The Blog · Stories, Guides, Recipes

We Know Bánh Mì.
We Wrote It Down.

Fifteen years in hospitality. Multiple trips eating bánh mì across Vietnam. One increasingly specific obsession. These are our stories, guides and recipes, written by people who have eaten enough bad bánh mì to know exactly what a great one looks like.

Bánh mì: the Vietnamese sandwich born in Saigon in 1954, made with a rice flour baguette, pâté, char siu, pickled daikon and fresh herbs

History · What Is Bánh Mì

What Is Bánh Mì? The Sandwich That Survived History.

A French baguette. A colonial city. One million refugees. And somehow, the greatest sandwich on earth. Here's the full, unfiltered story of where bánh mì came from, and why it hit the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011.

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Queue outside a Sydney bánh mì shop at lunchtime: the best bánh mì in Sydney has a line

Sydney Guide

Best Bánh Mì in Sydney: What to Look For (And What to Walk Away From)

Five signs you're about to eat a great one. Five signs you should've kept walking. Sydney has incredible bánh mì. Here's how to find it.

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Pre-dawn Ho Chi Minh City bánh mì cart glowing under a warm light , authentic Vietnamese street food, Saigon

Travel · Vietnam

I Ate Bánh Mì Every Day in Vietnam. Here's What Happened.

Multiple trips. Every morning. District 1, Hội An, 6:30am footpath carts. And the moment on a Saigon footpath that started this whole thing.

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Kitchen bench covered in bánh mì ingredients: do chua, pâté, char siu pork, fresh herbs, baguette, the full banh mi recipe

Recipe · How to Make Bánh Mì

The Bánh Mì Recipe You'll Make Once, Then Never Again.

The complete how-to: do chua, pâté, char siu, assembly in order. Make it once. You'll understand why a great bánh mì shop feels almost magical.

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