Vietnamese banh mi, which has been ranked seventh in the world’s top 50 best street foods, is a familiar dish appealing to diners with its beautiful blend of Western and Vietnamese flavours.
According to TasteAtlas, bánh mì (pronounced 'bun mee') is a popular Vietnamese variety of sandwich that shares the same core ingredient of a baguette.
HCM City launched its first ever Vietnam Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwich) Festival at District 1’s Youth Cultural House, in order to promote the traditional dish to locals and tourists.
The first-ever Vietnamese “banh mi” (baguette) festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on the night of March 30, bringing together 120 pavilions from domestic and foreign restaurants, hotels, bakeries, and businesses.
Customers have flooded through the doors of Third Wave Café in Melbourne, Australia after it released what it claims to be “the world’s largest Vietnamese banh mi”.
Bread rolls, or banh mi, are a familiar dish among Vietnamese people and also one of the different types of street food foreign visitors love. In Da Nang city and the nearby ancient town of Hoi An, a group of young people recently started handing out free banh mi to those in need.
With the word “banh mi” recognised by the Oxford dictionary and a Google bread doodle which has taken the media by storm in recent days, let’s find out why this popular street food in Vietnam has become known to so many international friends.
In order to celebrate the 9th anniversary since the banh mi was admitted into the Oxford English Dictionary, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism organised a cultural week themed ‘I love Saigonese Banh mi’ with various activities to honour the renowned Vietnamese dish.
Vietnamese banh mi (sandwich) –a popular street food across the country, continues to make foreign diners surprised and fascinated by the perfect blend of Western cuisine with Vietnamese flavours.
“Hard to resist” is what Theign Yie Phan, a head chef of a restaurant, describes Vietnamese “banh mi” (sandwich), which opens an article entitled “Story of the banh mi: Vietnam’s super sandwich that took on the world” run in the South China Morning Post.
If you’re planning on traveling to Vietnam, the one sandwich you will hear about and will not want to miss is the banh mì. This food has been consistently ranked as one of the world’s best sandwich.
Banh mi is becoming the most beloved Vietnamese street food. With its typical flavor, Banh mi in the Old Quarter of Hanoi has established a reputation among both locals and foreign tourists.