Pork’n'Roll
April 1st, 2007
The Victoria St Correspondent (silent at this stage), dropped by the other day. He came with treats! He’d been over Footscray way and had dropped by the Little Saigon Market. It’s something that I haven’t mention yet, another brilliant food introduced to Australia by the Vietanmese, Báhn mi, (they’re call Vietnamese Pork Rolls in Melbourne). My god, what an invention. Vietnamese ingredients in a French baguette. The variations are endless, generally they contain pork products, salad, and three more types of pork products. The ones The Correspondent presented me with, had egg butter, liver pate, cucumber, picked carrot, soy sauce, chili sauce, and Barbecued pork balls from a skewer, (very garlicky).
The Correspondent also picked up a few Chinese treats. A couple of combination steamed buns, the big ones with Chinese sausage and quail egg. He also got what is referred to by his son as “Footballs”, (real name unknown). These were deep fried pastry/batter casings around a spiced mince pork filling. OK, but after a pork roll and steamed bun, they were hard going.
Little Saigon Market - (9687 3505) - Nicholson Street Footscray
April 14th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Hi noodleoodle
Quickly skimmed your blogsite, great stuff. I’ve got a minging hangover after a big day and night on the turps so I think I’ll take your advice and drown it in a beef noodle soup on Victoria Street in Richmond.
The “big” combination steam buns you mention are called banh bao in Vietnamese and almost rival pho as a breakfast in some parts of the country.
The closest thing banh can be translated to in English is cake.
I’ll be back as soon as the heady broth of a pho bo has remedied my condition.
Have you been to Springvale yet to sample the noodle fare down there?
Regards, Spencer J
April 14th, 2007 at 12:51 am
Beef noodle soup should do the trick! Which shop do you like going to down there?
October 14th, 2007 at 6:36 am
The vietnamese pork rolls you refer to are now reasonably well known as Viet Subs (Vietnamese Subway - eat fresh!!)
October 14th, 2007 at 9:33 am
I’ve never heard “Viet Subs”. I’m not sure I like it. Sounds a bit American.
Thanks for your comment.