Better late than never, yes? It's a fun mix, a lot of poppy stuff, plenty of electronic beats, several local entrants and. So that's my way of noting that, hi, it's the end of May, and I'm only now posting my 2007 Choice Cuts round up. Plus, let's face it, in some ways a rambunctious 3 year-old requires more attention and energy than a newborn. Maria with her freelancing, and me with all sorts of things. This year, well, I guess we've both been busy. In 2006, we were busy finishing up our house addition, and yet I still had time. In 2004, I was able to put together an end of year Choice Cuts even though we'd just had a baby. Here, it mixed nicely with the soda water (and didn't contain that unnecessary food coloring).Ĭhance we'll go back: OK, one more time: $3 Banh Mi! So yes, we will be back.įor a complete list of our more than 170 restaurant reviews, check out our companion Rate-A-Restaurant site. Coming from Hawaii, I loves me some li hing mui - there's something about the saltiness, tartness and sweetness all rolled into one that makes me a firm believer. Overall impression: Any place that offers up a homemade salted dried plum soda is OK in my book. but yet, I didn't mind, it kinda added to the place. Low point: The service is not friendly in the least. But man, that price for that sandwich is worth the drive. Now I feel ridiculous for spending so much at K.P.'s - although, I guess K.P.'s had Golden Deli beat for convenience. We also got the Banh Mi Thit Nuong - Banh Mi with charbroiled pork ($3) For entree, we got the Bun Chao Tom/Bo Nuong/Cha Gio - Shrimp Paste/Charbroiled Beef/Egg Roll with rice vermicelli ($6.25). What we ordered: For beverage, I got Soda Xi Muoi - Salted Plum Soda ($1.60), while Maria ordered the Mang Cau Xiem - Cheremoya ($1.50). Now that our nearby K.P.'s is no more in Silver Lake, I needed a new home for Banh Mi. But she's been wanting to take me here forever. Actually, Maria's been here before, so they weren't mythical at all to her. We stipulated: We were car shopping in the Alhambra area, and realized we were close enough to keep driving a bit further for the mythical, cheap Banh Mi sandwiches of Golden Deli. Just make sure you're close to the door when they call your name. You'll also likely be waiting for a table on the sidewalk at this strip mall take advantage of it by checking out the nearby stores. They stipulated: Test your luck trying to find parking in the cramped lot (we lucked out and found a spot on the street). Location: 815 W Las Tunas Drive (San Gabriel) Restaurant: Golden Deli Vietnamese Restaurant And if having a pocketful of sunshine doesn't quite sum up the national psyche right now, aren't summer songs meant to alleviate the national mood?Ī few more of Ross' finalists: Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl" Metro Station, "Shake It" Danity Kane, "Damaged" Duffy, "Mercy" Chris Brown, "Forever" Alicia Keys, "Teenage Love Affair" Miley Cyrus, "Seven Things" Lady Antebellum, "Love Don't Live Here" Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" Flo Rida, "In The Ayer" Maroon 5 & Rihanna, "If I Never See Your Face Again" Lloyd f/Lil Wayne, "Girls Around The World." Natasha Bedingfield, "Pocketful of Sunshine" - It's growing slowly now, but if it can hang in there for a few weeks, it will, like "Unwritten," then hang around for months. But it belonged on this list because the trade ads have emphasized its "soundtrack of my summer" lyric. Also took a few weeks to get some major-market momentum, but is picking up this week.īoys Like Girls, "Thunder" - As a power ballad, it's disqualified. And, besides, we've now seen them go from Boyz II Men as well. New Kids On The Block, "Summertime" - A co-worker who grew up with NKOTB heard this and liked it, but couldn't help making the comparison to LFO's "Summergirls," which is a little like the singer John Wesley Harding's joke about the Beatles reuniting and sounding a lot like ELO and XTC. It is already off to a good start in medium markets, but as "Picture" showed, Kid always has to scrap his way back on to major-market, rhythmic-leaning Top 40 stations which could take, well, all summer long. Kid Rock, "All Summer Long" - It's been just lying in wait on his "Rock N Roll Jesus" album since the end of last summer. This year, there doesn't seem to be an obvious contender just yet. Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" wasn't too far behind. With its catchy "-ella, -ella" chorus, the song dominated the charts and the airwaves all summer long.
Last year, it was pretty obvious that Rhianna's "Umbrella" would wind up as the song. Edison Research's Sean Ross once again asks the question, What song will ultimately be remembered the most as the quintessential 2008 summer tune?
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