Remember when fusion cuisine was all the rage? Perhaps it was first perfected in Vietnam, where decades of foreign rule left fingerprints on everything, including the food. The best example of this is the baguette sandwich — a crisp, French-style baguette filled with very un-French ingredients: sliced chili pepper, cilantro, cucumber, marinated daikon and carrot, and your choice of meat. And one of the best places around here to find one of these sandwiches is SweeTea, a little spot just outside Porter Square. It makes six varieties of the baguette sandwich, including the classic, which is filled with the above ingredients and a mix of Vietnamese cold cuts, as well as beef, pork, sausage, chicken, and tofu versions.

It’s the ultimate sandwich — hearty, spiked with the bright flavor of cilantro, chili, and soy sauce — making it a fine addition to a warm-weather picnic, Saigon-style.

Available for $3.50 at SweeTea, 1796 Mass Ave, in Cambridge. Call (617) 868-1899.