Domino's Garlic Dipping Sauce + Vietnamese Sandwich = NO

This past Saturday, my friend and I decided to go to Boston for a quick stress-reliever. I mostly went for the shopping (if I could, I'd LIVE in Newbury Street), but my friend mostly went for the food. Or more specifically: authentic Vietnamese food. My friend who's been homesick for awhile now has been craving real Vietnamese food for forever. Comstock/Wilder just won't do. So while I've been searching for the best shops to stop by, she's been researching Boston's best Vietnamese restaurants. And the results? We weren't disappointed...except for one.

So on route to Newbury Street, we spied a tiny Vietnamese sandwich shop. We were supposed to go to a specific one later in the day, a store called "New Saigon Sandwich". Instead, we opted for that surprise-attack deli. It was tinier on the inside, with an overwhelming stench of cigarette smoke. And apparently (from what my friend had confided with me later on), the workers were speaking in different languages. If the owners couldn't tell by my constant hesitation, vacillation  and confused facial expressions, it was my first time ordering a Vietnamese sandwich. I had originally wanted to eat the same sandwich as my friend's, because it's better to be safe than sorry, right? But she had vehemently disagreed with me, so I opted for the "cold cut sandwich".

We then left the store, shopped for a long time, then headed to the Boston Commons for a quick lunch.  Everything was fine, and my friend's sandwich looked VERY yummy, when I took a peek at mine. My sandwich was comprised of colorless mystery slabs of meat, bits of carrot, lettuce, and a mystery glistening yellow sauce. My first thoughts were: "What the heck is this sauce? Is it dressing...? Why is it shining this way? Gross, I can see the fat globules through it..." And I'm pretty sure my face clearly showed my disgust. But I had to take a bite. So I did. And it was awful. I really couldn't decipher what the sauce was - the taste was just too bizarre. And the ONLY taste was that mystery sauce! My friend was evaluating my reaction the entire time, and seeing how I clearly was not enjoying it, took a bite of it as well. After much debate, we decided that the mystery sauce was indeed something similar to Domino's Garlic Dipping Sauce.

Disgusted and hungry, I chucked the sandwich away in a nearby garbage bin and ate the free yogurt samples that I've collected throughout the day instead.