Banh Mi appears as a signature dish in 1 Vietnam cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Bánh Mì · Hanoi
Banh mi is Vietnam's national sandwich on a French-colonial baguette. The Hanoi version is restrained: rich pork pate, cold cuts, butter and coriander, with less mayonnaise than the Saigon style.
Banh mi emerged in the French colonial era (1873-1954) when local bakeries adapted the baguette using rice flour for lower humidity tolerance. The pate-and-pork filling appeared in the 1950s and the dish became fully Vietnamese after 1954. Banh Mi 25 has run the Old Quarter's most-photographed stall on Hang Ca since 2014; the Hang Gai stall has run since 1979 from a single family.
Where to eat in Hanoi:
- Banh Mi 25
- Banh Mi Hang Gai
- Bami Bread