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# Five Spice Beef Banh Mi at Sidewalk Street Food
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-sidewalk-street-food-five-spice-beef-banh-mi/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:12:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:12:05.000Z
- Description: Beef, Cucumber, Onion, Jalapeño, Cilantro, Pâté (pork liver), Mayonnaise, Maggi Seasoning Sauce on banh mi. Sandwich Score 81, excellent. At Sidewalk Street Food, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Sidewalk Street Food](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-sidewalk-street-food/), a bánh mì shop in Berkeley, California.

Bánh Mì Baguette (r…Maggi Seasoning Sau…MayonnaisePâté (pork liver)CilantroJalapeñoOnionCucumberBeefBánh Mì Baguette (r…

**81**

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

86

Harmony

93

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

80

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.

**banh mi**, served cold: Beef; Cucumber; Onion; Jalapeño; Cilantro; Pâté (pork liver); Mayonnaise; Maggi Seasoning Sauce.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Maggi Seasoning Sauce.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 75thacid0.6 · 51stfat2.1 · 49thsweet0.2 · 26thumami2.2 · 81stheat0.3 · 71stbitter0.4 · 86th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 75th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 51st               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 49th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 26th               |
| umami  | 2.2   | 81st               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 71st               |
| bitter | 0.4   | 86th               |

**86** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------- | --------- |
| banh miscored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread    | crispy soft flaky                 | the frame |
| Beef                                                 | protein  | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender  | **−1**    |
| Cucumber                                             | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh               | **−1**    |
| Onion                                                | texture  | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh       | **+1**    |
| Jalapeño                                             | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw          | **+1**    |
| Cilantro                                             | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal        | **0**     |
| Pâté (pork liver)                                    | protein  | fat 5 umami 4 salt 3 creamy silky | **−2**    |
| Mayonnaise                                           | sauce    | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy         | **+4**    |
| Maggi Seasoning Sauce                                | sauce    | salt 5 umami 5 saucy wet          | **0**     |

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

- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Jalapeño + Cilantro**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb
- **Cilantro + Pâté (pork liver)**: cilantro over rich pate, the banh mi finish

## How to raise it

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

[All the sandwiches at Sidewalk Street Food](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-sidewalk-street-food/) · [The menu this was read from](https://sidewalkstreetfood.com/our-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.