The NPR Food podcast today had a feature on a new up and coming pho chain, Pho 24. Based in Saigon, is expanding rapidly with over fifty locations worldwide.

Owner Ly Qui Trung says fast food pho does well and will continue to do well because it is healthier and tastier than the American fast food franchises, which have recently opened up shop in Vietnam.

He hopes to open the first U.S. Pho 24 at the end of the year in California.

Read the story here

Along with this surge of Vietnamese culture catching on in America, I am anticipating the arrival of dudes who exclusively date Vietnamese girls. They will make halfie babies and then I’ll have someone to hang out with who doesn’t complain about allergies and sunburn.