BANH MI From 30K: Roast Pork, Char Siu and Red Chili Sauce Stuffed Nonstop | Vietnamese Street Food

Two and a quarter hours in Vietnamese street kitchens, starting at lunchtime at Banh Mi Phuong (sign: Since 1989), where a line of customers fills the shopfront and a whole team in red berets works the glass counter without a break: crisp baguettes split open, roast pork, char siu, herbs tucked in, red chili sauce poured over, then each sandwich dropped into a paper bag. The menu reads 30,000 to 45,000 dong a sandwich. Then cao lau with char siu and crispy crackers at Hoi An Cuisine (73 Tran Phu); chicken rice at Com Ga Anh Xi, 25K a plate; turmeric-braised meat and red prawns over noodles at Mi Quang Quang II (69 Duong Van Nga), most bowls 25K; little rice pancakes on a wood-fired clay stove, back at 73 Tran Phu; red chili broth, crab cakes and rare beef at Bun Bo Hue O Ha (138 Chinh Huu), 35K to 60K; black sesame sweet soup at Che Thuy (47 Pham Hong Thai) and corn and bean sweet soups from the shoulder-pole pots at Ganh Che (81 Ly Tu Trong); mi Quang with red shrimp and pork broth, sesame rice crackers and fresh greens at Nhu My Quang Phu Chiem (63 Pham Van Nghi); sizzling beef skillets at Bo Ne 3 Ngon, from 30K; pho with rare beef blanched in a steaming pot at Pho Huong Vi Sai Gon (265 Thai Thi Boi); crispy banh xeo at Banh Xeo Ba Thuy, 12K each; rice noodles with grilled pork and thick fermented anchovy sauce at Quan 19 (17-19 Nguyen Hoang), 25K to 30K; and finally tubs of snails in red chili sauce, scooped onto plates and topped with green mango salad at Quan Van Cu 07, 35K a plate. No narration, no staging - just the food and the sound of the street. CHAPTERS 0:00 BANH MI - roast pork, char siu and red chili sauce at Banh Mi Phuong, 30K to 45K a sandwich 13:18 CAO LAU - char siu, noodles and crispy crackers at Hoi An Cuisine 19:59 COM GA - chicken rice at Com Ga Anh Xi, 25K a plate 29:35 MI QUANG - turmeric-braised meat and red prawns at Mi Quang Quang II, most bowls 25K 41:50 BANH XEO - little rice pancakes on a wood-fired clay stove at Hoi An Cuisine 50:40 BUN BO HUE - red chili broth, crab cakes and rare beef at Bun Bo Hue O Ha 58:52 CHE - black sesame sweet soup at Che Thuy, corn and bean sweet soups at Ganh Che 1:12:28 MI QUANG - red shrimp and pork broth with sesame rice crackers at Nhu My Quang Phu Chiem 1:20:34 BO NE - sizzling beef skillets at Bo Ne 3 Ngon, from 30K 1:30:03 PHO BO - rare beef blanched in the broth at Pho Huong Vi Sai Gon 1:37:17 BANH XEO - crispy pancakes at Banh Xeo Ba Thuy, 12K each 1:46:55 BUN MAM NEM - grilled pork and fermented anchovy sauce at Quan 19, 25K to 30K 1:55:20 OC HUT - snails in red chili sauce with green mango salad at Quan Van Cu 07, 35K a plate #streetfood #vietnamesefood #vietnamstreetfood