Best Banh Mi / Vietnamese Pork Roll

Sapper50 on 19/04/2024 - 21:17
Last edited 19/04/2024 - 22:29

I wanted an OzB opinion from the best community on the internet.

Name your best Banh mi place. I will attend this location and try it out.

Hell, I might even start a poll.

I have a solid addiction to banh mi and consider myself a real connoisseur.

I'm tired of reading google reviews of trash locations claiming "best Banh mi ever…"

My top locations ranked in top order as close as possible. I obviously haven't tried them all but I'll try a banh mi in every possible location I travel too.

  1. Luke's bakery - Moonee ponds.
    The best. Hands down.

    (The Reservoir store is still amazing, but for some unknown reason not as good)

  2. Top Ryde Baker's House - Ryde.

  3. N. Lee bakery - Collingwood.

  4. Marrickville pork roll - Marrickville

  5. Lee Lee bakehouse - Richmond

  6. Lai bakery - Sunbury.

Sorry, to Queenslandlers, I've tried a fair few places up there and they are all not great, but have exhausted every location.

Sorry to offend anyone if your favourite place isn't here. Lay it on me and I'll try.

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Comments

    • Sapper50 on 25/04/2024 - 10:34

      I've tried the humble offerings of GC and cairnes.
      With nothing noteworthy.
      I'm in Brissy in 4 weeks and have 3 to try. (Which I will get to. )
      The little Ky son has been added to the list. Appreciate the suggestion.

      • Jiyujin on 25/04/2024 - 11:06

        The Little Ky Son should be opening soonish. They have been closed for the last 6 months due to a fire at a Vap store that damaged part of the shopping centre. Looking forward to your reviews of the Brissy area.

      • t_c on 25/04/2024 - 11:10

        Try Fat Carrot in west end. Crispy pork. And report back. They do a lunch special with juice if you're thirsty too.

      • swanzilla on 29/04/2024 - 12:00

        If you have a chance and if it hasn’t been suggested, do give The Annerley Kitchen a try. Their traditional pork is my favourite :)
        Bread n Roll Bakery in Logan Central is also good and cheap at $7.50 the last time I was there.
        I’ve seen people mention Scotts Rd Takeaway in Darra, but I like Darra Takeaway better.

  • kratos19 on 25/04/2024 - 14:36

    Try Bun Bun bakery in Springvale. Their best one is roasted pork roll. The taste is authentic imo.

  • Usernames on 25/04/2024 - 16:44

    Everyone just recommends the places in/near their neighbourhood/work.

    • xxz on 30/04/2024 - 14:57

      bit difficult to recommend places you haven't tried?

      • Usernames on 01/05/2024 - 06:56

        Of course, that’s the point. There’s sampling bias based on where ozbargainers live and work. So it’s not “best”, it’s “best of the ones someone has tried”. Although even if you tried all of them you’d have a hard time ranking them all 😂.

  • friedmaki on 29/04/2024 - 18:40
    +1

    The hot bread shop in Cabramatta. I remember the days when they used to cost 4 for $10!

  • leiiv on 01/05/2024 - 12:57

    Hi OP, you can't really rank them without taking into account their pricing. And this is ozbargain. The best tasting banh mi that costs $20 vs the second best tasting that costs $10, which one would you choose to eat regularly? Can you add the price to those places for their baseline product (eg classic)?
    Not to mention that, above a certain threshold, taste is very much a personal preference. Just like not everyone likes vegemite or blue cheese or coriander.

  • Archi on 12/06/2024 - 09:38
    +1

    with all the different variations recently, the quality of the individual ingredients are important.
    but 3 of the ingredients that should be standard in all banh mi's and would definitely be a deal breaker for me would be

    • bread of course this is important. but if your server can slice the bread down the middle and open the roll near 180 degree flat that bread is not fresh or crispy enough.
    • pickles, good mix of daikon radish and and carrot, shredded thin and long and pickled to appropriately sweet and sour to taste. if its thicker than a French fry that's a no .
    • Pate, if not the most important ingredient of the Bank Mi. smooth consistency, with a hint of pepper and made with combination of chicken, duck and pork liver, some will only use pork as it is the cheapest, duck liver is the most expensive and not many places use it in their recipe. if you have had it before you can tell the difference,
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