Why would we ban you? This is a great post.

Never had banh mi before, so no idea how authentic this is. It's kind of a double version of it, because I couldn't decide what toppings I wanted. The right half is vegan meat balls and mushrooms, the left half is fried tofu and calamari.

I'm not a mod, so I can't ban you on request, but that's a pretty dope looking sandwich.

One of the tastiest things on earth.

One of the things I miss about living on the East Coast was the plentitude of Asian shops, little groceries, and of course, the loverly H-Mart supermarket. I used to get banh mi takeout on a regular basis, in which the 'meat' was typically prepared tofu. (baked? fried? I don't remember)

The prices were usually incredibly low at almost all these places, too, which rewarded constant experimentation.

That bread looks nice and crusty, btw. That there's the bomb, for me.

I can feel the cuts on the roof of my mouth from that bread.

If im seeing this correctly, there's no pate, correct? So I dont love being a pedant, but I totally am one lol so id say this is a thai inspired veggie sandwich to keep people like me at bay lol. Without pate its just really not a banh mi. But! Im sure its tasty af which is clearly the most important aspect. And now you've made me think of making a mushroom paste to stand in for the pate to make a delish veg stand-in, char the fuck out of em and blend with some alliums, almost a duxelles....yum! At any rate, thanks for sharing! Looks super yum!

banh mi irl