Bánh Mì Bò Bít Tết
Bánh mì with bò bít tết (beef steak); French-influenced beefsteak, often served with fried egg.
Bánh mì with bò bít tết (beef steak); French-influenced beefsteak, often served with fried egg.
Raw rice toasted dark and ground to a nutty meal is the whole flavor engine of bánh mì bì: it turns plain shredded pork skin into a dry, perfumed, rustling tangle, Saigon broken-rice thrift in a loaf.
Shredded pork skin bánh mì; the bì adds crunch and texture.
Berlin's bánh mì descends from the Vietnamese contract workers who came east to GDR factories and stayed. A Vietnamese build on a German pantry, kept on the counters of Lichtenberg's Dong Xuan Center.
Style from Bảy Hổ shop; another legendary Saigon establishment.
Bánh mì served with bánh cuốn (steamed rice rolls); Northern breakfast combination.
Style from Madame Lan's shop; another famous Hội An establishment.
Famous 'grandmother's' bánh mì in Đà Nẵng; legendary local shop.
Bánh mì with ba chỉ (pork belly); can be grilled, braised, or roasted.
Roast pork belly with crispy skin.
Grilled pork belly; fatty, crispy edges, smoky.
Avocado bánh mì; modern healthy addition.
Mung bean paste-filled bánh mì; sweet yellow bean filling.
Red bean paste-filled bánh mì; sweet azuki bean filling.
The name promises tofu, but a Vietnamese chay cart more often hands over chả chay or pâté chay. Tofu brings almost no salt and no fat, so the sandwich gets rebuilt around it.
Grilled tofu bánh mì; charred, smoky flavor.
Braised tofu in caramel sauce; vegetarian version of thịt kho.
Fried tofu bánh mì; crispy exterior, soft interior.
Fried tofu with lemongrass and chili; aromatic vegetarian option.
Bánh mì for death anniversary ceremonies; served at family gatherings.
Order a bánh mì đặc biệt and you have asked for a quantity, not a recipe: every cold cut at once, the fullest pâté, sometimes a warm spoon of xíu mại. The deluxe line on the board.
Đà Nẵng-style bánh mì; Central coast style, seafood influences.
A real address in Hanoi's Old Quarter: the couple who opened Bánh Mì 25 in December 2014, the numbered morning queue, and what a sandwich costs there today.