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| - My husband called their banh mi dac biet or combination special the best he ever had. Stay tuned for his review. As for me, I can speak to their vegetarian banh mi. And yes, it is also one of the best I've ever had. The long, thin, French style baguette is crisp and fragrant one the outside and stuffed with generous heapings of a salty slaw type concoction. It looks like shredded tofu and something crunchy akin to perhaps bamboo? I wasn't sure, but this mixture was scrumptious. Unlike the horrific, sweet imitation pig skin filling I had in Atlanta, this meatless protein was perfectly salty, not cloyingly sweet, and very umami.
I also loved that the Dakao folks used a lighter hand with the butter. It's definitely there, but it's not so overpoweringly rich as with other banh mi joints.
Their sandwiches are quite affordable at around $3.50 each. Service is okay to friendly, depending on who's there to greet you. (We visited twice, and there was one smaller, younger, moustached guy, who mostly worked in the back and was really nice. The other staff were okay.)
Excellent quality and value. Unfortunately, a good banh mi place is harder to find than you think. Again, thank you, Yelpers for putting this one on our radar.
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