I often complain that even though there are thousands of restaurants in Da Nang that all of them seem to serve just minor variations of all the other shops. Everyone has a menu that is so similar to the next place that there really isn't any reason to shop based on anything other than price. The low-cost places kill it but at very small margins and anyone that joins the marketplace tends to simply make exactly the same thing. It doesn't make sense to me that someone would open a shop that sells exactly the same crap as everyone else and expect to do well and honestly, almost all of them do NOT do well and close pretty rapidly.
There is one exception though and the place in my hood is called "Section 30."
They have a chef there that is constantly rotating specials and for the most part, these end up being pretty good. You may not even know what the specials are unless you venture inside because the specials board is not visible from the street or even most of the seating area, which is strange.
There are 3 signs on the wall above the service window to the kitchen and the one on the far right is the real special. The other two are pretend specials that haven't changed since I have been going there.
For the most part I wander into this place for a glass of wine and just order whatever is written up there without any concern to what it is. I'm not really a huge fan of pizza because it is so common, but nobody else in town has a buffalo chicken pizza.
The main reason why I go here though is because Nadi really likes it there because it is comfortable and the staff are really nice to her.
There she is, patiently waiting for the next staff member to walk by and say hello to her. She is not a cuddling fan, so after you give her a boop on the head or something she is already ready for you to stop touching her. I know a ton of dogs that will just be wagging their tails off in anticipation of you touching them... Nadi is not one of those dogs. For the most part if you don't have snacks, she isn't very interested in talking to you.
I do like the fact that almost all of the staff here (and there are a lot of them) know Nadi's name but I don't think any of them actually know my name.
Anyway, back to the special pizza.
I don't think many people order this because they seemed a bit surprised and confused when I ordered it. But the chef in the kitchen recognized me and even brought it out to my table himself. I think maybe I have some sort of accidental status here and therefore get special treatment.
Well, as far as the pizza goes, unfortunately it wan't really all that special and there really isn't much that could be done to change that. I love buffalo wings, and I really like cheese and bread and blue cheese dressing but for the most part this just kind of seemed like a mess. I ate about 4 slices and then asked for a box because I knew I would stop by a particular pub that is on my walk home and just offer it to the people that were there.
I offered the same deal to everyone in the pub whether I knew them or not. You can have a free slice of pizza if you pet Nadi and say hello and you also have to promise to save a tiny piece of your slice to give to her.
Within 10 minutes the pizza was gone and most of the people agreed with what I had said: The pizza is "fine" but it really isn't anything special. Now it is just a shame because I know that they are not going to change that special on that board for quite some time. I only go in there when the special changes because even though I do like Section 30, they too have a menu that is basically the exact same crap that everyone else has as well.
At least doggo got to get out and talk to some of her human friends and that is a win no matter what the day is.
