Soup is like the grandmother of meals: warm, comforting, and enjoyable with or without teeth. Smother hunger in affectionate flavors with today’s Groupon: for $6, you get $12 worth of Vietnamese fare at V-House Pho & Grill in La Mesa.
V-House Pho & Grill simmers, fries, and ladles out a menu of traditional Vietnamese fare in a casual dining environment. Spoonfuls of vietnamese pho ($5) swaddle tongues with warm, homemade broth while your choice of beef, chicken, or seafood swims laps alongside rice noodles, bean sprouts, and fresh thai basil. V-House’s chefs craft banh mi sandwiches by lining a 6-inch loaf of french bread high with a choice of char-grilled meat or fried egg for protein, cucumber and sliced onion for crunchy texture, and pickled carrots to use mason jars left over from shuttered moonshine stands ($4). Fill up surplus space in grumbling stomachs with an order of spring rolls, a flaky shell of rice paper bound around a core of shrimp, pork, fresh lettuce, bean sprouts, and vermicelli noodles served alongside a ramekin of peanut sauce for predevouring dippage ($3 for two). The rice noodles with vegetables and tofu appease earthy appetites as rice noodles, fresh tofu, broccoli, and carrots guard over baby bok choy orphaned by its cabbage parents ($5).
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Groupon Guide to: The President's Fitness Challenge
Once a year, the president goes to every grade school in the country and challenges students to hang on to their self-esteem—as well as to complete a series of exercises he made up. Here are the athletic trials that make up the President's Challenge:
Curl-ups The Challenge: In 60 seconds, see how many times you can touch your shoulder blades to your heels while lying on your stomach. This also measures your current level of gravity.
Shuttle Run The Challenge: Two traffic cones, which should be taken from a nearby construction site, are placed roughly 10 yards apart from one another. Starting at the first cone, run to the second and see how hard you can throw that cone in the general direction of the first cone without hitting it.
Sit and Reach The Challenge: As the name implies, this challenge tests your ability to sit still and re main silent for as long as possible without complaining about your body ach ing because your muscle tissue is wasting away.
Mile Run The Challenge: On a slip of paper, write down how many miles you think you can run.
Chin-ups The Challenge: As you hold onto a steel horizontal bar, the president asks you questions about whether or not you can overcome hardships like failing a math exam or getting only the smallest storage capacity iPod for a birthday gift. To answer "yes," raise your chin high enough to place it atop the bar, release your hands, and hang there for 30 seconds.
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