I love Vietnamese Chicken Sandwiches & Cashews

The other day I had to do some business in Richmond.  I love Thai Chicken Sandwiches but the shop which makes them doesn't open until around 9am.   It is too far away for me to go there for lunch and I often pass the shop on my way to work, but at around 7am when they are not yet open

I have gotten into the habit of stopping here on my way to work after they open to buy my favourite Chicken sandwiches where I ask them to put on extra cilantro.  

I used to work around the corner and I used to come here a couple of times a week.   She still remembers me as I am the only one who discards all the pickled vegetables and instead gets a big dose of cilantro

Sorry, no photos of the sandwiches (I ate them too fast) but I have to let you know that they were very tasty, and here she is toasting the buns . . .

We were in the middle of a heat wave and this shop does not have air conditioning

When Ed was here I found out that he really likes cashews but my supply was getting low.   Since it was hot I told him that I didn't really want to turn on our oven,  but I WOULD if he wanted some .

Now that it is much cooler, today I made another batch

I spread some RAW cashews on a cooking sheet, all spread out in one layer

I set our oven to 350°F and put them in for about 15 minutes.  Then I took the tray out to check their progress.   Nope, not ready yet.   I set the timer for another 14 minutes and put them back into the 350°F heat.    I like the cashews roasted a bit darker, they have more crunch this way

I removed them and put then into a metal wok, sprinkled a bit of vegetable oil so that the salt could adhere.  Not too much salt but I have tried them "plain" and found that I prefer salted cashews

I waited a while to let them cool,   then I put them into a large jar

I've got no will-power.   I have to take a sample everytime I walk by . . .