Comments on: Bánh Mì at Café Bay. http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/ Food and drink from Peckham Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-66580 Julie Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:31:42 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-66580 How funny, I made that comment a year and a half ago (#10)! I've just opened my own little Viet cafe a couple weeks ago where we sell banh mi (amongst other options) in London. It's taken quite a lot of time and research to get the bread as close as we can to what they have in Vietnam and we have it about right now, light and airy inside with a thin crackly crust. It's a bread not really seen in the UK so we developed our recipe from relatives in Vietnam and its made every morning for us by a very small craft bakery; we've had a couple problems with consistency so far but that has been resolved now. It's not dense and filling as a French baguette and we have all our fillings made fresh each morning onsite. We do our Classic which has the cha lua steamed pork roll as raised in your original review and we do offer chilli sauce because everyone asks for it! If you're ever around Bank station please pop in and say hi; this was the very first food blog I ever read and also commented on :) How funny, I made that comment a year and a half ago (#10)!

I’ve just opened my own little Viet cafe a couple weeks ago where we sell banh mi (amongst other options) in London. It’s taken quite a lot of time and research to get the bread as close as we can to what they have in Vietnam and we have it about right now, light and airy inside with a thin crackly crust.

It’s a bread not really seen in the UK so we developed our recipe from relatives in Vietnam and its made every morning for us by a very small craft bakery; we’ve had a couple problems with consistency so far but that has been resolved now. It’s not dense and filling as a French baguette and we have all our fillings made fresh each morning onsite.

We do our Classic which has the cha lua steamed pork roll as raised in your original review and we do offer chilli sauce because everyone asks for it!

If you’re ever around Bank station please pop in and say hi; this was the very first food blog I ever read and also commented on :)

]]> By: Helen http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-62238 Helen Wed, 19 May 2010 14:53:59 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-62238 Don't worry, I've come round to it! Keep up people!!!! http://helengraves.co.uk/2010/05/spam-food-of-my-youth/ Don’t worry, I’ve come round to it! Keep up people!!!! http://helengraves.co.uk/2010/05/spam-food-of-my-youth/

]]> By: The Sophisticated Aesthete http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-62236 The Sophisticated Aesthete Wed, 19 May 2010 14:26:46 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-62236 Hi, just found your blog by googling Vietnamese food in London – I didn't even know you could get banh mi there! What a very pleasant surprise. Also, nice blog. Anyway, I can't resist the urge to agree with what Julie and An American in London said, being Vietnamese and actually having an aunt who owns a series of banh mi places in Saigon, though I can see how cha lua (or, as we also call it, gio lua) would be not so appealing to someone who isn't quite sure what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%C3%B2_l%E1%BB%A5a . Hi, just found your blog by googling Vietnamese food in London – I didn’t even know you could get banh mi there! What a very pleasant surprise. Also, nice blog.
Anyway, I can’t resist the urge to agree with what Julie and An American in London said, being Vietnamese and actually having an aunt who owns a series of banh mi places in Saigon, though I can see how cha lua (or, as we also call it, gio lua) would be not so appealing to someone who isn’t quite sure what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%C3%B2_l%E1%BB%A5a .

]]> By: Banh Mi SaiGon http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-46305 Banh Mi SaiGon Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:48:23 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-46305 Ca Phe VN has launched its own Banhmi – Banh Mi SaiGon – every Saturday at the Saigon Street Cafe – Benjamin Close, Broadway Market E8 10-5 5 pork, traditional Southern style baguette – excellent light bread with cha bong, steamed pork, cha, gammon ham, pate, pickled diakon & carrot, cucumber, spring onion, coriander, gravy, Vietnamese mayonaise & chilli. Ca Phe VN 07780784696 Ca Phe VN has launched its own Banhmi – Banh Mi SaiGon – every Saturday at the Saigon Street Cafe – Benjamin Close, Broadway Market E8 10-5

5 pork, traditional Southern style baguette – excellent light bread with cha bong, steamed pork, cha, gammon ham, pate, pickled diakon & carrot, cucumber, spring onion, coriander, gravy, Vietnamese mayonaise & chilli.

