Villandry Salad with Roast Chicken, Green Beans and Beets

 

When I was going to school in London a few years ago, a bunch of us would usually get lunch at a place around the corner from us called Villandry. They had pretty pastries and imported foods and other gifty things, along with a really, really good salad bar. I would get pretty much exactly the same salad every time: arugula with chicken, green beans and beets. I don't know how I managed to gain so much weight in London if I was eating salad all the time (oh wait... it might have been all the junk food I was eating before and after the salad. Delicious British junk food...)

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Vietnamese Subs (Bánh Mì)

I only had my first Vietnamese sub last fall - before that, I was woefully ignorant of the magic that is bánh mì. On one of our first few dates, my bf took me to V Sandwiches downtown, where I wolfed down a giant lemongrass tofu sub. I actually didn't believe it would fit in my stomach, it was that huge... huge, but so goooood. Afterwards we went to the Yellowhead Brewery for a comedy night fundraiser, and I got to meet a bunch of his friends for the first time. It was a really lovely night (despite it being extremely $£%*ing cold outside). 

I recently also tried bánh mì from the Sailin' On food truck at the 124th Street Market - again, ridiculously huge, ridiculously good. How did I not know about this stuff sooner?

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