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Sandwich Mania

I have to interrupt our CA trip story with the sandwich mania i'm currently experiencing. Now, i'm no lover of the sandwich and keep in mind that my mom HATES sandwiches with a passion, but i've recently had 2 excellent sandwiches and i'm terribly sad i can't actually eat them for lunch every day.

The first one was at Pret a Manger near Bryant Park. For some reason they make the best egg salad sandwich i've ever had. They call it the "Florentine" and it's a hearty grain bread with tomato, spinach, red onion, cheese and the perfect egg salad mixture - not too full of mayo, good sized chopped egg and well seasoned with black pepper. be claims that Pret also makes the best tuna salad sandwich ever, one that doesn't have offensive celery chunks and too much mayo either. They seem like a socially responsible company, plus they actually post the secret recipes for some of their goods. That's pretty tuff!

The second excellent sandwich was the #13 "Vegan Chicken with Lemongrass: (NOT Meat)" at Viet Nam Banh Mi So #1 in Little Italy. I had previously blogged about sandwiches #11 & 12 and those amazing vegetarian fresh spring rolls but until tonight, hadn't experienced the wonders of #13. The "vegan chicken" was made up of pressed marinated tofu chunks, soft and slightly textured. It wasn't too much like meat so those who hate freakingly accurate fake meat products will be okay with their version. The vegan chicken was served up in a toasted baguette with carrot, cucumber, cilantro, homemade mayo and hot sauce. I didn't get the hot peppers this time and regretted it when i found the hot sauce too mild. Regardless, even without hot peppers and sauce - it was an amazingly delicious sandwich, so fragrant and hearty yet crisp and creamy at the same time. Definitely worth slogging through the slush after work!

Lastly, check out this soy milk maker review! I thought about getting one since we do drink a good amount of soy milk.

posted by beXn @ 10:02 PM