$1 Banh Mi Vs $100 Banh Mi - The Complete Guide to Banh Mi in Saigon (Featuring Kyle Le)

A hundred dollars bind me Right here it's so outrageous I love the only thing in a generation A select group of Mavericks commit to making food history Pushing boundaries and culinary common sense To create something truly legendary today We are those Mavericks It's my mission traveling all over Vietnam Demystifying its diverse cuisine Some things have been unusual and they all taste amazing, but today we are going to explore the magic that is the bond with me A liver pâté and mayonnaise as a great combination that we will check out a local restaurant that has introduced A modern twist on some classic Vietnamese staples.

One of my favorite things here. They have the Bond Sale cue and we will finally get to know the masterpiece itself. Created by Michelin-trained chef Peter Franklin, when did I eat this amazing thing? This stupid idea to make a $100 bonus I came to you and I want to know about it. What you? The first thing we thought of was when I told them this. Aside from foie, the Vietnamese sandwich known as Banh mi is probably the most internationally recognized food from this country. You can't walk 10 steps down a busy Saigon street without running into a stroller.

Each vendor has their own unique take on the classic, but today we'll explore the four most popular types of Southern-style Banh Mi, starting with a little meat cart where I have breakfast most mornings. We are my favorite place for breakfast here. in Saigon? I get a couple Banh mi with egg and I didn't even know this was a thing when I first came to Vietnam because as a kid I always made egg sandwiches and that's essentially what she gets here. It has a couple of different types of Banh. mi but let's look at the Banh mi egg, "Banh mi trung"" After you slice it open My Banh Mi egg will get a drizzle of soy sauce A couple of cucumbers Pickled vegetables A healthy bunch of cilantro A few sliced ​​chillies and Por of course, two piping hot fried eggs, topped with a final touch of soy sauce and a little salt and pepper, so right now we have our beautiful Egg Banh Mi and look at this packaging Look, it's in a nice plastic bag. ?They put someone's schedule.

Last week he was here to pick up all the extra oils and things like that. I asked him to do it the normal way he put the cucumber. the cucumber will add that little bit of freshness and a little bit of texture. I get it. I just hate cucumber. There is something very true about eating eggs in the morning. Why not combine them? It is what gives it a lot of flavor. Adding all the salt This is one of my favorites just because this place is literally 100 meters from my house. I come here almost every morning when I've had a couple of Banh Mi and a coffee and I'm ready to go for the rest. of the day Until you know 10:00 a. m.

Here we are, "Banh Mi Heo Quay"? One of the most popular Banh Mi, it is filled with roast pork. They have the roast pig hanging in the window. It's quite beautiful and they've cut it down to size here. They have cut it into little pieces. Let's go in. and see what the deal is, you know it's a busy day at Banh Mi Shop. Hello ma'am, this Roasted Pork Banh Mi is filled with pickled carrots and radishes, roasted pork cucumber, except in my case, scallions, cilantro, sliced ​​hot chilies and a special sweet sauce including garlic fish sauce, onion , soy sauce and pork fat. "Ah, bao nhieu tien?" 20 It's 20,000 VND, approximately $1.

It's an incredible value, so right here we can see the majesty and mystique of Banh Mi Heo Quay, as Banh Mi has a totally different personality in the way the sauce takes over the sauce. sweet, the pork cuts are very fatty, which I enjoy because I am a fat fat man. There is some heavy meat but of course they will always add some balance in Vietnam. They are lightened with a little cilantro and cilantro. The sandwich adds a really unique flavor, it's something I had never experienced until I came to Vietnam. I've only had cilantro with Mexican food before, but I tried putting it on the sandwich.

Sometimes it's really nice. The bread inside is super soft and a little crunchier. Shell on the outside in Vietnamese Banh Mi literally means bread and this French-influenced single-serving baguette is ubiquitous in Vietnam. The unique blend of wheat flour and rice flour makes for the perfect sandwich. Crispy on the outside and light and airy on the inside. Bakeries usually start their Banh Mi preparation late at night, letting the dough rise for a few hours and then at 3:00 a.m. m., they are put into an oven and the final product is placed in a basket and covered with a burlap sack to ensure they stay fresh. and warm until they reach your taste buds.

