober), JM (did you try and finish a Grey Goose with N/​J/​A!!!), Cobber (Ever watchful of the alcoholic capacity of others, and always willing to help), Eli, Bobby L, Bobby l, Ron L, Angelo B, Eli, Dave K (always with the camera), Dennis, sweet sweet Fro, Nadia and Jackson, ultra cool Allison, Jon K, Caroline and her SO (why does je so rarely come out!!!), Jackie (ahem…harooo) and her SO John (great to see you John), Ro and Yancy (Mr. Ning himself), Flor, Betty and her SO Ryan (of course), James and his lovely SO Lynnette, Joon, Kong, Rachel, Xtina, Donna Y, Mara and her SO (Greg, was it? Glad he like the cigar, tell him there’s more where that came from and ask him if he likes cigarillos too, cuz I got tons of those), Linda L (missed you for the past few UYEs before the break!), Michael L., Crys B., with so many folks, I’m sure I missed a few, but it was great to see you all!
And to all the new folks like Van, Bryan, Rie and Greg, sorry we didn’t get to talk much, looking forward to catching up at a future UYE!
As for the event itself, with Betty busting out the GG and some vietnamese coffee cupcakes with frosting, it was one awesome night.
I confess I can’t really review any of the places we went to on Friday, because… I was feeling… a tad queazy, so I didn’t eat anything except for Betty’s cupcakes, and apart from the teas, my only drink was Betty’s GG. oh, who do I pay for the chip in BTW? I sorta lost track.
While the poker and picture matching games were fun, as was playing 13 card, the highlight of the evening was clearly Betty and Joon’s dance battle. For better or for worse, I can honestly say that I couldn’t do any of those moves if my life depended on it.
Apologies to all the non-​smokers too! I should have been more considerate and smoked less or smoked outside. Really… my bad!
And those later cafes! What a shock to see girls so scantily clad! Why Betty, I’m shocked that you patronize such places, and introduce us to them no less! Really… my word… This event has severely corrupted my pure and innocent soul and I may be scarred for life. Oh I could never ever go to such a place again! Oh the horror!
So…Cobber, see you there next week? wink wink.

First and foremost props to Betty N. for throwing a well organized UYE. About 30 – 40 peeps came for this event and I was amazed how many came!
7pm: Phở Ga was great. Ordered the #1 chicken breast phở. Very lean. Broth was excellent. Except it would have been even better if the chicken didn’t come with skin. Kong arrives and brings GG bottle #1
8pm: Another Unilocaler brings GG bottle #2 (sorry i don’t know you yet but would love to meet you!). Betty passes her vietnamese coffee cupcakes. My gawd they were delish (first timer here trying her cupcakes). Betty, you can make them anytime :)
9pm: Café #1. The girls didn’t faze me but that smoke sure did. The Joon vs. Betty dance off took place here. There was some serious moves going on esp that weedwacker move by Joon? wth? haha Close call but me thinks Betty won. Sorry Joon! :P
10pm: Café #2. Smaller café. More hole-​in-​the-​wall-​ish but the smoke here wasn’t too bad since there was a draft of air coming in from the open door. The dance off controversy still continues b/​t Joon and Betty.
11pm: Café #3. Smallest café out of the three but the most scandalous: thongs and bikini-​bra tops here. Place was dead but we made the most of it. No smoking in here (i can finally breathe)
Overall a night filled with laughs, jokes, fun people, booze, and the infamous dance off. I met a bunch of new people for the first time: Betty N, Christina C, Joon Y, James G, and Peggy C. I came home reeking of smoke in my clothes and hair but that’s okay because I had fun with y’all. Until next time ^_^

5 stars for Betty’s awesome hostessing skills. This girl knows how to over-​organize in such a fab way that all you do is show up and have a good time. The Unilocalers were out in droves, it was so funny to see a big long line of them at the tables, eager and expectant looks on the faces.
1 star for the nasty ass smoke filled coffee houses. Is that even LEGAL in the state of California? Half-​naked girlsies don’t faze me, but having to come home and shower 5 times due to stinking like smoke… YAK!
5 stars for Mikey coming over and stuffing a $ 20 in my hub’s collar when he stripped off his sweater. My better half loved the coffee house experience: girls, cigars, booze and coffee??? Something for everyone. Now he wants to double date there with Betty n’Ryan…AY!
Thanks to Ry for the super detailed map… I think I asked for 3 as the night wore on… those things kept getting lost!
Overall awesome night to kick off the 2009 Unilocal UYE events. This event set the bar pretty high for the future. Oh and the dance off was hilarious… part 1, 2 and 3 all through the night and… Joon if you need to get your lawnmower/​sprinkler/​weedwacker fix you can come over to our new house anytime and do some YARD WORK.

