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# Banh Mi - Vietnamese Ham at Le Pho Vietnamese Restaurant
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-le-pho-vietnamese-restaurant-banh-mi-vietnamese-ham/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:08:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:08:56.000Z
- Description: Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll) on vietnamese baguette. Sandwich Score 84, 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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**84**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

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

Balance

80

Harmony

99

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: Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll); *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

salt1.1 · 55thacid0.6 · 52ndfat1.8 · 34thsweet0.4 · 51stumami1.3 · 42ndheat0.3 · 76thbitter0.3 · 76th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 55th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 52nd               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 34th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 51st               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 42nd               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 76th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 76th               |

**80** 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  |
| Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll)                                   | protein  | umami 4 salt 3 fat 2 springy soft tender | **+17**    |
| pickled carrot and daikon                                        |          |                                          | not scored |
| cucumber                                                         | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **−2**     |
| cilantro                                                         | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal               | **0**      |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño                                       | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                 | **+1**     |
| mayonnaise                                                       | sauce    | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy                | **+16**    |

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

- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.

[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.