About 15 years ago there was a Thai restaurant on Eighth Avenue and 55th Street. The name was Siam Inn or King of Siam or something of the sort. Like many Thai restaurants there was a dish on the menu that usually appears as Mee Krob. In this particular restaurant, it was listed as "Mee Grob" and seeing this prompted me to engage the waitress in, at least what I thought was, a funny interchange.
Waitress: "Would you like to order?"
Me: "Yes, but me Grob."
Waitress: "You like Mee Grob?"
Me: (Pointing to myself) "No, ME Grob."
Waitress: "You want Mee Grob?"
Me: Pulling out my drivers' license, pointing to my picture and then pointing to my name, "You see - ME Grob!"
Waitress: Feigning understanding, "Ohhh. I see. . . You want Mee Grob?"
She never got it and I was probably a lot more amused than the friends with whom I was dining. The reason I mention this is because I passed the same storefront today and it is no longer a Thai restaurant, but a bar and restaurant called (drumroll, please) "Matt's Grill."
I think I'll have to go and repeat my performance.
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