FOOD PORN! It's the "Breakfast Banh Mi" (PHOTOS)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/04/hangover-helper-the-breakfast-banh-mi.html

It has pickled carrots and daikon for some extra salt, sugar, and vitamins (hello electrolytes!), a big smear of fatty mayo with a few savory dashes of amine-rich Maggi seasoning, some sliced Thai chilis to give you a good kick in the seat, and cucumber and cilantro to help wash it down, all on a crisp, Vietnamese banh mi bun.



Of course, the bacon must be extra crisp, and the eggs must be cooked in the bacon fat over relatively high heat so that the white edges bubble and crisp (the best part of a fried egg!) while the yolk remains nice and runny (the other best part of a fried egg!). I like to baste the top side of the egg by spooning hot bacon fat over it as it cooks so that the top surface blisters and bubbles.

The eggs I used were from Ronnybrook farm, and were amongst the freshest, tightest whites and tallest yolks I've ever seen. They make for especially pretty sunny-side ups.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Amerigo Vespucci!

Ooh, looks yummy.........and messy to eat!

I don't know about you, but I'd need a bib to eat that without getting it on my clothes, lol!

Bon appetit!

:9

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. We used to have a little tiny Vietnamese deli JUST off the U of A campus...

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... that had INCREDIBLE sandwiches that were really really cheap.
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Unbelievable, they went out of business (they closed up, anyways --
no knowledge of the reason).
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[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. There was a chain of "China Beach" restaurants years ago...

...that's where I discovered these sandwiches. They went out of business, too. Made no sense, their stuff was GREAT.

There is a local chain called "Mr. Lee's" that is popular but the sandwiches are TINY and EXPENSIVE.

There's a little hole-in-the-wall place in Sunnyvale called "Cam Hung", tucked into a tiny strip mall next to a liquor store, that makes good sandwiches for a reasonable price. When I get that jones, that's where I go. They put one jalapeno in the sandwich...and ask you if you want it...and it is a true flame-thrower. When you hit that bite, you almost regret it. Almost.

There's a full review here, with photos (the site owners ask people to NOT direct-link their pics because of bandwidth issues):

http://www.jatbar.com/reviews/Sunnyvale/Cam_Hung.asp

:toast:

[applegrove]

4. My mouth is watering.