Bahn Mi Thit

Tonight I want to talk about one of my favourite things to eat - Bahn Mi Thit.  Also known as Vietnamese pork rolls!

Footscray's Little Saigon market has some food shops that sell these yummy snacks for a bargain $3.50.

To's Bakery & Cafe

What ingredients make up the perfect pork roll? Pork pate, mayo, pork, pickled carrot, coriander, soy sauce, salt and white pepper and sliced hot chilli. Part of the fun in eating a pork roll is not knowing whether your next bite will be with or without a spicy chilli.

Today at Footscray Market I bought all the ingredients that I would need.  Things like chilli, corriander, vietnamese pork and carrot was easy enough to find.  I painstakingly searched each and every shelf for pork pate.  I found lots of shrimp paste, but no pork pate.

Deflated, I went to buy my usual pork roll to cheer me up.  As the lady was handing me my change, I  asked her where I could buy pork pate.

"It's not sold anywhere' she replied.

"Can I buy some from you?' I asked her.

"Sure, it's $5 for a container' she replied.

Before the sentence was out of her mouth, I was already digging through my wallet for moolah.  May was in hysterics at how eager I was and so was the lady.  

It's the long weekend and I plan to spend it eating pork rolls :o)