Vietnamese baguette named world’s best sandwich
The website dedicated to discovering fresh ingredients, traditional dishes, and authentic restaurants around the world said that Vietnamese baguette shares the same core ingredient – a baguette.
The baguette was brought over to Viet Nam during the colonial period, and nowadays it is one of the few happy legacies from the time.
The crusty bread, condiments, and meats are all a legacy of French and Chinese colonialism, while cilantro, chili, and pickles reflect the Vietnamese taste for fresh vegetables and bright flavors.
In the beginning, most banh mi sandwiches consisted of bread, meat, and seasonings, with no added vegetables.
TasteAtlas is considered one of the world’s most prestigious traditional culinary experience travel guide websites, with a catalog of more than 10,000 types of food and drink from around the world. The recipes posted on this website are appreciated by food critics and journalists.
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Today, the possibilities are virtually limitless – the sandwiches are stuffed with cold cuts, French butter, fresh mayonnaise, liver pâté, cucumbers, cilantro, pickles, oyster sauce, garlic…and the list goes on. The bread should be light, with a delicate crust and a tender, chewy, and soft interior with a slightly sweet flavor.
The meat on the inside can be chicken, pork, beef, seafood, cold cuts, or pâtés, sausages, and terrines, but it is extremely important not to overstuff the sandwich. Most of the fillings and condiments are things that foreigners are unfamiliar with, and that just may be the secret to its popularity.
With their cult-like following and savory Vietnamese fillings, these sandwiches have crossed the borders of their native country long ago, and banh mi shops are still popping up all over the world.
Earlier, three Vietnamese signature dishes – “banh mi”, “pho”, and iced coffee – were been mentioned in a CNN list of 50 of the best street foods in Asia, which is recognized as being just a “small sampling of the region’s wonderful food traditions.”
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