Best banh mi in saigon

Eating the best banh mi in Saigon.. this one’s from Banh Mi Hong Hoa (Bánh Mì Hồng Hoa)

If you’re on your way lớn visit or spover time in Saigon (Ho Chi Minch City), one of the questions you’re probably wandering (especially if you love Vietnamese food, like I do) is, “where can I get the best bánh mỳ (banh mi) sandwich?”

…And if you didn’t ask that to lớn yourself, you probably should have!

I definitely asked that exact question lớn myself when I was on my way lớn Saigon for the first time.

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During my stay in Saigon, along with conquering many other delicious dishes, one of my food missions was khổng lồ devour some of the best banh mày sandwiches Saigon has to lớn offer.

Banh mi is one of the greachạy thử examples of fusion food done extremely well – a representation of Vietphái mạnh & France, all stuffed inkhổng lồ a handheld crusty baguette.

Many have called it one of the finest sandwiches in the world, & I can’t disagree, it’s an absolute gem of a sandwich, fully worth traveling lớn Vietphái nam (or Saigon) just to lớn eat.

Note: In this post I’ll cover 3 banh ngươi sandwich stalls / restaurants in central downtown Saigon. The reason I could never say these are “the 3 best,” is because I think there are probably hundreds of the best banh mày in Saigon. You literally can’t go more than a few steps in the city without bumping inlớn the next banh mi stall, & many are incredibly delicious. So these are just 3 of the hundreds of choices you have when you’re in Saigon.

What is banh mi?What is banh mi?

I know you already know what banh ngươi is (and if you didn’t, the first phokhổng lồ may have sầu given it away), but just so we’re all on the same page here, let’s quickly go over the basics of banh mày.

Vietnamese baguettes

First of all, and I didn’t know this before going khổng lồ Vietnam myself, is that bánh mỳ (banh mi), in Vietnamese actually just means bread.

However, the word, especially in the Western world, has morphed inkhổng lồ referring to lớn a full Vietnamese sandwich – not just the bread itself, but the entire sandwich.

But for the purposes of this article about the best bánh mì (banh mi) in the thành phố, I’ll stiông chồng khổng lồ phrase as referring khổng lồ the Vietnamese sub sandwich, not just bread in general.

Bánh mì (banh mi) sandwiches are normally served in the signature personal sized 3/4 foot long baguettes.

The bread is sliced down the side, filled with a number of different meats, from luncheon meats khổng lồ grilled pork patties, to pâvấp ngã, & often complemented with Vietnamese pickles, cucumbers, cilantro, and finally a bit of chili sauce and spicy peppers to lớn top it off.

Jimmy, from Jimmy Eat World, breaks it down nice and simple – the bread, the protein, the pickled and vegetables, the seasonings and garnishes.

There are many different types of meat & ingredients that can Cosplay a banh mày, và if you’re interested, here’s a pretty extensive danh mục of different banh mày fillings you can try và order.

But really, when you’re walking around the streets of Vietphái mạnh, and you see that glass cabinet full of baguettes & other ingredients, all you’ve got lớn bởi is stop, smile, & order.

The sandwich at Banh Mi Huynh Hoa (Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa)Where khổng lồ eat the best in Saigon?

Here are a few of the most famous và most well know banh mi stalls in Saigon.

The first two restaurants on this list were recommended to lớn me when I asked on a YouTube Clip about where to lớn eat the best food in the city, & the third one, I just stumbled into when I was walking around.

While I haven’t even scratched the surface of eating even a fraction of all the best banh mày the city has lớn offer, here are some places you can try.

All 3 of these places are located within a 5 minute walk of each other, so you can go on a little Vietnamese sandwich maraeo hẹp if you’d like.

The outside of Banh Mi Huynh Hoa (Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa) – often considered the best in Saigon1. Banh Mi Huynh Hoa (Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa)

Easily the most praised and most well recognized banh mi sandwich restaurant in all of Saigon, with almost what seems lớn be a cult following, is Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa (Banh Mi Huynh Hoa).

Many people from the YouTube video clip, and even the great bloggers at Eating Saigon, gọi it the best in Saigon.

The amount of pre-sliced meat will blow your mind!

You’ll know you’ve arrived by the scores of motorbikes out front, the bright trắng fluorescent lights shining in the restaurant, the red shirted sandwich makers, and the insane quantities of pre-sliced cold cut meats – plus a small mountain of pork floss – all stacked và lined up, và ready lớn be loaded into toasted baguettes.

Their business is so successful, there isn’t just one, but two fully loaded glass cabinets, brimming with all the ingredients needed to make monstrous Vietnamese sandwiches.

If you’re going to get a sandwich from Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa (Banh Mi Huynh Hoa), the first thing you’ll have sầu to vì chưng is be a bit aggressive – they handle a lot of customers, and there’s no real system of a queue.

But just be persistent until someone takes your order, và your money, and you’ll eventually come out of the restaurant with your sandwich in h&.

The first thing I noticed is that the banh mi at Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa (Banh Mi Huynh Hoa) was extremely heavy – it was probably the most heavy of all the versions I tried… và the weight didn’t come from the bread, that’s for sure.

