Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Catriona: I forgot about the colonial French influence on the Vietnamese baguette sandwiches. Now if they served real meat slices, instead of the over-processed meat in those sandwiches, I would eat the stuff more often. To me, the Asian-style processed meat tastes even more artifical and gross than some of the European style processed meat (ie. baloney, etc.).
I'm not sure which processed meat you're talking about...if it's the round greyish stuff that comes wrapped in banana leaves, I avoid that and don't eat it.

What I typically get on the sandwichs is a more spicy "ham" like stuff, and that's typical. With pate & the rest of the vegetables.

BUt you can definitely get fresher meats on them... but I can see in vietnam without ready refrigeration, the processed or ham like stuff keeps better.