*pants* mmm, tasty
I returned to what used to be my standard Vietnamese restaurant, Pho 84, for my standard dish. They have raised prices far too high over the years, and are insanely popular and crowded, but they make a spicy tofu curry with black mushrooms, clear vermicelli, onions, garlic, and coconut milk that no other restaurant gets quite right. Expensive for a vegetarian dish, but very tasty.

As always, I ordered mine extra spicy. Just for kicks I asked for extra garlic as well, and reiterated both extras at the end of my order.

Reality is slowly dribbling away around me as I pant and sweat, but it is so good I cannot stop eating. They really do aim to please, and this waiter knows that I mean what I ask for. To paraphrase a character of Clarke's, "my god, it's full of garlic". If they used less than an entire head of garlic in my dish I would be surprised.

Garlic: check. Wooden stakes: well, a pair of garlic-infused chopsticks are close enough. Vampires to hunt: darn, I knew I forgot something...