Porchetta Banh Mi

Finally made it to Jinius, by @jin__baker, the famous Korean baker. Been very curious about this one. There were a few sandwich options, but I wasn’t really feeling a toastie or focaccia that morning, so I ended up going for the Porchetta Banh Mi.

Flavour-wise, I actually quite enjoyed it. The porchetta was sliced super thin and almost melted in your mouth, there were HEAPS and heaps of crunchy pickled carrots, creamy XO mayo and a little kick from the jalapeño. Lots going on, but it all tasted really good together.

But... I’m just not entirely sure about this as a sandwich lol.

It takes inspiration from a banh mi, but it’s pretty far from anything remotely close to one. And this was very much a knife-and-fork situation. Even then, it was kinda hard to eat because the baguette was difficult to cut. I basically ended up eating the filling with a fork, picking up the bottom half of the bread with my hand, then eating the top half of the baguette separately 😂

Maybe this is a me problem? I dunno. Taste-wise I really don’t have much to complain about. It’s a really interesting dish and the flavours were great. I’m just slightly questioning its sandwich credentials.

Also, I normally don’t talk much about drinks here unless they’re REALLY good, but the Jinius drink was honestly the best thing I had. The flavours were sooo on point, not overly sweet, and that salted caramel cream was heavenly. 11/10 for the drink. No notes.