Mr. Baguette

We went to the Mr. Baguette on Atlantic this weekend. I've been craving a good Vietnamese sandwich for months now. We always seem to have new places to try, or family lunches to attend, so it's never the right time to grab one on the run. J's grandparents live close to a Mr. B, though, so this weekend I insisted.

Meh. It was okay, but it did not satisfy my banh mi craving at all. I don't like the long skinny bread, even though it was fairly good quality. There wasn't enough meat in it, and definitely not enough pate or vegetables. I think the quality of meat might be slightly better than what I'm used to, but I'd rather have a sandwich from a dirty dive in the Tenderloin any day. The baguettes there are a little fatter, and stuffed to bursting with meat, pate, and more strongly pickled vegetables. I'm sure there are better places in LA as well, I just need to get around more. What I did like at Mr. B was the iced coffee with condensed milk. It was really thick and creamy, but they filled up the entire cup with ice so there wasn't much coffee. Annoying.