http://www.tomatom.com/2006/05/michelin-and-vietnam/ The insiders' guide to food and drink in Melbourne. Since 2005. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.tomatom.com/2006/05/michelin-and-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-64306 michael william lockhart Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:02:00 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=283#comment-64306 Andre Michelin was a Papal Knight, the Catholic Church stood to lose it's interests in the rubber plantations, about two million dollars at the time, and for this reason Catholic politicians of the USA, NZ and Australia were cajoled by the Vatican into sending troops to invade Vietnam for the purpose of holding on to it's financial grip and kill any of it's citizens who did not convert to Catholicism. Andre Michelin was a Papal Knight, the Catholic Church stood to lose it’s interests in the rubber plantations, about two million dollars at the time, and for this reason Catholic politicians of the USA, NZ and Australia were cajoled by the Vatican into sending troops to invade Vietnam for the purpose of holding on to it’s financial grip and kill any of it’s citizens who did not convert to Catholicism.

]]> http://www.tomatom.com/2006/05/michelin-and-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Ed Charles Sat, 06 May 2006 04:57:24 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=283#comment-724 Obviously bad things happened on both sides but Uncle Ho was pretty much an all round good guy. He really was a man of the people and still is a national hero with his face plastered everywhere. I really want to find out more about him. We saw his pickled body but apprarently he didn't want all the hoopla. Obviously bad things happened on both sides but Uncle Ho was pretty much an all round good guy. He really was a man of the people and still is a national hero with his face plastered everywhere. I really want to find out more about him. We saw his pickled body but apprarently he didn’t want all the hoopla.

]]> http://www.tomatom.com/2006/05/michelin-and-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Alex Sat, 06 May 2006 03:29:00 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=283#comment-723 This is so interesting! I never realised Ho Chi Minh was a pastry chef! Brilliant! This is so interesting! I never realised Ho Chi Minh was a pastry chef! Brilliant!

]]> http://www.tomatom.com/2006/05/michelin-and-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-722 DrReb Fri, 05 May 2006 15:59:23 +0000 http://tomatom.com/?p=283#comment-722 Jeez - you think they'd at least give them one maccaron! Jeez – you think they’d at least give them one maccaron!

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