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February 29, 2012
Sao Mai and Xe May Sandwich Shop: Finally, Your Banh Mi Tacos
The East Village gets two new Vietnamese spots
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Behold, the Banh Mi Taco
For this week's review, I went to two new casual Vietnamese spots in the East Village. The first, Sao Mai, offers your standard --though fresh and flavorful -- selection of Viet fare, including pho, bun, and grilled meat dishes. The other, Xe May Sandwich Shop, specializes in banh mi, but also off ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Xe May: It's a Banh Mi Blowout on St. Mark's Place
Lauren ShockeyThe classic banh mi from Xe MayIt was only a matter of time that the Korean taco trend evolved into the banh mi taco trend, right? Well that's what Alan Woo and Davis Ngo are banking on. They've just opened Xe May on St. Marks Place, which specializes in both modern takes on Vie ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Sao Mai Now Bringing Pho and Other Vietnamese Staples to First Avenue
Lauren ShockeyLotus root salad at Sao MaiMichael "Bao" Huynh's BaoBQ (229 First Avenue, 212-475-7011) isn't the only Vietnamese-influenced restaurant to open on First Avenue this month. Just a block south in the old Quantum Leap space, you'll find Sao Mai (201 First Avenue, 212-358-8880), a ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Checking Out ShopHouse, the New Asian Chipotle Spinoff
Lauren ShockeyShopHouse offers rice bowls with either chicken, tofu, steak, or meatballsI happened to be in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, and while I was there, I ventured to Dupont Circle to check out ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen (1516 Connecticut Avenue NW, 202-232-4141), otherwis ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Introducing the Meatball Hero, Vietnamese Version, at Thien Huong
The "meat ball baguette" at Chatham Square's Thien Huong. The city is undergoing a cheap Vietnamese food renaissance, led by the signature soup pho, and the signature sandwich banh mi, and both are now available in many neighborhoods outside of Chinatowns. Last week, we reported on an exem ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
There's a New Pho Parlor in Town - and It's Pretty Good
A bowl of Xe Lua pho at Pho 88, flanked by giant fresh basil leaves, sprouts, and the usual arsenal of flavorings (chiles pastes, hoisin, etc.) to be added in. The make or break of any full-service Vietnamese restaurant is its pho. While this beef noodle soup originated as street food in F ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Banh Mi Doc Biet at An Choi, Dish No. 87
Feast your eyes on the flagship of An Choi's banh mi fleet. These days it seems like you don't have to walk more than a block or two to find the Vietnamese sandwich known as banh mi in many downtown neighborhoods. These are usually rudimentary affairs, with a couple of sliced cold cuts, or ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Our 10 Best Vietnamese Restaurants
Lauren ShockeyBun cha Ha Noi at Pho BangAlas, New York City isn't one of the great Vietnamese culinary capitals of the world. Which is too bad, because at least in our minds, Vietnamese cuisine is one of the best on the globe. But you can still find some decent Viet grub. You just have to ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Vietnamese Restaurants
Lauren ShockeyBaoguette Café offers a tasty chicken and sausage dish over rice, but is the restaurant good enough to make it into the top 10?While we do have plenty of banh mi peddlers, New York City isn't an enclave for Vietnamese expat communities, so it doesn't possess a bounty of full-sc ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Ask the Critics: Where Should I Eat When Called for Jury Duty?
