Bánh Mì Tiệc
Party/banquet bánh mì; small, fancy versions for events.
Party/banquet bánh mì; small, fancy versions for events.
Bánh mì thịt luộc is Vietnam's plainest bánh mì filling: pale poached pork with no char or cure, built to work because the fish sauce, herbs, and pickle do the seasoning boiling left out.
Bánh mì thịt luộc mắm nêm is the central-Vietnamese roll built on deliberately plain poached pork, soft cool belly under a fierce fermented-fish sauce: the Đà Nẵng rice-paper plate folded into a loaf.
Bánh mì thịt heo mắm hands the seasoning to mắm nêm, the pungent fermented-anchovy sauce let down with pineapple and chilli. Plain pork, a loud sauce, the central coast in a loaf.
Bánh mì with thịt băm (minced/ground pork); stir-fried seasoned ground meat.
Tết fills a Vietnamese kitchen with rice cake, pork roll, and braised pork days before the holiday, so that week's bánh mì is built from what's already cooked, not one fixed recipe.
Toasted/grilled bánh mì; bread toasted over charcoal.
Mini bánh mì; bite-sized, party or snack version.
Bánh mì mắm nêm is a central-Vietnamese roll decided by its jar: fermented anchovy sauce in two grades, whole-fish or ground, let down with pineapple and chilli over plain pork in a rice-flour loaf.
Bánh mì with mắm chưng (steamed fermented fish paste with pork and egg); Central specialty, intensely savory.
Mixed/assorted filling bánh mì; combination of various ingredients.
Wedding bánh mì; served at wedding banquets.
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.