Today it's all about Banh Mi and here we have another Banh Mi creation in Vietnam called "Banh Mi Thit". Maybe you remember me talking about "Gio lua", the most popular sausage in all of Vietnam. It is one of the main meats here and there. There are other types of processed meats that they put inside. We are going to ask for. Today my Banh Mi sausage is made. based on liver pâté and mayonnaise a variety of sliced ​​sausages cucumber pickled vegetables a little bit of hot chilies cilantro and soy sauce another beautiful

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mi very important and unique is that liver pâté with the mayonnaise mixed in oh those hot chilis are spicy There are still some nice, fatty cuts of meat left, but the liver pâté with mayonnaise together makes it so creamy that it is where, like all salts, the somewhat flavorful salt punch comes from.

And every bite is a little different. I just received a bunch of pickled vegetables. A ton of crunch, a little acidity to go with the spiciness. From all that spicy chili. Not bad and, in fact, quite good to mark the end. Classic Street Banh Mi From my list I enlisted the help of my friend and fellow Youtuber Kyle leg Kyleigh has made hundreds of videos about Vietnam and is now documenting the Vietnamese diaspora around the world, but today she's helping me find a delicious sandwich. This is a market. and unfortunately not much is happening because none of us can wake up in time, you know?

But they're still going to have some Banh Mi. Yeah, you should get some Banh Mi, yeah. I have been living in Vietnam for almost 10 months. Every once in a while we come across a new type of Banh Mi that I had never seen before that Kyle had just mentioned and this is it. the Banh Mi fish besides that you call it uh ''Banh Mi Cha Ca''. She starts from a piece like this. Okay, these are gluttons pulverizing a saltwater fish, by the way, it's a Ca Thu, but don't ask me what that is in English and she'll turn it into a nice thin patty and then fry it.

Fry it like this. wow And so this is just pure oil here, yeah, in the Banh Mi Hierarchy. Where do you put the fish one? I'm going to have to put it down because it's not that common, okay. However, it is very delicious. Okay, it's more common towards coastal cities like Chiang, for example. Near the beach, Banh Mi fish is made with a splash of soy. sauce A little chili sauce, Vietnamese coriander and lots of fried and sliced ​​fish cake. We have the two Banh Mi fish and they cost only 15,000 each 30 in total. Again, about 75 cents, there you have it. "Come on!" Oh, what a pretty lady, she feels a little skimpy compared to others, you fools are really quite big already.

Ready to take it down together. I'm ready. Three, two, one. Come on, mmm! Oh! That's actually it. Really nice. It's still very hot from being fried and very tasty as well as intensely salty. This is the first time I've seen Vietnamese coriander instead of coriander inside Banh Mi and you know what a refresher it is. Turn to the delight of the best we have. I've been putting it off long enough. Let's go find that $100 Banh Mi. I'm going to put this in my backpack for later and it's not because I don't like it. It's just that I'm getting full.

As you can see. Banh Mi is inexpensive, usually costing a dollar or less, but it's also extremely versatile, which is why I asked Michelin-trained chef Peter Franklin, the founder of Ăn Ăn, to help me scale up this tasty delicacy. I want to make a Banh Mi I want to expand it in every way and make a hundred dollar Banh Mi what was your first thought. My best thought was that this guy is crazy, but we're always up for a crazy challenge here, so we're up for it, but first. dig deeper I wanted to try some of the next level deliciousness coming out of Anan's kitchen.

If you're going to go anywhere to get $100 Banh Mi, this is the place and not because everything is expensive, but because they have the expertise in what you're doing is a modern take on the Vietnamese food you've seen so far and now you see it here on paper. You've seen Bo La Lot in my video and now you see the modern version here, it's like a giant Bo La Lot. With buffalo meat With a blanket of red cabbage, it's fine. You've seen Banh Xeo in my videos, one of my favorite things. They have the Banh Xeo taco here, but instead of putting it on a roll, we'll eat it here as if it were a taco.

Just straight up. We don't need to wrap it in anything else, so we've got some cilantro here, some shrimp, peas, ground pork. Let's try it, oh the crunchy one and this is real, I'm sorry, I'll try it. Incredible and look at that structural integrity. Crunchy, but not crumbly What I really like about this is that we see herbs everywhere and Vietnamese cuisine, but here they use dill. I wasn't expecting the dill that hit me, but it hit me in the right way. As impressive as that, it was, isn't it? Why we're here, we're here for the hundred dollar Banh Mi.

This is not something that is on the menu here and Anan. I talked to their chef and said, Well, I have this stupid idea. First, I think the other thing is that the Banh Mi Sandwich is one of those amazing sandwiches, it's one of the wonders of the world and you can make it for $1, basically. So we decided with you to do something a little different instead of the normal coke cut. We all have co-products of this push to the Sandwich French marble. So how do you make a hundred dollar Banh Mi? We start by grilling a large baguette and then spread it with a little truffle mayonnaise.

