Dinner was suppose to be simple the night I had prepared this plate. We had a long weekend and last thing I wanted to do on Monday evening is cook (shocker...I know).
We had all items to make a pretty decent banh mi. I had a Vietnamese fried ham (cha chien), the pate I had made recently, cilantro, cucumber, and of course the bread. The only thing I had to make was the pickled carrots (do chua) which was simple and a Sriracha aioli.
The second I started to slice the ham, I had the urge to want to turn it into something else. Yes...a regular banh mi would have been awesome, but it is just a sandwich and so plain. So I decided to make a banh mi platter...basically banh mi deconstructed.
Do not ask why. I thought it would have been fun and it was. But as I was eating it, I found myself building little "sliders". This lead to another idea that I thought would have made a great looking picture and think outside of the box kind of plating.
I ran back into the kitchen starving to the point that I was shaking, but I had an idea and I had to execute it. Next thing I knew it, I stood back and realized, I had banh mi sliders! ( pictured above).
No comments:
Post a Comment