Just in case you were still under the impression that Iris is the least picky two-year-old in town…

Our usual bus stop is in front of Pho Cyclo, a Vietnamese restaurant on Broadway. Iris likes it because they often get their broth and vegetable delivery in the morning, and she can watch them carry in bucket after bucket of pho broth. They also have a neon banh mi sign in the window that Iris calls The Glowing Sandwich.

So today I asked Iris if she’d like to have lunch at Pho Cyclo. She said yes. She loved the booster seat, the green chopsticks, the soup spoons, and the color-changing fiberoptic lights.

Here’s what we ordered: a rice plate with shrimp, grilled pork, meatballs, carrots, daikon, cucumber, tomato, rice, and nuoc cham.

Here’s what Iris ate: rice, with soy sauce and a little nuoc cham that I poured on when she wasn’t looking.