Bánh mì chảoSkillet eggs, pâté and baguette
Bánh mì chảo, 'pan bread', is served at Saigon breakfast stalls in small black skillets still spitting from the stove, and more and more people eat it for a quick dinner too. Eggs are fried with sliced onion beside pork liver pâté and pork sausages, then you tear a crisp baguette and mop everything up with chilli sauce and a little soy. It's rich, so serve cucumber and tomato beside it. This dish contains pork. The common mistake is crowding the pan, so the eggs steam instead of frying with crisp, lacy edges. Chef's tip: get the pan really hot before the eggs go in, and warm the baguette in the oven so the crust shatters.



