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*blow dust*

Achoo! If my blog is a place, then I would be sneezing my head off by now. God knows how long this blog been's abandoned (well, just check back my history and you'll find out actually). It's not to say I don't want to blog anymore. It's more like... a really bad combination of laziness, lack of things and inspiration to blog and... Well, mainly laziness la =P

But I will *TRY* to revive my blog. Let's see how long this will last though >.<

So the blog post I shall try to revive my blog is a post about... SANDWICH!

But reviving a blog needs much more than a topic to talk about and that is... PHOTOS!

A blog cannot be a good blog without amazing photos =3 Sometimes when a blog post gets to long winded and you start to run your finger across the scroll button, the only thing that will actually catch back the attention of your readers is through PRETTY PHOTOS.

But... I don't really have photos of presentable sandwich so... This blog post shall be boring =.=

Oh wait I have! I went to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) a month plus back and one of the things I was dying to try out before I was there was their highly recommended Banh Mi. It's kinda like Subway but it's Asian-ised and definitely a lot cheaper (even if you use the Buy 1 Free 1 Subway coupons).

I loved it =) Loved it so much I had it thrice there. Once, twice in a day, once as dinner, another as supper (o.O)

If you guys wonder why Banh Mi's bread look so much like a shortened version of French Baguette (French bread), it's because it is. Vietnam was occupied by the French when Malaysia was occupied by the British and this is one of their culture(? Proper word?) they left behind. The Viets uses the Baguette till this day and made it into a easy-to-carry-around snack/main meal sandwich. They don't only eat it as a sandwich! Another way I've eaten it is rip pieces of the bread and dip it into half boiled egg with generous amounts of onions. God I miss Vietnam T.T (Okay yea I do have stuff to blog about I realise. I'm just to damn lazy. Gotta blog about Viet soon)

Nom nom?

NOM! Cucumbers, ham, cilantro (I know weird right), fish sauce (This is what makes it special! But I had one where they put too much of this and it became too overpowering and too salty) and some more weird stuff. The closest I can guess of the weird stuff are meat related substances which has a fat insulator layer thingy which I had to spit out while eating because I found it very icky. But you won't find the weird stuff in all Banh Mi, just in one particular shop.

And today I made sandwiches too! Luncheon meat sandwich. Would you believe me if I say it's the first time I fried luncheon meat? =.= Well it's pretty successful considering I only burnt one piece of luncheon meat =D Great achievement right hahaha (You should know I'm being sarcastic now)

Kapit luncheon meat between two breads, some slices of tomato and a dollop of egg-mayo spread and voila! A filling dinner =D

Oh and I was feeling adventurous and there are a #foreveralone luncheon meat and a #foreveralone scoop of egg mayo left so we decided to pair it up with something awesome: Nutella! The results... Well the sandwich was edible and the Nutella taste was too overpowering and totally covers the smell and taste of the meat and egg =( Wouldn't wanna try it again haha. But I think pork and chocolate would make a nice combo... Maybe next time I'll try a recipe that will combine the two of 'em.

(Wanted to try luncheon meat with thinly sliced green apples but the proposal was rejected)

And here'in ends my sandwich post which successfully reminded me to post about my HCM Vietnam trip. Soon... soon *taps fingers together*


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