Today’s Vegan Mofo prompt is Best Sandwich Ever. In terms of buying a sandwich somewhere, I have two favourites. The first is Trang Bakery in Hardware Street, Melbourne (there’s an outlet in Collingwood too). Trang Bakery make the best banh mi I’ve ever tasted. There are great vegan options like eggplant tempura, roast BBQ pork, lemongrass tofu and the roast mock duck, shown above. I love the chilli, peanuts and fried shallots. A banh mi costs $6 and they’re really filling. Get some vegan fresh made donuts while you’re there!
My other favourite is Smith & Deli. You can read about my visit here, where I had this amazing sandwich called the Home Alone, though in this photo you see the sandwich in bread slices form. The deli had run out of the bread rolls, but this is still one super sandwich. It’s basically a roast meal in a sandwich: turkey, roast brussels sprouts, mashed potato, stuffing and cranberry sauce:
True North in Coburg make a great vegan Reuben too:
Toastie Temple have a stall at Preston Market and serve delicious organic vegan cheese toasties using locally produced artisan ingredients:
Rosalie from Quinces and Kale has an awesome Mofo theme this year. She’s blogging about Smith & Deli sandwiches every day! I haven’t been back to Smith & Deli in an unbearably long time so I’m loving all the different sandwiches Rosalie is featuring. It took me a long time deciding what I wanted the first time I visited because so many sandwiches on the menu sounded fab.
My favourite home made sandwiches come out of Vegan Sandwiches Save The Day. I reviewed this awesome book and made some ace sandwiches, my favourites being the Chickpea Shawarma:
… and the Asian Eggplant Sandwich:
Happy fifth day of Mofo!
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They all look great but I think I’d go for the “turkey” and cranberry first!!! Yum.
I’m tempted to buy it next time even though I’ve made my mind up to try everything else first!
Thanks for the #veganmofo plug. Strangely my day 5 sandwich was my least favourite so far. I probably should have featuredanother one for today. Some of yours look great!
You should sneak some Trang Bakery in to your Mofo somehow 😛
Miles ahead of you…
ha! 😀
Too many great sandwiches I need to try – at least I have enjoyed the home alone – I need to get back to smith and deli too
I follow Smith & Deli on instagram and they had a jackfruit burrito yesterday, I would have loved to try it and had the chance to be dropped off in Fitzroy but chose to stay home and get housework/computer stuff done when the family were out!
such delicious looking sandwiches! Can’t wait to try Smith and Deli next time I’m in Melbourne
The beef bourgignon pies from there are amazing but freakishly meat-like in appearance. best pie pastry I’ve ever had.
I love that chickpea shawarma so much. It’s my favorite recipe from the book. I haven’t made it in a while. Maybe this weekend!
I had a few people recommend I make that and I’m so glad I did. It’s a star!
What a plethora of good sandwiches! The eggplant from VSSD is swan songing my stomach 😉
it’s really good. Simple too if I remember well. I didn’t use the book for a while cos I thought the recipes were too involved but it really is fab.
That banh mi looks spectacular! I’m really not a big fan of sandwiches, but that’s the one that can always tempt me.
it’s really good, I think the success is because the bread and fillings are just right.
AHH! They all looks so delicious! I love sandwiches so much <3
Sandwiches are so good, I gotta make more from Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day. Love that book!
I am so excited about Smith & Deli sandwiches when I am in Melbourne in October. The Home Alone is currently the at the top of my list.
Also I am happy that there is a Trang’s close to the forum venue on the weekend, so I can finally have my first ever Banh Mi!
If you’re talking about Trangs in the city, Raw Trader is around the corner though I don’t know if they’re using coconut oil in everything. They’re always coming up with new stuff so it’s definitely worth finding out!
Sometimes reading your blog makes me think there are more vegan options in Australia than in my area! And I usually brag about how vegan friendly Philadelphia is! XD Those sandwiches look awesome!
yep we’re pretty spoilt 😀 World Vegan Day is in November and I’m hoping to show the world how we do it!