BLACK FOREST CAKE & BOOTY CALL!

Black forest cake and a booty call.
By Aly Abaquin

This is the plot. The romantic misadventures of 3 individuals in their 30s & 40s. Set in HCMC, the common thread of the story is that one person is into a relationship and is more enamored with it.

At the core of these multiple stories is a young woman we must call our “Gigi” remember that character in the movie HE IS JUST NOT INTO YOU actually it started with the a book guide to women by Greg Brendhert & Liz Tucillo. Actually she is our accidental tourist friend who came to visit to nurse shall we say a broken heart???? O yeah bring on the tissue…. Girl friend we must talk… so off we go to Givral in one corner as we listen to her intently…..

As she relates her own story…. I begin to imagine that at one point in time in our search for love we’ve been a GIGI of sorts. So we continue to tell our own tales about rekindled love, lost love or just simply loving and getting that damsel in distress or play the waiting game of that Prince charming. But we must practice how to read the signs.. Radar up…or

More like on kissing the frog and presto Prince charming…. as we talk of our past, present & future relationship in this Saigon environs.

Dating scene in HCMC is quite limited we all hollered… Okey it’s a Given ( notice the captial “G”)… so over cake we poured our hearts out as we just talked and drink up our usual as this conversation we did actually with sharing a piece of cake the Black forest…

In between drinks she our “GIGI” relinquish her heartfelt rendition of her love affair with this men …from outer space… or shall we say women are from mars.. Whoa… that’s another book by who… kidding aside…..

As I actually was eyeing for that piece of cake and half hearing her.. got destructed as it seems….It not the usual balck forest cut piece but a black forest dress to its sevens so to speak… Crowned with its semi dark milk chocolate twirls and dressed up with white chocolate figure that was brush-up ganache that encircle this little waist line and topped off a red cherry…. A Party Girl forest cake.

So good to taste that we always order one from Givral. Givral has been a baking sensation in HCMC for years as we where told and now turning its successful bakeshop into a bistro type all present in HCMC..

Perfect cake conversation to nurse one broken heart as our Gigi is just finishing her tales poke my shoulder to listen up and advise her.. I simply told her HE is not into you. PERIOD.. so harsh but true….so while she was contemplating ….. a perfect call or shall we say…..her phone is ringing in mid evening 10pm..at that….

Who might this be????
We looked at her iphone and to our surprised THE “GUY” that one second ago she was bolstering about…. She hysterically saying what do to.. I said don’t answer the phone???

DON’T ANSWER The Damned PHONE!!! Actually telling her... just a friendly advise to let her wake up for once… WAITTTTT!!! she hollered he’s Calling me. He’s calling … he’s calling three times... Yes sistah we heard you right!!!…....We all said BOOTY CALL!!!! Chorus needed again folks BOOTY CALL!!!!…

What is booty call.. as if she didn’t hear us say… its booty call …. She answered anyways……. Hmmh so much for our advised…

Our “Gigi” who repeatedly misinterprets the signs that men give her about their level of interest. Is now saying.. goodbye and running off with our cake..so what’s with her.. a friend questioned????…. I told him LOVE IS BLIND…..okey…. so can we get another cake then… lets try the OPERA CAKE ... this time no more GIGI…