Vietnam Bread is commended as the finest one on Earth In an article on a tourism site of UK media, Reporter David Farley stated that Vietnam has the most fascinating sandwich which is one of Best Vietnamese Food he has ever eaten. Sandwich – (aka “Bánh mì kep thịt”) is a common food which can easily be found on every sidewalks in Vietnam, has appeared many times on international tourism site and voted as one of Best Vietnamese Food (Street Food) in the world. David Farley, a writer specialized in tourism and cuisine has posted his article about Vietnam’s Burger on BBC with the title “Is the banh mi the world’s best sandwich?”. The cab driver stopped on the bustling boulevard Pho Hue and pointed at a mishmash of incongruent four and five-story buildings across the street. I hopped out and dodged buzzing motorbikes and exhaust-belching cars, trying to get from curb to curb. Then I spotted it: Banh Mi Pho Hue (118 Phố Huế; 84-4-3822-5009), the no-frills sandwich shop named for the Hanoi street on which it sits. Nearly everyone I’d asked had said Banh Mi Pho Hue served the tastiest banh mi in Hanoi. But the family that’s run the shop since 1974 has a reputation for closing it whenever the cooks run out of ingredients. So when I arrived at 7pm on a Saturday and found it still open, I was delighted. Translated simply as “wheat,” the banh mi is a delicious and ever-varying combination of deli-style pork, pate and veggies (think carrots, cilantro, cucumber, etc), stuffed into a soft and crunchy French baguette. Regional variations in Vietnam involve adding headcheese, pork sausage and various other vegetables. In an age of hipster food mashups – Korean tacos, anyone? – the banh mi is the product of a true cultural and culinary blend. No food trucks, Instagram photos or tweets led to its creation. The sandwich began with colonialism – specifically, the establishment of French Indochina in 1887 – when the occupying French simply slathered butter and pate inside a baguette. Then when the Vietnamese sent the French packing in 1954, they put their own spin on the sandwich, adding slices of pork, herbs and pickled vegetables, and creating the banh mi as we know it. The rest of the world didn’t learn about this spectacular sandwich until after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. As many southern Vietnamese emigrated to the United States, Europe and Australia, they brought recipes, including one for their iconic sandwich. As a result, if you’re eating a banh mi outside of Vietnam, you’re probably enjoying a southern-style snack: the baguettes are generally bigger and they’re crammed with more veggies and herbs, such as cilantro, carrots and hot peppers. Oddly, the banh mi has always been the one kind of food I liked better outside its home turf. When I tried a banh mi in Ho Chi Minh City a few years earlier, I’d found the bread stale and the ingredients skimpy; inside was a paltry mix of a few slices of ham, a smear of pate and flaccid cilantro and carrots. I gave up after one sandwich. I’d had far better banh mi in New York City; even Minneapolis! Was I crazy? Could the banh mi outside of Vietnam actually be better? Now back in Vietnam, I was determined to find out the truth. Would my faith in the banh mi in its homeland be restored? Is the banh mi the best sandwich in the world? BOOKING YOUR TRAVEL Add: 235 De Tham St, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, Dis. 1, HCMC, Vietnam Phone: +84 8.3837.6979 (8 lines) - Fax: +84 8.38234369 - Hotline: +84 935.746.946 Email: info@bookingyourtravel - Website: bookingyourtravel International Tour Operator Licence No: 79-414 /TCDL, Issued by VNAT
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:20:54 +0000
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