more food things i love about houston

there are approximately 100 million vietnamese sandwich shops in houston, and about 75% of them are within a 5 minute drive from where i work. i have gone out on a limb before and tried some of the meaty variety, but i think i'm just too american or something not to be petrified of what , to me, will always be 'vietnamese mystery meat probably of the piggy persuasion'-- which can sometimes be an alarming shade of red. so i usually stick with the veggie sandwich, which is so freaking good all on its own, who cares about fancy foreign meat anyway? awesome bread, some sort of butter/mayo hybrid, carrots, cucumber, cilantro, jalapenos, and mysterious yummy soy+(?) sauce. it's MUCH better than it sounds (plain. if ever a description of a sandwich could shrug it's shoulders-- this one would for sure)-- crunchy, crisp, sweet and savory all at the same time for less than two bucks. i fucking love the food in houston.