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| - I finally am catching up with my reviews after making Le's a semi-regular lunch spot, thanks to Tony C's favorable recommendation. By now, you have read all about the location, tucked away in what looks to be a dying mall in dire need of renovations where even the parking lot is scattered with weeds growing in between the cracks.
Despite the rundown setting, Le's Sandwiches & Cafe serves up great sandwiches. Fresh bread, good veggies and friendly service. This is probably the most authentic Vietnamese food establishment I've seen in Charlotte. I always go for the white ham and pate sandwich. You can order the bread regular or "long" baguette style.
For those of you new to banh mi, the bread is light and crisp, you can choose your meat and all come with pickled daikon and carrot slices, cilantro and peppers - a surprising taste combination that is simply excellent. (Take the peppers out unless you like really spicy food; they are hot.)
The Vietnamese coffee here is just OK, a bit on the pricey side (I'm used to paying $1.50), a little too dark for me (I've had better), but I must urge you all to try this place. I tried the Bubble Tea (Green Tea Latte with Boba) - well made, but the boba was a tad hard here and there.
Still Le's is quite the find and is the only place I go to out here to fix my Banh Mi craving. And now, I must footnote to say that if you are in So Cal, go to Banh Mi Che Cali for the best sandwich ever. But, at Le's you can just get a glimpse of what a great Vietnamese sandwich is like.
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