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After unwrapping my sandwich, and dissecting the insides, I could see they added the most layers of meat of any banh ngươi I ate in Saigon.

Along with a substantial layer of mayonnaise & pate, there were easily 6 – 8 layers of salty luncheon meats & grilled pork, ranging from pink lớn trắng, và quite a generous sprinkle of pork floss tossed in as well. It reminded me of the Vietnamese version of the monstrous Mexican torta.

While it was heavy on the meat, it was light on the vegetables, with just a few slices slices of cucumber, cilantro, and a small amount of thickly cut Vietnamese pickles – daikon & carrots.

The super-rich banh mi at Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa (Banh Mi Huynh Hoa)

The Verdict

How many layers of meat!?

Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa (Banh Mi Huynh Hoa) is the most well known banh mày in Saigon (and many people’s, both locals and foreigners favorite for best sandwich in Saigon) for a reason: it was incredibly good, and incredibly meaty and rich.

However, I thought it was packed with almost too much meat.

I know for meat lovers, lượt thích I am myself, that might sound impossible, but with so much salty hot-dog like luncheon meat, và with a thiông chồng layer of mayonnaise, it was honestly almost too rich for me.

But perhaps I’m more of a người of a balance of meat with cucumbers, green onions, cilantro & pickles, và I thought their version was a little lopsided.

Don’t get me wrong though, I did thoroughly enjoy all of it (lớn the final bite), and if you’re looking for Saigon’s most meat filled banh mày, this would likely be the best you can find.

Address: 26 Lê Thị Riêng, Bến Thành, 1, TP HCM, Vietnamxuất hiện hours: 3:30 pm – midnight, dailyPrice: 30,000 VND ($1.40) – this is one of the most expensive sầu in Saigon, but it’s also one of the most meat packed, so it’s easily worth the price

Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai (Bánh Mì Thịt Nướng Hẻm 37) street food stall2. Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai (Bánh Mì Thịt Nướng Hẻm 39)

Another one of the Vietnamese street food stalls I was recommended lớn try by numerous people, was a street food cart that goes by the name Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai (that’s the address where they park, but it’s really on Hem 39).

After learning about this spot, and doing a quick tìm kiếm, I found out my frikết thúc Kevin also loved the banh mi here.

The beautiful little patties of meat at Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai

Instead of serving banh ngươi pate, she serves Bánh Mì Thịt Nướng, or grilled pork sandwiches.

I arrived on the early side, just as she had opened, & noticed her cart from the signature red thiết kế on the bottom và fancy cursive writing, plus a “google search” printed on the side of her cart.

At Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai, you simply st& in line, pay, và wait however long it takes before your sandwich is wrapped up và handed to you in a bag.

The sandwich included, I think about 5 or 6 pork patties, all charcoal grilled, flipped with chopsticks, & coated in a sauce that smelled & tasted nearly like a yakitori sauce.

On top of the pork patties was a generous amount of cucumber chunks, strands of cilantro, green onions, Vietnamese pickles, and finally some sweet chili sauce.

Bánh Mì Thịt Nướng in Saigon

The Verdict

I highly enjoyed my banh mày sandwich at Banh Mi 37 Nguyen Trai.

The little pork patties were lượt thích slider hamburgers, & they were seasoned, both within the minced pork itself, maybe some garlic & salternative text, và also that teriyaki lượt thích glaze on the outside.

Along with the pork patties, I was overjoyed with the quantity of vegetables packed into lớn the sandwich.

The pork was extremely tasty, & the vegetables and sauces all worked together for an insanely delicious balance of flavors & a wonderful sandwich.

I also liked how she barely kept any extra stoông chồng of grilled patties, they were literally plucked right off the grill & inkhổng lồ the baguette – so it was fresh và hot when I got it.

Address: 37 Nguyễn Trãi, Ho Chi Minch City, Vietnam (but it’s right at Hem 39)Open hours: Usually from around 5 pm – 7:30 pm or so daily, but I went at about 4:30 pm, and she was open, but just a little ways down the alley. I think at about 5 pm she might roll her cart up lớn the front of the street. But don’t come too late, or she’ll be sold out.Price: 16,000 VND ($0.75)

Stopping for a morning banh mày at Banh Mi Hong Hoa (Bánh Mì Hồng Hoa)3. Banh Mi Hong Hoa (Bánh Mì Hồng Hoa)

Bánh Mì Hồng Hoa is just sort of a classic normal, but wonderful, banh mi shophouse in Saigon. In the morning is when their business thrives, with motorbikes rolling in for drive-though takeaway.

The baguettes are baked fresh, & despite selling plenty of sandwiches, when I was there, I noticed they also had quite a business of selling just plain baguettes, which were loaded into lớn big baskets, & whisked away by motorxe đạp delivery men – likely lớn other smaller banh mi vendors and bread sellers around the area.

I ordered their standard banh mi, which was of the sliced triple pork version, including grilled pork, pork sausage, & some type of luncheon meat.

Along with serving, what I thought, was an extremely well balanced bánh mì (banh mi), the owners were all extremely friendly, & despite being busy and chaotic in the morning, they seemed to really care about taking my order (whereas some other places you need to lớn really be aggressive).