Does anyone know the name of the Veitnamese woman who runs Golden Vine on Street 108? Not sure if she's still there or not as it's been quite a while since I've been there. She used to be married to the Aussie bloke who was holed up there.
Very sad to hear Khmer 440 is soon to be no more. It's been a great source of information over time, and some of the comments have always managed to bring a chuckle..
Golden Vine and sorry to see 440 go
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Smiley was the guy. Can't remember the name of the Viet woman. I do remember she was a fantastic cook though. She used to do the food at Shanghais. She made the news once when Smiley had to jump out of the balcony as she charged at him with a knife.
"Goodness me! Now STD free..."
Lan. I think she returned to Vietnam.
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'Smiley' was Paul. He didn't like being called Smiley but many punters called him that anyway. He ws short, and hung around a lot drinking. The lot of many expats hereabouts. His reputation among the Khmer bargirls was less than favourable (unwanted advances as I heard it)- though the (two) Vietnamese ones I spoke to reported nothing untoward. I understand that they (Paul and the owner) were married. The Vietnamese woman was a hard employer, girls were fined for breakages etc... (probably not unusual in KoW) even if they were just in the vicinity. Ah, proper labour laws. Blah, blah. Can you fix the header for this story 'ans' is surely 'and'. Cheers.
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I used to go there way back around 2005-6. Lan was previously a chef at Sharky Bar I think. Golden Vine used to do very good roast dinners. Paul taught me how to play 8 ball, which I then proceeded to beat him at many times!
It's not going, that decision was rescinded.Very sad to hear Khmer 440 is soon to be no more. It's been a great source of information over time, and some of the comments have always managed to bring a chuckle..
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Smiley, (met in him in GV a few times) and saw him once walking through Vientiane, obviously on a weekend off, looking very sheepish. 'Oh, yes, I saw you mate.'
440 decision rescinded? Thanks for that on account of me needing all the help I can get in retirement.
440 decision rescinded? Thanks for that on account of me needing all the help I can get in retirement.
I just signed up. Why is this website closing and when? Has anyone got plans of starting a new one? I don't like the idea of these pages migrating to FB or other such platform, dedicated forums with threads like here are much simpler & clearer, and much better for finding actual information!
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