Bahn Mi tonight?

[adam]

I'll be on Mott street tonight and would love to get a Bahn Mi - any recommendations on where? Will I be able to get one around 9:00? If not, any thoughts on good quick cheap eats that will be open then, around Mott & Broome?

[adam]

thanks all - i got down there too late last night (9:30), but will be back for sure.

any good bahn mi in midtown?

[guttergourmet]

Saigon Banh Mi 138 Mott-still reigns supreme in Manhattan. Banh Mi So. No. 1 on 369 Broome is actually #2.

[adam]

do you know how late they're open?

[big o]

I'm pretty sure you can go ahead and dismiss any hope that you'll get a sandwich from Saigon at 9pm.

I'm not sure how late Banh Mi So 1 keeps the wheels spinning, but it's definitely deeper into the evening (and, for my money, they aren't #2).

[Pan]

6 o'clock, I believe.

[Hungry Celeste]

I'm curious about banh mi in Manhattan/greater NYC (for comparison to my local ones). What sort of bread is used for the sandwich? Can you describe texture, interior, crust?

[randumbposter]

The bread is a french baguette i think. Usually they heat it up in some sort of toaster oven device so its nice and crispy , then they put the filling inside. The sandwich place on broome I think is better than the one on mott. The one on mott premakes their sandwich sometimes, so you get soggy bread. :(

[KTinNYC]

Bahn Mi are made with bead similar to a baguette but rice flour is also used.

[Hungry Celeste]

Yeah, my local bahn mi are made on that divine, thin-crusted french bread with a little rice flour. We have several good viet/french bakeries, and I was just wondering if the same kind of bread was being used up there.