For 36 years, customers who step through the doors of Saigon Oriental Restaurant at 1103 N. Broadway have been greeted by the same face.
It belongs to a man dressed in the uniform of a dad who works in an office — loose slacks and a button-up shirt covered by a vest. He moves quickly, efficiently, and he never stops moving.
“Two?” he asks, raising his eyebrows and holding up two fingers. Then, he scurries ahead of the recent arrivals, quickly arriving at a table, pointing to it, motioning to them to sit and thrusting menus in their hands…