Food

My first go at Bahn Mi..

I was a bit late last night when I decided to try and make this, so I didn't have access to all supermarkets and shops that I needed for the proper ingredients.

First of all I couldnt make the bread myself, so I just bought a baguette which I baked off myself.
Then the supermarket that was still open didnt sell daikon, and I had only about 2 hours to pickle the carrots. I refused to buy picked ones in the supermarket cause they're filled with who knows what.
I'm at my parents place so I don't have my favourite fish sauce here and had to use some crappy, yet expensive stuff.
But the worst part was the meat. It was indeed some kind of salty cured stuff. To be honest the structure of the meat after braising was very pleasant, but it was so extremely salty.. Almost too salt to be able to enjoy the baguette, but I put quite some time and work into it so I finished it no matter what.

It wasn't the perfect thing, but for a very late midnight snack I had nothing to complain!

The salty stuff cooking with onion and garlic

Starting to look and smell good

Braising with water, fish sauce and peppercorns

Starting da caramel

Ready to add to the meat

Braising all together

Colour is getting better

Preparing the other ingredients. Pre-mixed some soy sauce with mayo

At this point I couldn't resist trying some of it. I could already taste the saltiness, but in spite of that it tasted quite nice

Warm bread, starting to look like Bahn Mi

Wrapped it in some foil to make it easier to eat. Very salty indeed, but I could level that a little bit with a can of coke.

A whole lot of work for a sandwich, but I'm sure that if it's prepared with the right ingredients it's definitely worth it. Will try and make it again some time soon!
Oh and by the way: FUCK that cilantro has an amazing effect on the sandwich. Simply perfect match!