A pork banh mi at Le Petit Saigon in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Eat Drink Asia: Banh mi-where Vietnamese tradition and French colonialism collide
- While banh mi might look simple, there’s more to it than meets the eye
- The dish was born in a time when Vietnamese weren’t even allowed access to wheat flour, making it hard to imagine the sandwich would become world famous
A pork banh mi at Le Petit Saigon in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen