It’s unfair. They cannot name themselves Bánh Mì Bé Bi— which sounds to my ears exactly like Banh Mi Baby— and expect me to not visit. Or maybe, that was the plan all along. If yes, it worked. Last ...

Note: A well-balanced banh mi has a visual ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 of main filling to vegetables. Vegetables (some or all): Small handful pickled vegetables, drained of brine 3 or 4 thin slices medium-hot ...

After soaking in a spicy-sweet marinade, the meat is grilled on skewers and served in a baguette with cucumber and cilantro to make a flavorful banh mi pork sandwich. Luke Nguyen grew up in Australia ...

When we look back in 20 years, we’ll see that banh mi, the wildly popular Vietnamese sandwich, was having a moment in the 2010s. Like chocolate lava cake in the 1990s or pad Thai in the 1980s, banh mi ...

The chicken gets intense flavor from a long marinade and a light char on the grill. These chicken banh mi from the late Bay Area chef Charles Phan depart from tradition in a few delicious ways.

Scoff if you will – in fact, I recommend it – but there's such a thing as a fashionable sandwich. Like a lot of street trends, this one has been appropriated from the developing world, popularised by ...

"The Banh Mi Handbook" by Andrea Nguyen. (Ten Speed Press/author photo by Ariana Lindquist) Andrea Nguyen $16.99; Ten Speed Press; 132 pages In a nutshell: France ruled Vietnam from the 1880s to the ...

To Andrea Nguyen, banh mi isn’t just a sandwich — it’s everything. It’s a tie to her family’s history in Vietnam, to the people and culture left behind and to her mother’s bravery and love. The ...

Lê told me that his new banh mi shop is “going to be the greatest North Korean sandwich shop in the world.” He told me himself. And at this point, I guess he’s allowed to plant that flag, right? Since ...

Local bánh mì vendors are selling hundreds of the Vietnamese rolls daily as Cairns embraces the humble street food that has ...

1. Remove the eggplant stems. Halve the eggplant lengthwise, then halve crosswise. Sprinkle the flesh with salt and pepper. 2. In a flameproof casserole, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Place enough ...