flickr/InfoMofoJury Duty isn't a total bustEsther D. Asks: I just got called for jury duty. I work in Midtown so don't know the area too well. Where should I have lunch? Dear Esther: Jury duty sucks (unless you have an even crappier day job, in which case it might actually be an awesome va ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
V-Nam Café: New Competitor Joins E.V. Beef Sandwich Fray
Plenty of tender marinated beef in V-Nam's banh mi bo. Roast beef sandwiches have become increasingly popular over the last couple of years. On one hand, there's the traditional Italian roast beef hero as espoused by This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef, Defonte's Sandwich Shop, and several more ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
The Over-Rice Farrago Known as Com Suon Bi Cha at Thai Son
This Vietnamese meal is #24 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes series. When in Northern California, you judge a Vietnamese cafe by its pho. In New York, the pho is generally substandard, and it's the omnibus over-rice dishes that constitute the bellwether. Despite its name, Thai Son is not a Siames ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
No. 15: Bun Bo Hue at Thanh Da
The bun bo Hue at Thanh Da presents a dark tempest of a beef broth. Let's enumerate the ways bun bo Hue -- named after the city of Hue (pronounced "Way") in Central Vietnam -- differs from the signature noodle soup of Saigon, pho (pronounced "FFFah"). First off, the noodles are wheat instead ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Bun Rieu at Thanh Da
Lauren ShockeyThanh Da's Bun RieuWe've been eating a lot of Vietnamese food recently (could we be prepping for a 10 Best? Oh, maybe), and were excited when we saw bun rieu on the menu at Thanh Da. As we've noted in the past, the Sunset Park restaurant does a great bun bo Hue, the spicy beef ... More >>
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February 12, 2011
No. 6: Sandwich #1 at Saigon Banh Mi Bakery
This jam-packed sandwich will set you back only $3.75. Saigon Banh Mi Bakery started out in a little stall under the Manhattan bridge, then hopscotched, first to the southeast corner of Mott and Grand streets (where it cowered behind a jewelery store), then recently leaped over Grand and es ... More >>
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January 29, 2011
Battle of the Dishes: Vegetarian Banh Mi Brawl
Victoria BekiempisSaigon's version, with rubber band "extra" removed. Banh mi has quite a rep -- for being a gutbuster on the mean streets of Saigon and New York. Pickled carrot and radish slivers, cilantro, cucumber slices, pâté, grilled meat, and occasionally cheese burst out of a French ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
The Early Word: Saigon Shack
Lauren ShockeyDuck banh mi Saigon Shack has been open for about a month, selling banh mi, pho, and other Vietnamese and pan-Asian snacks to hungry NYU students and Greenwich Village residents. Looking for a quick lunch, we popped in today to see how their sandwiches stack up against the comp ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
Saigon Shack Promises Banh Mi and More
tenka.comInside Saigon Shack.The banh mi remains the sandwich trend that refuses to die, and giving it further life is Greenwich Village's Saigon Shack, which opened this past Sunday.
Dining
October 6, 2010
Tu Do's Pho Needs Re-Education
But other fine dishes abound at this Chinatown Vietnamese spot
Dining
August 11, 2010
Co Ba Tries to Capture the Spirit of Vietnam's Neighborhood Stalls
Steven Duong offers a new restaurant
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July 21, 2010
Co Ba: a New Vietnamese Eatery in Chelsea From a Pioneering Restaurateur
Bottom: banh duc man (steamed coconut cakes); Top: goi du du (green papaya with pork belly and shrimp)New York is not known for its Vietnamese food, but Steven Duong has been quietly trying to change that for years, offering vibrant, precise dishes in ever-so-slightly upscale places. The Vie ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Bánh Mì Saigon Loses Its Bling
Jesse ReedStill meaty and crunchy, but the karats have been 86'd.Just as there are those who argue that sliced bread doesn't taste as good as bread that's been torn into chunks, there are those who argue that bánh mì sold in the back of a jewelry shop tastes better than bá ... More >>
Dining
May 11, 2010
Michael Bao Huynh Marches On With Mikey's Burger and d.o.b. 111
Two more restaurants from the chef who will not be stopped
Blogs
May 5, 2010
Where Am I Eating? Than Da I
Bun Bo HueThis bun bo Hue, or noodle soup in the style of Hue city, was slurped at Than Da I in Brooklyn (6008 Seventh Avenue). For the first time ever, you guys were stumped on the restaurant, but IDancer correctly identified the soup. Please email me so that I can get your book out to you ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Nicky's Still May be Moving, But Only a Couple Blocks Away
Robert K. Chin/www.nychinatown.orgNicky's: banh mi, Simpsons.A couple of weeks after reporting that East Village banh mi stalwart Nicky's would possibly be leaving its East 2nd Street home, EV Grieve has an update. Per a reader who spoke with a member of the Dang family, which owns the shop, ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Le Da Nang in the East Village
Le Da Nang, a new East Village Vietnamese spot, doesn't have a whole lot going for it, at least based on one visit. As Dave Cook pointed out, the menu lacks specialties from the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang, or from its neighbor, Hue. (Though there is a seafood hot pot, which we realiz ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Home's Banh Mi and the Park Slope Vietnamese Sandwich Battles
Folks who live in Park Slope used to have to head down to Sunset Park to get their banh mi fix. (And they still should,as the superior sandwiches at Ba Xuyen and Than Da are worth the short travel time.) But now Park Slope is practically rife with its own banh mi shops. First, there was Hanc ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
An Early Look at Banh Mi Zon in the East Village
Banh mi #1: Pork roll, shredded pork, liver pate, and the fixings As the journalism business flounders, the banh mi trade booms--no one knows this better than Tai Dang, who was reportedly fired from his job as a photographer for Newsweek, and decided to return to his native Saigon to learn to ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
Yet More Vietnamese Sandwiches for the East Village
Pickled daikon on every corner: EV Grieve brings word that Zon, yet another "authentic Vietnamese sandwich" shop, will open on East 6th Street near Avenue A, in the space previously occupied by Gomi, a green boutique. Zon, incidentally, means "crispy" or "crunchy" in Vietnamese, according to the web ... More >>
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August 25, 2009
Park Slope Banh Mi Wars: Hanco's Vs. Henry's
Left: Hanco's classic bahn mi with pate, ham, and ground pork; Right: Henry's version of same As we reported earlier, there is a gen-u-ine banh mi war going down in Park Slope, and nothing could be more titillating. Fork in the Road, reporting from the scene, thought that it was obvious tha ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Pix from An Choi
This week, Counter Culture sandwiches itself into An Choi, a newish Vietnamese restaurant on the Lower East. The menu is limited, but much of it is quite good. Though we found the banh mi expensive compared to those in nearby Chinatown (we staged a statistical comparison), An Choi offers a ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Incredibly Cheap Eats--Bun Bo Hue at Thanh Da
The irresistible bun bo hue, a soup that originated in the city of Hue, Vietnam You've probably had your fill of pho (the multi-beef rice noodle soup) and banh mi (the French-leaning Vietnamese hero), but I bet you haven't had your fill of bun bo hue. A rash of immigration from central Vietnam ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere
While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>
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May 15, 2009
Are You a Fan of Sriracha?
