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# Banh Mi - Lemongrass Beef at Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-le-pho-vietnamese-restaurant-banh-mi-lemongrass-beef/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:08:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:08:35.000Z
- Description: Beef on vietnamese baguette. Sandwich Score 76, excellent. At Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-le-pho-vietnamese-restaurant/), a bánh mì shop in Berkeley, California.

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**76**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +13.

Reads as a banh mi, five of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

70

Harmony

88

Contrast

86

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

95

Quality

100

Envelope

100

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**vietnamese baguette**, served cold: Beef; *pickled carrot and daikon*; *cucumber*; *cilantro*; *jalapeno*; *mayonnaise*.

In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant's typical score.

## Balance

salt0.5 · 24thacid0.6 · 52ndfat2.0 · 45thsweet0.1 · 22ndumami1.1 · 31stheat0.3 · 76thbitter0.3 · 76th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.5   | 24th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 52nd               |
| fat    | 2.0   | 45th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 22nd               |
| umami  | 1.1   | 31st               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 76th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 76th               |

**70** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                                            | Role     | Flavor and texture               | Points     |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| vietnamese baguettescored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread    | crispy soft flaky                | the frame  |
| Beef                                                             | protein  | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | **+10**    |
| pickled carrot and daikon                                        |          |                                  | not scored |
| cucumber                                                         | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh              | **−3**     |
| cilantro                                                         | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal       | **0**      |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño                                       | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw         | **+3**     |
| mayonnaise                                                       | sauce    | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy        | **+12**    |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Cilantro + Jalapeño**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.10 short).

[All the sandwiches at Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-le-pho-vietnamese-restaurant/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.lephorestaurant.com/berkeley-menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.