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Nguyen Huong Foods is known for their Bánh mì or Vietnamese sandwiches.
What exactly is a Bánh mì or Vietnamese sandwich? Well, a Bánh mì is a tasty fusion by-product of French Colonialism, taking a French Baguette, adding in rice flour (historically to cut the cost of imported wheat flour) to create a tasty, airy bun with a crispy crust, and adding in a slathering of a sort of mayonnaise spread, some pate, cilantro, chilis, daikon and carrot and a portion of Vietnamese cold cuts.
From the Austin Chronicle:
"France ruled Indochina for about 100 years and introduced sandwiches to Vietnam. In the old days, the French would go to their delis to dine on wheat baguette sandwiches stuffed with pâté, sausages, butter, cornichons, onion, and radish. As time went on, these "French sandwiches" (bánh mì Tay) became a status symbol for Vietnamese who put on airs and wanted to be considered French, causing popular cheaper copies to spring up around the country."
They used to sell these for $1.50...then the price went up to $1.75.
OUTRAGEOUS. Outrageously good value...and one of the best on-the-run-buns you can find.
This is approaching $2.00 for a delicious, tasty, fresh lunch that gives you change on a toonie!!!
BUT, that's not all, if you like vermicelli dishes with grilled pork, sausage and spring rolls, salad rolls or other asian take out goodies, you will find a huge selection here all priced under $4...a tasty tasty bargain that would find you paying over twice that amount if you wanted to sit down and eat it at a resto up the street.
This is ALL super high value tasty stuff...and really makes you wonder how you could look at that brown bag the same way ever again.
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