Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa
Style from legendary Huỳnh Hoa shop; known for extremely generous meat portions, considered by many the best in Saigon.
Style from legendary Huỳnh Hoa shop; known for extremely generous meat portions, considered by many the best in Saigon.
Charcoal-toasted, split with chili, filled with pâté, chả and pickles, then ladled with brown sauce: the late-night Huế roll that O Tho sold from bridge-end carts.
A Huế bánh mì built with everything: charcoal-warmed bread, pâté, chả, nem and roast pork, finished with pickles, herbs and more chili than the south would offer.
Bánh mì served alongside hủ tiếu (Southern rice noodle soup); bread for dipping.
Houston Vietnamese-American style; significant Vietnamese community.
Hội An-style bánh mì; famous worldwide, particularly associated with Bánh Mì Phượng; balance of crispy bread, pâté, meats, fresh herbs.
A sizzling skillet of fried eggs, pork and homemade pâté with a whole baguette on the side, served in Saigon since 1958 and at 53 Cao Thắng since 1960.
You hear it before you taste it: the cleaver coming down and the rind splitting like thin glass. Heo quay roast pork in the rice-flour loaf, a snapping crust on a snapping crust.
Grilled pork bánh mì told through the cut and the marinade: pork shoulder chosen for its fat, sugar that seasons raw then caramelizes over charcoal, honey or condensed milk for extra shine.
Bánh mì with oysters; grilled or fried.
Mixed seafood bánh mì; combination of shrimp, squid, fish.
Pâté, chả or xá xíu and chili sauce on a reheated crisp loaf, as built at Bánh mì Bà Dần, 34 Lò Sũ, a Hoàn Kiếm counter open for over forty years.
A Hanoi bánh mì built from a family counter's pantry: six-hour pâté, xá xíu, red sausage and ruốc on a crisp loaf, sold on Hàng Gai since 1979.
Pillow bread; soft, slightly sweet white bread loaf.
Bánh mì served with gỏi cuốn (fresh spring rolls); sometimes deconstructed, served together.
A crackling-crust bánh mì from the counter at Dong Phuong Bakery in New Orleans East, where the thin-shelled loaf is baked a few steps from where the sandwich is filled.
Bánh mì with giò thủ (head cheese); similar to thịt nguội, pork parts in aspic.
Alternative name for chả lụa bánh mì; giò and chả both refer to pork roll.
Alternative name for pork leg bánh mì.
Bánh mì with both giò (steamed pork roll) and chả (grilled/fried pork roll); combination.
Bánh mì with swimming crab/blue crab; sweet crab meat.
The bánh mì gánh is named not for a filling but for the gánh, the shoulder pole: a baguette built to order from two swinging baskets, sold by a walking vendor along a market aisle or a lane.
The word gà on a cart board, nothing after it: a promise of chicken and a refusal to say more. Grilled, roasted, or a cool poached shred, the parent the named chicken rolls split from.