Link to a piece on Hanoi food joints being more "hostile than hospitable" here. Course, Teddy being old, cantankerous and argumentative, says that's the point. He's writing a response but we haven't seen him for a week, or is it a month? Come back on Friday to see if anything's up...

If you want Vietnamese food with ultra-polite service upstairsforthinking points out (on the same website) an article on the place for you... Arigatou Elliott san!