What an insane way to begin the new year. It’s like going to Vegas in San Jose. Betty N showed us a glimpse of her world, from chicken phở to double fisting Grey Goose to the Vietnamese café hopping.
7pm: Phở Ga was great. Ordered the #1,chicken breast phở. Broth was excellent. Shots of GG all around and vietnamese coffee cupcakes. I get called out for gesticulating a car window lowering in the ghetto fashion of manually rolling down a window. In fairness, I was a little buzzed on GG and blotto on chicken phở. Thanks to Kong and the other person who brought in the depth charge sized bottles of GG. Thanks to Tetsu for coming in like a jubilant, skinny, Japanese, smoking Santa with his Macworld swag.
9pm: Café #1. We get indoctrinated into the world of Viet Cafes, which serve bad food, OK drinks, and lots of skin. The guys enjoyed smoking quite a bit and we all ended up reeking the entire night, so yeah it was like Vegas. Got to play my first erotic video scavenger hunt. Then, we were all witness to the horror that was the dance off. It was like watching Zoolander, Bring It On, and You Got Served combined into one trainwreck of a dance-​off. It’s no coincidence that half the customers left.
10pm: Café #2. Better drinks but worse food. Don’t remember the women here. I can’t tell if Joon was drunk but he held his own in the yelling match with Joon. I was lucky enough to be within earshot to hear the same incoherent arguments and veiled threats at least a half dozen times. We played blackjack and Texas Hold ‘Em completely sober and without any money. It’s exactly as fun as it sounds.
11pm: Café #3. No smoking but this place was small. The women were practically nude in here. I’m serious, I wanted to ask the white one how uncomfortable it was with a piece of floss holding everything together. We didn’t stay long but we had a great time.
Betty, you’ve raised the bar high to begin 2009. And yes, Joon was completely doing the sprinkler wrong, sorry bro.
Pictures of Phở Ga and Café #1 here:

oh betty n. i’m SO glad today was the first day i met you, and what a great impression it has left on me! you are so cute, stylish, and a great hostess =)
honestly, i would never be caught at a coffee shop, ive only been once, and it was a year ago! but with all the Unilocalers i dont have to feel too odd about being there =)
joon vs betty. its a close call … but i think its a draw because i’m not sure what happened at the 2^nd coffee shop with the argument =P
lets play 13. but lets get the rules down straight. there are just too many variation of this silly card game!
yum. lemonade and strawberry shake and finding my old family friend!
it was great meeting everyone: D

What a crazy/​different and caffine filled night! I haven’t been that awake at that hour since I worked on a graveyard shift and I still don’t think I’d ever been that awake in my life!
Thanks for setting up this UYE Betty you are a great host!
Good food, great conversation, cigars and sooo much tea!!! 8 glasses or so over 3 hours LOL
Thanks also to:
Tetsu for the Cubans
Van for returning to the fold
Walter for the ride to the first two coffee shops
Ryan, Van, Tetsu, Bobby, Cobber, Ron for that card game we were playing.
Joon for Serving Betty with an onslaught of craziness. Great highlight.
Can’t wait to see the pics :)

Solve the following equation:
1(UYE) + 7℗ + 3(VC) /​SBC. Find Unilocaler value.
I’ll tell you the answer = Betty N.
Betty you threw an AWESOME UYE to kick-​off to the New Year. The phở was good great…#7 did have some questionable parts but I give them to Fiona T. who gladly took the parts and traded it with dark meat — I’m referring to the chicken of course. The Vietnamese Coffee shops were great. Again, mad props to Betty for coordinating with each place.
Hightslights for the night:
— Phở and GG
— Meeting Fiona, Rei, Joon, Linda, Flor, Mara and hubby for the first time.
— Meeting the rest of the crew.
— Play XXX Photo Hunt with Fro, Rachael, and Christina. $ 1 return each time the power went out.
— The Joon and Betty Battle
— Betty’s Coffe Cuppies
— Tea, Tea, Tea, and more Tea. (Customer Service from the Gals @ VC were very attentive) — anyone has photos please do share
— Getting lost when heading to the 2^nd coffee shop when it was just a block down from the first.
Looking forward to the next events planned for the year. See you all soon.

Thanks Betty for putting together a fab UYE. Great way to start off 2009.
I miss the Phở but I did make it to the last two stops of the coffee shops.
As usual Unilocalers didn’t disappoint and it was a lot of fun and great to see everyone.
First time for me on the coffee shops and it was interesting. I can see why the guys would love these places. If I was a guy I would be at these places too.
No worries Jon. I was happy to take peeps home.
Had a ton of fun and great to see all. Sorry! To those I missed and didn’t get to say bye too. See you all at the next event.

