The hero of our story, friendly, bearly (and a little bit clumsy) Romanian friend – Victor!

I was in a Yong Tau Foo Restaurant (Yong Tau Foo, a popular local soupy dish in Singapore and Malaysia. You can DIY, choose from a whole selection of different vegetables, tofu, sea food, meat…). There was this bearly, clumsy figure hesitating in front of the food selection area.

“Is there Tom Yum?Tom Yum?”

His English had a heavy Eastern European accent. And unfortunately, the shop keepers were not native English speakers either. They were as confused as him.

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