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Menu & new dishes 16 posts

What is on the counter this season: new fillings, drinks and how each one is put together.

What to eat alongside a banh mi to make it a complete meal

What to eat alongside a banh mi to make it a complete meal

A sandwich has starch and protein but is short on a few things. Adding one or two items is the difference between a stopgap and a proper meal.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 3 min
Salt, pepper and sugar in a vegan sandwich: why vegan food tastes flat

Salt, pepper and sugar in a vegan sandwich: why vegan food tastes flat

Vegan food gets called bland, but not because it's under-salted. The cause is something plant ingredients lack — and adding salt is the wrong fix.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
Ordering Spicy Tofu when you can't take heat: four adjustments

Ordering Spicy Tofu when you can't take heat: four adjustments

The heat in a sandwich doesn't come from one place, so it can be dialled down by degrees rather than being all-or-nothing.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
How much is in one banh mi, and how long does it hold you

How much is in one banh mi, and how long does it hold you

A simple question with a three-part answer — and the part that matters most isn't the weight of the sandwich.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
Why the menu has five sandwiches and not twenty

Why the menu has five sandwiches and not twenty

A short menu isn't a shortage of ideas. For a kitchen open around the clock, the number of items is a decision with very concrete consequences.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
What sells at which hour of the day

What sells at which hour of the day

A shop open 24 hours passes through four very different rhythms, each with its own way of ordering. Knowing them means ordering better and waiting les

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
The pickles in a banh mi: how long to steep, and why there is no fish sauce in ours

The pickles in a banh mi: how long to steep, and why there is no fish sauce in ours

Pickled carrot is what stops a loaf becoming heavy, and it is also where a vegan loaf quietly stops being vegan. The right steeping window, and what r

Menu & new dishes 14/09 5 min
Which herb goes with which filling: coriander, Thai basil and rau răm are not interchangeable

Which herb goes with which filling: coriander, Thai basil and rau răm are not interchangeable

Three familiar herbs doing three completely different jobs in a loaf. Swapping one for another changes the dish, not just the shade of green.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
How long fried tofu stays crisp, and why it is fried in small batches

How long fried tofu stays crisp, and why it is fried in small batches

The crust on a piece of fried tofu lives about twenty minutes, then softens from the inside out. Which is why frying a day's worth in the morning neve

Menu & new dishes 14/09 5 min
Ordering “less salad, more tofu”: how far a shop can go before the loaf breaks

Ordering “less salad, more tofu”: how far a shop can go before the loaf breaks

Almost everything in a loaf can be adjusted, but three changes taken too far genuinely ruin it. What you can ask for, and the three places to stop.

Menu & new dishes 14/09 4 min
Ordering for the whole family: which banh mi goes with which drink

Ordering for the whole family: which banh mi goes with which drink

How to order vegan banh mi and drinks for a family at Banh Mi XANH: which loaf suits whom, what to drink with it, and three worked combinations with t

Menu & new dishes 13/09 4 min
The Premium banh mi: how big is big size, and what makes it premium

The Premium banh mi: how big is big size, and what makes it premium

How large the 75,000d Thuong Hang Premium really is, what goes inside, how to eat it and who it suits — worth knowing before you order.

Menu & new dishes 13/09 3 min
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