*Joon busts out the dice, lawn mower, and sprinkler. Betty just stood there in shock unable to come back with a battle move*
BETTY GOT SERVED!
And yes… The Sprinkler Dance was correct for all you fools who thought otherwise!

WTF!!! Why am I awake?
Keep in mind that certain people had kept me awake the last couple of days. I went to sleep 4 hours ago… and it’s noon… on a Saturday! So for the past 2 days I had a total of 8 hours of broken sleep. Yeah, we had alcohol last night… a lot of alcohol but the strong coffee apparently had an adverse effect on me and now I’m awake, sore, and lethargic.
The phở was good, the grey goose was super sized X2, the cigars were smokey, the caffeine kicks, the company was the best, the ladies were HOT, and the girls waiting on us were alright.
;D
Thanks Betty for bringing SBC into the NEW YEAR! And for all those that could not attend… this is but only the beginning. See you all soon!
XD
BTW– a shot of grey goose mixed with some phở broth does not make an asian bloody mary…
*bleh

Mad props to Betty for getting this super organized! I’m amazed that she called all the places up, let them know to be expecting, and even got us hooooked uppp!
I had a great time meeting new faces and seeing the normal faces. This was a great way to start off the new 09 with nothing better than Phở and Vietnamese coffee shops.
Thanks to Kong and unknown person for bringing the big bottles of Gray Goose!
Thanks to Betty for the awesome cupcakes!
Thanks to everyone for making this a great event and welcoming everyone.

I can actually say this was the best UYE of 2009!
It’s always nice to meet up with all the SBCers. We definitely brought the party to every location. I think the other patrons were scared of us… the unusual large and loud group. That’s just how we roll. Perfect way to start off the year!
Thanks Betty for putting together such an organized and wild night. Also for the Vietnamese Coffee Cupcakes.
Thanks Tetsu for the French goods! The cigar was marvelous!
Thanks Kong for the GG donation.
I can’t wait for the next!

Betty organized a crazy fun time for the first UYE of the year!
First stop of the night was taking over the phở place which had really, REALLY, good chicken phở– so light and less oily than the traditional beef phở. OH and her cupcakes were so DIVINE– Vietnamese coffee flavored cupcakes with condensed milk frosting. I got 2 =p. 3 rounds of GG shots in shot glasses and shot glass-​substitute tea cups.
The next 3 stops were Vietnamese coffee shops where smoke was rampant, waitresses were in bikinis, Joon (?) tried to out-​dance Betty unsuccessfully (Yeah dude, that is NOT dancing and that is NOT the sprinkler), and sexy photo hunt was played.
TOP MOMENTS OF THE NIGHT
1: EVERYONE getting lost going to the last coffee shop CAFE QUYEN
2: Betty putting Joon in his place
3: X-​rated photo hunt
SHOUT OUTS
Mikey U and his shaggin’ wagon.
Michael L and his brown baggin’ 40s
Tetsu N and his yummy foreign snacks
My throat hurts, my clothes smell like smoke, my car smells like smoke — but thanks BETTY N for kicking off this year right with a FUN UYE and YUMMY cupcakes.

5 stars, DUH.
It was an honor to host the first UYE of the year and yes, it was AWESOME.
We finished two 1.75L GG bottles amongst 40+ peeps. That is an impressive feat. Do take note.
The phở ga was good and the coffee shops were great. Sipping shakes and coffee, battling weed-​wacker Joon (no, you did not win with that tank top), doing GG shots literally under the table, and flirting with hot waitresses. .. well, you just had to be there to appreciate. ;)
Thank you everyone for attending and I hope you enjoyed my culture at its finest!
xoxo

ahh, yes, i would not have expected anything less from betty.
a four-​stop UYE with a color map? hell yeah.
introducing me to where’s-the-beef-oh-no-you-really-don’t-want-#5,-no,-you-REALLY-don’t-why-don’t-you-have-a-#2-instead phở? hell yeah.
sipping «grey goose» (in big quotes) from a big soup spoon? hell yeah.
yummy-​ass betty cupcakes? hell yeah.
my first time in a vietnamese coffee shop? hell yeah. (i guess, lol)
having to poke and rub my fingers all over hella ugly and manly ‘80s virtual soft pr0n models? hell yeah.
a biiiiggg sorry to all the folks i was supposed to DD for and an extra big thanks to donna who (last i know) took over my duties.
betty, thanks again for a great night, even though i had to leave halfway through. (blame the lush BF!)