Banh Mi Bo

Andi here.....

Had myself a delicious Vietnamese Banh Mi Bo sandwich at Chapel Hill's ingenious lunch spot--Sandwhich--off Franklin Street last Friday before scooting off to Wilmington for Kathryn's wedding. Ingredients are as follows:

Crushed grass-fed meatballs
Nueske’s bacon
pork pate
cucumbers, onions, pickled daikon
carrot
jalapenos
tomato sauce
cilantro on baguette

*Key Ingredient: pickled daikon*

The crunchy texture of the daikon & onion balanced nicely with the softer baguette and mashed meatballs. Without it the sandwich would have been nothing more than a meatball sub. And the vinegar used to pickle the daikon & onion cut nicely through the smoky flavor of the meatballs and bacon, giving the sandwich complexity and depth.