John T. Edge interviewed the owner of this Facebook page for his piece on Sriracha. You, too, can become a fan of the popular Asian hot sauce. And why not? The FB fan page features pics of people eating Sriracha, a movement to get the company that makes the sauce to print and sell Sriracha T-shirts, ... More >>
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April 22, 2009
Pics of Nha Toi's Banh Mi
I know Eater declared banh mi "over," but in my opinion, the banh mi fad is that rare thing: a trend that actually results in an increase in delicious, affordable food. This week, my column reviews Bep and Nha Toi, two new Vietnamese spots in Williamsburg. Bep serves pho, bun and other simple dishes ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
The Early Word--Baoguette Cafe
I went over to the old Bamn! spot on St. Mark's to check out Baoguette Cafe, the new sister restaurant to Curry Hill's banh mi place, Baoguette. The place is cute--large color photographs of Vietnam on the walls, garlands of ginger and chiles hanging from the ceiling, two communal blond wood tab ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
Banh Mi in Williamsburg
I stopped by 172 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg yesterday to see how Banh Mi's construction is going (the space used to be a Polish butcher shop). Looks nice from the outside, but the paper over the windows is so throughly taped up, I couldn't see inside. No one seemed to be working, so maybe they' ... More >>
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March 6, 2009
Good Stuff: Nicky's Pho
When I woke up this morning, my ongoing sniffle had increased to a full-on sinus infection/cold. I decided only pho could save me. Sadly, I've been unable to find any pho near me in Fort Greene. The closest thing is Nicky's Sandwiches (311 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn) in Cobble Hill. I don't find the ... More >>
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February 25, 2009
The Early Word--Hanco's Park Slope
The classic--sort ofAs Hailey pointed out, the new Hanco's on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, which opened on Saturday, is peddling banh mi at the inflated price of $7 each. The other, older Hanco's in Boerum Hill sells the same sandwiches for $5.25. For comparison, the most awesome banh mi in the city ( ... More >>
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December 19, 2008
The Early Word: Baoguette
The classic--sort ofAs Hailey pointed out, the new Hanco's on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, which opened on Saturday, is peddling banh mi at the inflated price of $7 each. The other, older Hanco's in Boerum Hill sells the same sandwiches for $5.25. For comparison, the most awesome banh mi in the city ( ... More >>
Dining
December 17, 2008
Edgar Allan Pho: World of Taste in the Bronx
Southeast Asian nabe surrounds horror master's cottage
Blogs
December 3, 2008
Fork in the Road Gorges on Daikon Duck Hash
Southeast Asian nabe surrounds horror master's cottage
Dining
December 3, 2008
BarBao Is Pho Real
A new Vietnamese spot on the Upper West Side showcases Michael Huynh's cooking
Blogs
June 18, 2008
Fork in the Road Gorges on Bahn Mi
A new Vietnamese spot on the Upper West Side showcases Michael Huynh's cooking
Dining
June 17, 2008
Brooklyn's Banh Mi Stars
Pork roll and sardines and pâté—oh my!
Blogs
February 16, 2007
Our Man Sietsema: 'A tour de force of dodgy pork parts'
Pork roll and sardines and pâté—oh my!
Dining
February 13, 2007
A Hero's Welcome
Chinatown's new banh mi parlor turns to France for inspiration
Blogs
January 12, 2007
A Bahn Mi Double-Whammy
Chinatown's new banh mi parlor turns to France for inspiration
Dining
August 21, 2001
Mo’ Better Pho
Chinatown's new banh mi parlor turns to France for inspiration
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