WingMan

The killing fields just outside of Phnom Penh is the most chilling and vivid experience I have had in 15 trips to SE Asia. Cambodia has promise in the future but it’s mostly 3rd world. Love it or hate it. Siem Reap which is the closest town to Angkor Wat is probably the cleanest and nicest place in Cambodia. I’m more of a Vietnam regular with short trips to Cambodia and Thailand. Everything is about an hour flight or less. On my single trip to the Philippines, I kind of learned that Palawan is where I should I focused my time. I flew into Manila and spent most of my time in Cebu, Bohol and Boracay. For full disclosure, there were some dating pursuits that absorbed some of my extra days. No regerts.

I can watch YouTube, amazon prime, netflix, etc. I bring a fire stick with me. I have in the past watched replays of the games next day as they are 12 hours ahead there and games are on middle of the night. Would be nice to catch replays and other sports at a bar with decent food and drink. We watched the bills vs ravens playoff game at a little restaurant in Vung Tau VN owned by a Canadian guy. Late game so we had some breakfast and beers while we watched. The best time of year to visit SE Asia is probably December to early may. Not much rain but lots of tourists. I’m heading there Tuesday for a while and will experience “rainy” season for the first time.

I’m originally from Buffalo. Moved to AZ in 98’. I come back to Buffalo for about 3 months of the year. I have traveled extensively in SE Asia since 2017 and I really enjoy it there. My favorite country has been Vietnam and I’ll be spending some time in Danang in the next few weeks. I believe that it is a really nice option to be able to spend some time or full time living there. I’ll always have a home base in the US but the people and culture in SE Asia are so much easier on the psyche. Thailand, the Philippines and even Cambodia have advantages. It’s good to hear that other Americans are considering a move there. I actually see very few people from the US. Good luck finding a sports bar that shows American football.

I usually get back to Buffalo for a few months during the summer and I see coach McNally at the LA Fitness/Esporta gym south gate plaza location at least a few times each visit. I probably would not have noticed him as he’s pretty old these days but his ears really stand out.

Organic synthetic grass.

I sometimes work out at the ESporta gym at the south gate plaza. When I’m in town. I’ve seen McNally on and off over the last 10 years or so. You can’t miss him. His ears are even bigger in person. Maybe because he’s older now.

I have a lot of experience with making and more with eating wings throughout the US and internationally. Believe it or not they have been frying and eating wings longer in Asian countries than we have been doing it in the US. To answer your question: I think a medium or average sized wing by Buffalo standards is more than big enough. Too small and they are tedious to eat and prepare. Too big and you seem to get less of the crispy surface and they take forever to cook. Also, a premium price for the large wings. I’m not a big fan of heavy breading but I have had plenty of wings with a bread like coating that were delicious. I favor naked but wings but I believe that wings should be judged by the end product like any other food. Outside of buffalo I almost always ask for extra crispy. Biggest issue for me is a flabby wing. A more common problem I noticed when visiting buffalo lately. I have personally experimented with all types of sauces. I love a lot of Asian inspired sauces. Sweet, salty, hot with other interesting flavors. I think the best evolution of the wing is to char them after frying then sauce again. I love a crispy, saucy wing. FYI. I have lived in Phoenix for the last 25 years but I spend a few months in Buffalo every year to get good wings and pizza. I love to see new developments with the food.

soul glo for beards?

I did not renew my membership with them over covid as I was not traveling internationally. I just looked them up using an old link from an email and the site seems to be gone or changed. It was a sketchy platform that cost like $10 a month and you would get 1200-1500 stations.

I’m guessing that you do not get to Hanoi very often. Vietnamese sports bars are rather sparse and the ones that I have found are typically english speaking but not american. They are constantly watching the other futbol on every station, TV and time of day or night. I typically take my firestick and plug it into any TV where I stay and watch games using a service likes “Steve’s Cablecutters” where you can watch the local buffalo stations with the corny commercials ass well. If you find a place, be sure to share as I have yet to see one. And yes, the games are on during the early hours of the morning so most places are closed anyway. Hanoi is +11 hours over EST. Enjoy VN.

Only Commies refer to it as HCMC. It’s Saigon for the rest of us.

Bar Bill and Castaways in Angola are my two favorite wing places and Wingnutz was better. The ambiance not so much but strictly on the food, yep. If you go to Castaways, their everything wing is my go to sauce. If you request, they’ll serve them extra saucy.

I’m originally from Buffalo and I eat wings everywhere I go. I’ve worked in plenty of restaurants and have been making my own wings for about 15 years. These are the best wings I can remember ever having. Their version of mild was my favorite sauce. Sweet and spicy actually with plenty of other flavors. They NEED a real restaurant location. It seems that the owners are in it for the love of food, not the money.

My brother owns a brewery in South Portland. "Island Dog Brewery" I know that they are doing outside seating in tents of some sort. There are not a lot of Bills friendly establishments in the NE area but this is definitely one of them. There is a decent pizza place in the same complex. I'm not sure about the restrictions at this point but worth a try when you have a chance.

I was in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam the past two years on extended vacations. I wore Bills gear on and off through the trips and only had a few people make a comment. I think they were all Germans. It seems that most Americans that travel there and actually get out on the streets are lefties who don't follow football. It was really hard to find sports bars that had any American football news. Mostly the other type of Futbol.