Take a Bao

A decent amount of time has passed since I last posted about food, which is an absolute travesty. I've eaten at a bunch of good places recently, but one place that I particularly wanted to discuss was Baoguette, a Vietnamese sandwich shop about 3 blocks from my apartment.

This place is great. It is just counter service, so I would recommend picking food up and bringing it to Madison Square Park to eat. I had the BBQ Chicken sandwich, which is one of the best (and cheapest) sandwiches I have had awhile, rivaling Defonte's (althought not surpassing it). The BBQ Chicken sandwich had a large quantity of small, marinated pieces of chicken on it, and included pickeled Daikon, fresh cliantro, cucumber, and garlic aoli. Just a fantastic combination of flavors. What made the sandwich was the long, fresh baked sub roll.

The negatives: The restaurant was about 117 degrees, and by the time I left I was dripping with sweat. Also, the woman behind the counter who takes your order isn't exactly the friendliest, but I'm not complaining. I'm not there to make friends, I'm there to eat a great sandwich.