Ca Phe VN 07780784696

]]> By: lily http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-16077 lily Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:37:58 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-16077 saw this article on timeout yesterday about banhmi in London, maybe worth checking out , the banhmi11 picture looks good http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/food+drink/blog/63/from-hanoi-to-hackney saw this article on timeout yesterday about banhmi in London, maybe worth checking out , the banhmi11 picture looks good http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/food+drink/blog/63/from-hanoi-to-hackney

]]> By: gurliegurl http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-15664 gurliegurl Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:14:40 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-15664 Gosh Helen, you are not a very nice person. How are you qualified to know know what a vietnamese banh mi should be like anyway. There are nicer ways to put things. Gosh Helen, you are not a very nice person.
How are you qualified to know know what a vietnamese banh mi should be like anyway. There are nicer ways to put things.

]]> By: Clare http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-15431 Clare Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:28:19 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-15431 Walking home last night I noticed a sign has gone up at 114 Bermondsey Street for a "new Vietnamese Cafe" Following a little further investigation on the SE1 forum, it's apparently going to be making fresh vietnamese cafe food including banh mi. Looks like it will be opening in the next couple of weeks..I got hooked on these during my SE Asia travels so I'm very excited! I'll happily report back...you might want to add it to your list! Walking home last night I noticed a sign has gone up at 114 Bermondsey Street for a “new Vietnamese Cafe” Following a little further investigation on the SE1 forum, it’s apparently going to be making fresh vietnamese cafe food including banh mi. Looks like it will be opening in the next couple of weeks..I got hooked on these during my SE Asia travels so I’m very excited! I’ll happily report back…you might want to add it to your list!

]]> By: An American in London http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-14721 An American in London Thu, 28 May 2009 16:32:18 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-14721 Having just returned from Paris (where I usually end up eating all the banh mi in sight and agree with Julie that Saigon Sandwich in Belleville is pretty good), I found your post when googling for London banh mi (which I've searched for in vain for four years). The version at Pho is really awful - greasy and served with cooked beansprouts. The banh mi in the Cafe Bay photo you've included doesn't look half bad. Pate is not my fave, generally, but it's pretty standard in pork banh mi. I heard Loong Kee Cafe was worth a try, and TastyTreats recently tipped me off to Banzi near Canada Water station. So I'm excited to check out these leads. An American in Londons last blog post..<a href="http://rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/le-baratin-paris/" rel="nofollow">Le Baratin, Paris</a> Having just returned from Paris (where I usually end up eating all the banh mi in sight and agree with Julie that Saigon Sandwich in Belleville is pretty good), I found your post when googling for London banh mi (which I’ve searched for in vain for four years). The version at Pho is really awful – greasy and served with cooked beansprouts.

The banh mi in the Cafe Bay photo you’ve included doesn’t look half bad. Pate is not my fave, generally, but it’s pretty standard in pork banh mi.

I heard Loong Kee Cafe was worth a try, and TastyTreats recently tipped me off to Banzi near Canada Water station. So I’m excited to check out these leads.

An American in Londons last blog post..Le Baratin, Paris

]]> By: Julie http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-12684 Julie Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:40:53 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-12684 The banh mi you had is perfectly authentic. The regular meat is called cha lua (made by simply processing meat with seasoning ang spices to get the firm texture then cooking and slicing it), the other meat is shoulder sliced up. Mayo, pate and a dribble of Maggi sauce and optional sliced chillis along with cucumber and pickled carrot and coriander complete the baguette. Never seen beansprouts, chilli sauce in authentic banh mi before and have just returned from a trip tasting banh mi everywhere I could find in Paris. Saigon sandwich is the best btw, in Belleville. The banh mi you had is perfectly authentic. The regular meat is called cha lua (made by simply processing meat with seasoning ang spices to get the firm texture then cooking and slicing it), the other meat is shoulder sliced up. Mayo, pate and a dribble of Maggi sauce and optional sliced chillis along with cucumber and pickled carrot and coriander complete the baguette.

Never seen beansprouts, chilli sauce in authentic banh mi before and have just returned from a trip tasting banh mi everywhere I could find in Paris. Saigon sandwich is the best btw, in Belleville.

]]> By: Joie de vivre http://helengraves.co.uk/2009/02/sandwiches-and-the-city-3-banh-mi-at-cafe-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-11393 Joie de vivre Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:23:58 +0000 http://helengraves.co.uk/?p=780#comment-11393 Perhaps the lady was happy to see you sober? :) Sorry the sandwich disappointed. Joie de vivres last blog post..<a href="http://joiedevivreanamateurgourmetsguide.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-french-friday-1.html" rel="nofollow">February French Friday #1</a> Perhaps the lady was happy to see you sober? :) Sorry the sandwich disappointed.

Joie de vivres last blog post..February French Friday #1

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