This -- a roasted cauliflower sandwich -- was my lunch today at Bocado in the Westside. Besides the slightly crunchy cauliflower, the sandwich included Chinese and Thai eggplant, cilantro and spicy mayo. It was very much like the Vietnamese banh mi.
Actually, four of us went to Abattoir first but were disappointed to learn that it is no longer open for lunch. We were all tuned up to consume offal.
Bocado more than compensated. Its lunch menu is all sandwiches and salads. Other sandwiches at the table included a classic Cuban, another featuring braised short ribs and one combining ham and pork with avocado, chili and cheese. Dessert was the restaurant's incomparable chocolate pudding (with bananas, peanuts and caramel whip).
(By Cliff Bostock)