Saturday, April 16, 2005
Don't Ban Me from Banh Mi
For work today, I had to head to our lovely Supreme Court, and since an office I was dealing with there decided to close for an hour, I walked a little east to a little piece of heaven under the Manhattan Bridge. I went there in the Fall, and have been itching to get back ever since.
This place is Saigon Banh Mi, officially located at Stall #108 in the East Broadway Mall, but it is really a shopfront on Forsyth near E. Broadway. It is tucked behind buses even sketchier than Fung Wah offering a cheap ride to Philly (I see a cheesesteak-Banh Mi connection here) or to D.C. You have to make it past some very pushy bus operators to get to Saigon Banh Mi, but it is definitely worth it. The shop barely holds five people, with three working behind the counter.
For $3 you can get a heaping sandwich, and for just another $1.50 you can get their iced coffee, which is just too creamy to pass up. The sandwich, though, is not like anything else you have ever had. The BBQ-style pork is sweet and crispy, and the accompanying veggies add a wonderful freshness that helps lighten the pork, "lunch meat" (ham?), and mayo load.
This sandwich thankfully cured me of any ill feelings I had towards the the Supreme Court or any of its employees. After eating it on a bench beside the court, I was ready to file, copy, and do whatever else the day would require of me.
This place is Saigon Banh Mi, officially located at Stall #108 in the East Broadway Mall, but it is really a shopfront on Forsyth near E. Broadway. It is tucked behind buses even sketchier than Fung Wah offering a cheap ride to Philly (I see a cheesesteak-Banh Mi connection here) or to D.C. You have to make it past some very pushy bus operators to get to Saigon Banh Mi, but it is definitely worth it. The shop barely holds five people, with three working behind the counter.
For $3 you can get a heaping sandwich, and for just another $1.50 you can get their iced coffee, which is just too creamy to pass up. The sandwich, though, is not like anything else you have ever had. The BBQ-style pork is sweet and crispy, and the accompanying veggies add a wonderful freshness that helps lighten the pork, "lunch meat" (ham?), and mayo load.
This sandwich thankfully cured me of any ill feelings I had towards the the Supreme Court or any of its employees. After eating it on a bench beside the court, I was ready to file, copy, and do whatever else the day would require of me.
// posted by Aaron @ 12:42 AM 
