banh mi saigon bakery

138 mott b/t grand & hester

if i had thought ahead of time to make more nuanced variants of “recommended,” banh mi saigon bakery would have been in the “highly recommended”, “most delicious food”, and “best bargain” categories. my sister was totally right when she said, “it’s 25 cents more, but it’s worth it.”

compared to the banh mi so and the other banh mi place, the extra 25 cents (for a whopping total of $3.25 a sandwich) goes toward a) more flavorful roast pork and b) a better marinated and assembled assortment of julienned vegetables. (unfortunately, the somewhat mediocre french roll remains the same. but for $3.25 you could even afford to drop by le pain quotidien and swap the bread for something else.)

i can’t really describe how good this ridiculously cheap sandwich is. you’ll just have to go and try it yourself (but beware, they close around 7/7:30 and sometimes run out of roast pork at the end of the day. call ahead and they’ll save you one.)