Bánh mì - sandwich with beef short rib, chilies, honey peanut sauce, and more

The peanuts... Can't say I ever had it that way.

For someone lives in the country since he was born, yea, me neither have mine with peanuts.

Looks a little dry tbh, but that can be hard to tell from a picture.

How do you close this? And where is the secret lard sauce?

You stick a knife in the middle, firmly close the top and slide out the knife.
Source: My cousin is an official sandwich artist.
It closed surprisingly easily. The bread was crunchy on the outside, but gave way easily on the inside. There were many small ingredients rather than a few big ones, so the sandwich was quite formable.

I'd like a video or gif of the banh mi closing

Share?

No.

It looks tasty but it also looks expensive. I lived off of $2 bahn mi sandwiches when I first moved to LA. Now even the street tacos are expensive.

I just buy $0.5 banh mi in Hanoi 💁
- Fuck ya bro. I'm seven years in. How about you?

That looks great - except I see cucumber in there. Is it just me that finds the taste of cucumber really intrusive? Even if I pick it out I can still taste it on the stuff it's touched.

I'm with you. I can't stand cucumber.
- Yeah, it tastes of abomination. Not too keen on the whole melon family TBH. I like gherkins though. I'll eat pretty much anything if it's pickled.

as long as there aint no liver and shit

Get rid of that evil cilantro, ruins a great looking banh mi!

Gonna have to downvote you on that because most of the time, cilantro is in bánh mì. Nothing wrong with it, stop being a little baby and eat your greens.
- I'm gonna have to downvote you on this.
  We ain't being a baby. Coriander/Cilantro is a genetic thing. You either love it, or you hate it. We can't help not liking it.
  I find it tastes like soap and overpowers everything it's put into. So if you want to know my experience, cut up a bar of soap and put it into your salad like it's some sort of weird cheese and try eating it. It's not a good experience.
- It's probably just genetics.
- I live in Vietnam, first thing I learned how to say was no cilantro 😅
- Also... I live in Vietnam but I'm in Laos right now, cilantro or not, now you made me crave banh mi and I feel like I should go back home to get some 😅 Usually eat two a day, every day.
I'm only agreeing with you due to allergies.