[Soviet Exile]

A few things:

1. A technique to try for grilling sandwiches that gives you the cuban experience: You need two frying pans, and a tea kettle or brick or something heavy to place iside of pan. You need deli rolls. Fill your sandwich. Cheese is usually involved. Butter bottom and top of roll. Not insides. Heat pan on mediumish heat. Place sandwich in pan. Place second pan on top of sandwich. Place teapot or heavy thing on top of pan. Grill both sides. It's cuban sandwich like, but the fillings can be anything. I was hooked on this technique for a while, but it requires a lot of clean up.

2. Tortas are excellent. If you are in the Bay Area check out the taco trucks on International Blvd. in Oakland. My favorite is El Ojo de Agua. (They use a similar technique to above.)

3. I agree about Saigon Sandwiches. In south bay, and various other places where there are large vietnamese populations, check out Lee's Sandwiches. They make their own baguettes, which rival those from france.