I needed to somehow get past my chicken fixation. My pal Bethanne had just the thing. I may have been visiting D.C. on business last week, but we snuck in a purely personal side trip to Vietnam -- by way of the Fall's Church Eden Center.
Crammed with 120 different stores, ranging from bakeries that offered delicacies such as Taro Cake and Durian Shakes to a series of music stores blaring Saigon's hottest bands, it definitely felt like I should have brought my passport.
Instead, I simply came hungry.
A little hole in the wall quickly took care of my large appetite with a stellar sandwich - a Banh Mi filled with Shredded Pork from the lauded shop Nhu Lan. The bread was light and crisp on the outside, soft and ethereal on the inside. The vegetables where crisp, the spring of cilantro fragrant and the homemade mayo had an undeniable zing.
All in all, $3.00 well spent. And, now I guess I'm back on a pork kick...
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