Meanwhile, we grill a huge bone-in pork chop while it cooks. We have five large servings of whey-based foie gras. Now, of course, I know what foie gras is because I grew up in a trailer park in Minnesota, but some people don't know what foie gras is and could you tell us that it's basically duck liver? , okay, so it's almost pure flavor, pure fat, how much is it per kilo? This is a lot of money, so hearing 25 grams here, most restaurants will give you around 30 to 40 grams or something, you'll have to pay. 30 40 50 dollars or something like that, time to cut the pork chop and get started, assemble starting with some duck liver pâté instead of the normal pâté.

We have a French level from Jacuz that is basically making us duck liver pâté. It's no nicer and more refined than the typical product. Stacked with foie gras and pork and then everything else is the usual, with cucumber, your favorite, and then you top it with some familiar local ingredients, including cucumber, cilantro, dill and pickled carrots and shallots. A blowtorch is then used because expensive foods usually require a blowtorch. for some reason Finally some pork sauce and Sriracha for the spiciness factor $100 Banh Mi Right here, yeah, I don't want to pick it up yet until I'm ready to eat it, but it looks heavy, like it might pull a muscle in my back. or something to accompany the Banh Mi, I will have Hanoi Bia Hoi and sweet potato fries better fried with a special sauce, so this is called Caviar dip, it is a local caviar freshly made in Vietnam.

You know, Vietnam is changing now. We have some very high-end products, where can we find the really good product? Do we want to show that? We're taking a fried sweet potato and we're dipping it in black caviar, right, it's so outrageous, I love it, it's so over the top, it's amazing, you've outdone yourself, amazing, let's eat this. Here we are our Clickbait moment. of Redemption the $100 Banh Mi is here, it's real. I can't wait to try this on you, oh? Kyle, I totally remembered you, I was here ah. Do you want to try it too? Yes, that's why I'm here, that's why I spent the whole day with you.

Okay, yeah, no, sure. In the end, let's do it together. If you care? If I make all yours at first, okay, fried sweet potatoes, dipped in caviar, this is the most opulent thing I've ever made, do you want to try some? I don't even know. What that means Look at that, caviar and sweet potato fries, ready? Greetings, I have never done it. I would like caviar as a sauce if two would work. Good for me. Double sauce, they tricked you and then you turned around Mm-Hmm, my friend. One hundred dollar Banh Mi. Coming soon, but first you have to try this truffle mayonnaise.

They made a nice one They don't go crazy with that I want you to determine what it tastes like That's so incredible that it doesn't have any sting You know what gasoline is like and when you smell it it smells good It has a little sting like that more than neon in a delicious way the moment of truth the hundred dollar Banh Mi I went to Peter and told him how you would approach the Banh Mi if it had to cost $100 This is the format it has taken, you have to eliminateall this shit right here. He actually told me to take it off.

He said that he is not a Banh Mi and was asked for cucumber. I agree. Step one. Fold it in half, oh, oh, baby, oh? I'm going to be good to you. It's thick. The amazing $100 Banh Mi.First bite, first impression Wow, that was like a flavor adventure, bro, the fattiness of that pork chop. Oh, it's like that. Incredibly tasty and smoky, this is. Uh, I feel bad man, you're good. Do you think I'm going to lose? You're going to give. yo A, bell, sure a penalty I'm not going to eat all this Night Watching idiot, the hype is real, man.

I can't wait until he can try a piece, you know? It's good? Yes, this is ridiculous. I want to be honest. I thought you would just put some expensive things on it and then take a bite. I'd say: Oh, it's pretty good. Anyway, that's the show, this one is exceptional, so if you think about it, I've done it. I already ate about $15. I'm going to try it with caviar, huh? Oh my god, I'll take a bite. I keep going this way. You start on this side. We'll meet in the middle like the tramp's lady. Yes, don't try it.

The tramp lady with the spaghetti and then they kiss. It's two dogs, it's adorable Hmm, what do you think of it? I think he is full of flavor, yes, rich. The flavor is rich, that is a good description that the foie gras is so rich that it is like pure, it remains expanded enough to stay in your mouth forever. I need pieces. of ginger between this, like if you eat sushi, then you will like it. Now, greetings, yes, of course, it's like I'm having a heart attack, oh my God. That's right, ten out of ten. This has been an incredible experience.

I hope you learned a little about Banh Mi. I would like to thank Peter for coming up with this crazy idea as you do Anan. Check them out next time you're in Saigon. Thanks to Kyle for showing me some of Street Banh's amazing

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