BAMI NGUYEN - BÁNH MÌ BƠ CỐM — Attraction in Ho Chi Minh City

"A unique bánh mì," they said. Sure, on paper it is. But if you were to blindfold me and ask me to tell a difference between this and any other cold-cut bánh mì, I wouldn't be able to tell.

I went early morning to grab one for breakfast so there was no wait. The prices seem to have gone up slightly for everything. The small is now 38K & the large is 59K. Honestly, the prices are not bad for how big the portion sizes are. The small is bigger than the average bánh mì you'd find in most street stalls & is more than enough (or even a little too much) for the average Vietnamese' appetite.

Taste-wise, however, it was a bit of a letdown. Was it bad by any means? No. In fact, I found it quite solid... as any other solid cold-cut bánh mì you'd find out there in HCMC (which are plenty). Its one advertised unique aspect, the cốm butter, absolutely did not come through at all, not even a hint, when eaten together with everything else as a whole sandwich. The pate was the dominant flavor. When I tried the cốm butter on its own, it tasted like the pork floss that was directly placed on top of it instead. Speaking of which, their pork floss was really good & apparently they have 2 kinds, a regular and a fried-shallots one which you have to specifically request since they don't tell you about it lol

Now, I ordered the regular bánh mì without adding anything extra so I thought maybe the problem would be solved if you ordered extra cốm butter. However, someone I know ordered theirs with extra butter and they still had the exact same experience except they could actually taste the nice cốm flavor when they tried just the butter on its own. What I'm gathering from that is that maybe the best way to experience this unique cốm butter on a bánh mì is to just get it separately on its own and put it on a plain bánh mì and enjoy.

For the price and the portion size, I wasn't mad at what I got. I would probably revisit just to do the hack I mentioned. But if you're hoping to experience a cool gimmicky bánh mì like me, this isn't worth it. Again, it's not bad, just...

Mình mới mua thử ổ 55k thấy khá ngon, nhưng cần xem lại thái độ nhân viên ạ! Sáng nay mình hơi chật vật với việc thanh toán vì mình chưa làm sinh trắc học xong nên ngân hàng không cho giao dịch, nên mình hỏi bạn nhân viên là “ở đây có quẹt thẻ không?”, thì bạn trả lời mình là “chị quẹt vô nách em nè chị”, sau đó còn quay lại nói với bạn nhân viên khác là “không hiểu sao khách qua đây toàn đòi chuyển khoản”???? Ai đời mấy bạn đi bán hàng mà lại nói như vậy với khách? Hay các bạn nghĩ các video giỡn vui trên TikTok giống với tình huống ngoài đời nên các bạn cũng không muốn tôn trọng khách hàng và cũng không muốn hiểu dịch vụ khách hàng là gì? Mình đoán chắc nếu các bạn đọc được bài đánh giá này thì các bạn thế nào cũng cười cợt rồi nói mình có vấn đề này nọ cho mà xem :))) Nhưng mà thật sự là nên coi lại thái độ nhân viên đi để tránh làm ảnh hưởng tới chất lượng phục vụ và cả chất lượng bánh nhé ạ! Vì để cho người ta không vui thì ổ bánh mì bạn bán có ngon tới mấy thì nó cũng như 1 ổ bánh...

A very tiny takeaway store with the most unusual banh mi I have ever seen. The sizes are quite large - even the small sandwiches are a pretty hefty size. The young rice spread is sweet, savory, and very rich. It’s delicious. Service was fast and Theres a bit of space for motorbike parking available on...