This recipe reminds me of two of my firsts in my life. It reminds me of the first time I ate pho at a Vietnamese restaurant that my sister introduced me to. I remember distinctly ordering both pho and a banh mi because I wanted to try everything, and because I don’t know about you, but soup isn’t really filling to me. I always just think of it as a starter to a larger meal, but I digress, that’s not the point I’m trying to make. The second first it reminds me of is one of the dishes I cooked all the time when I was younger, and that is a meatball sandwich. I’ve always loved to cook, ever since I was little, and even though I didn’t know how to make many things back then, I tried very hard to cook as much as I could and as often as I could. So the first time I made meatball sandwiches, I realized how easy they were to make and so I would cook them all the time. I wonder if my family ever got tired of them?
I was surfing the internet the other day and came across a recipe for a meatball banh mi sandwich from Bon Appetit and I instantly remembered about all those times at the local Vietnamese restaurant and those meatball sandwiches I would eat when I was younger. I thought it was such a great idea, and so I wanted to adapt that recipe for myself and give it a try. This is what I came up with and I’m pretty sure you’re going to love it. It’s a great recipe to make during the week for a quick and easy no-fuss no-muss dinner or on the weekend for a delicious lunch. I also think it would be great for a picnic because you can eat it at room temperature and it travels really well. I got a picnic basket for Christmas last year. It’s a nice basket that comes with a blanket and cutlery and plates and cups. Very swanky. And so I’ve been wanting to take it out for a spin. Once the weather gets a bit warmer, I’ll drag Julian out for a picnic and make these sandwiches, you better believe it.
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