Toronto – Vietnamese Subs to Asians is what a hot dog is to Caucasians… Good cheap food. When I brought home one of these delicious snacks last night, my roommate Brian was all like ‘That looks good, what is it?’. In that moment of time, I realized that not everyone on Earth knows what a Vietnamese sub is, and that I, and I alone, must share that knowledge..via this blog post. So I guess a few more people will know what this is.
Vietnamese sub is a french bread/baguette filled with meat and the following ingredients: pickled carrots and daikon, onions, cucumbers, cilantro, jalapeño peppers. Sometimes there’s no onions, sometimes theres no peppers, but you get my drift. Those are the core. What type of meat is there? Well thats a real mystery. Viet Subs usually sell for $1 to $2. You usually get a bit of meat..ham, pate, grilled pork and shredded pork are some common meats you would find. Whatever..what kind of meat do u expect for a 2$ sandwich? What you need to know is that these things are really tasty.
I think Westerners will really like the Vietnamese subs once they discover it, it’s like a sandwich, which from what I have witnessed, is a staple in the white man’s diet. You could say it probably had it’s roots from France, with the whole Vietnam thing and all. Anyways, you can find these at your local Vietnamese sandwich shop, probably located in Chinatown. Look for “Banh Mi” on the street sign or something.
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Horaayy..there are 10 comment(s) for me so far ;)
I knew what it WAS, my question was “where did you get it?”
man I wish I could find a place here that made good banh mi. I miss the tofu ones I used to get in LA
BTW, anyone who’s ever lived in Calgary (as I have) knows what a Vietnamese sub is, they sell them all over that city.
Who here doesn’t quite buy Brian’s overly enthusiastic sale of encyclopedic Viet-sub knowledge? *raises hand*
Hahahahahahaha. I’m kidding.
Haha, I don’t have all the answers about Vietnamese subs, Allison, I’m just one man, trying to make do with whatever he can…
I was just slightly insulted by Ricky’s notion that as a Caucasian Westerner I didn’t know what a Vietnamese sub was, that’s all.
I understand. You are getting up and saying ‘I AM NOT CAKEY’. Good for you. I feel Italians and Asians just automatically assume no one else has no idea what they are talking about when it comes to food.
I’m a caucasian easterner. I had no idea what a Vietnamese sub was. Out east, we call them donairs. Then again, we call everything a donair. One year for my birthday, I had a donair cake. I always that it was a fancy type of cake, but now I realize that we were just poor and my parents put candles on the main course and called it dessert.
Wade, did you just get up and say ‘I AM CAKEY’? If so, good for you.
im just filling out the ‘asian centric’ part of our blog.
These sandwiches are like crack. You eat one and addiction sets in. My friend and I have to travel 3.5 hours to Atlanta to get one with coconut bubble tea.