?> {"id":6856,"date":"2014-07-30T18:27:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T22:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2014-07-30T18:27:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T22:27:29","slug":"tam-deli-and-cafe-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2014\/07\/tam-deli-and-cafe-austin-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Tam Deli and Cafe – Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The last day of our Louisiana\/Texas trip was really just a travel day. We had an early afternoon flight out of Austin and needed to return our rental car by midday, so we took it easy in the morning. We did have one last stop planned though, on our way to the airport. Rather than suffering through bad airplane food, we picked up some banh mis from Tam Deli and Cafe to tide us over.<\/p>\n The banh mi that I had read the most about during my research was the fried garlic shrimp banh mi. When we opened up the sandwich though, it looked more like a po’ boy than a typical banh mi, as it was dressed with lettuce, tomato, and mayo, rather than cilantro, jalapenos, and pickled vegetables. We laughed that our trip had come full circle, considering we started out in New Orleans and ate more than our fair share of po’ boys<\/a> while we were there. Nevertheless, it was a delicious sandwich – the shrimp were perfectly fried and covered with crunchy, pungent bits of garlic. The garlic flavor wasn’t overwhelming, but it definitely makes its presence known. The french bread was crusty on the outside, chewy on the inside, and wrapped around the fillings nicely, without getting soggy or too messy.<\/p>\n