Bánh Mì #1 — Restaurant in Garland

This sandwich shop is towards the back of the food court of Saigon Mall. They're usually really busy on weekends, I can't say how business is on weekdays since I've never been on a weekday. There always seems to be a line of people waiting to order or pick up their sandwich orders. Also, they place has 2 fronts/stores/booths, one is more sandwiches and one is for drinks. I posted pics for both places. The bánh tieu, like a puff sesame bread that's sweet, is good here. However, it's sometimes a little over cooked and can be a little hard. Each is $1.75. The sesame balls are great. Really big and full of mung bean filling that's perfect. Each $1.75. The egg rolls aren't impressive but it could be because they served it cold to me. The Pate Chaud was square/rectangular shaped and its filling is actually pretty good. I haven't tried one of the sandwiches, but I might in the future. Their bánh bột lọc and bánh it tran are the best I've had yet. The size is big and super tasty. If I remember correctly, each was $11. On the topic of their drinks, I personally don't think it's that great. I am NOT a fan of their cafe sau da (Vietnamese coffee). It has a weird added flavor and aftertaste that I find very unpleasant, but it's honestly to each their own cause my parents like it. I feel like there are other coffees at the very same food court that are much better. The coffee was $6 which to me isn't worth it when the other food court coffee options are cheaper with better taste and more quantity. Their sugar cane drink isn't the best either. I'm more of a traditionalist and I prefer my sugar cane drink just purely sugar cane only, but if you don't specifically tell them (which I didn't cause I didn't know I needed to) you only want sugar cane, then they'll also add in orange juice to the drink which I don't like. And again, there's other sugar cane drink stores in the same food court that are much better and provide more...

This is a very dishonest shop. I ordered 6 sandwiches this afternoon. When I went to pick up my sandwiches, one lady checked the bag, hesitated. I thought maybe they didn’t know what I ordered, so I showed them my receipt with 6 sandwiches in the order. Another ladies joined in to inspect the bag, said something in Vietnamese to her coworker, then tied up the bag security and handed to me. I took the bag and drove 15 minutes home, then found out that there were only 5 sandwiches in the bag.

I called the shop, and they asked me to return to the shop to get the missing sandwich. When I arrived at the shop, they offered to make the cheapest sandwich on the menu as the replacement. I had to correct them and showed them my receipt to get the more expensive sandwich I paid for. They made the sandwich, refused to give me extra veggies to go with the sandwich. They claimed that they already gave me enough veggie on the side for 6 sandwiches (so now they admit they did purposely give me 5 sandwiches even though they knew I ordered 6). I took the bag, went to the car, and found that she gave me a cheaper sandwich as a replacement after all.

Now I finally learned what a low down, dishonest establishment this is. Beware and don’t trust them. Always check your bag and make sure you got what you ordered before leaving the shop, or just save an buy from other shops instead, which I will do...

The Saigon Mall contains many selections of Vietnamese cuisine and products.

One of which is Bahn Mi #1, which is located towards the back left area of the mall.

For starters, if you eat Bahn Mi in any other state, you know you're paying anywhere from $2 - $5 more per sandwich, so right off the bat, it's already a great deal.

For 3 Bahn mi sandwiches, I paid $17.83, which is absolutely INSANE!

On the East Coast, 3 Bahn Mi sandwiches will run you $25 to $30!

I loved the taste and the size of the bread.

I got #4, 8, and 17.

They were all good, but nothing really stood out as excellent.

They were also slightly bare on the fillings.

But hey, once again, at this price point, you can't complain.

Would I come back? Heeeeellll yes~

And yeah. One more thing. I wish they wrote the number of ur order on the wrapper, because they write something in Vietnamese and I couldn't tell...