Hailing from the Ozarks, Addie Broyles expanded her cooking (and eating) skills on the West Coast and Spain before settling in Austin, mainly for the aguas frescas at the taco stand down the street from her house where she, husband Ian and son Julian are now attempting to grow their own food in the backyard. They recently welcomed another baby boy and two chickens to the family.
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By Addie Broyles
| Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 08:49 AM
The Vietnamese sandwich bánh mì is in many ways a perfect sandwich.
Sure, it lacks the American sandwich staples of cheese, mustard and tomatoes, but the jalapeños, cucumber, cilantro, pickled carrots and mayonnaise more than make up for it.
In today’s paper, we deconstruct the bánh mì into its parts so you can put your own spin on the inexpensive sandwich that is perfect for summer.
A number of Vietnamese restaurants around Austin sell bánh mì, and if you live near North Lamar Boulevard, you have more choices than anyone. A lot of people prefer Tam Deli or Baguette House, but Thanh Nhi could be considered the dark horse favorite. South Austinites will have another option when Larry McGuire of Perla’s and Lamberts Downtown Barbecue opens a Vietnamese shop called the Elizabeth Street Cafe late this year.
Do you have a favorite bánh mì in town? Have you ever tried to make it at home?
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By Nobody
July 27, 2011 9:14 AM | Link to this
Lord have mercy. Please correct the spelling… It is spelled Bánh mě
By Nobody again
July 27, 2011 10:04 AM | Link to this
Please correct the spelling here too:
“A number of Vietnamese restaurants around Austin sell bá mě”
and here: “Do you have a favorite bá mě in town”
By Marshall
July 27, 2011 10:36 AM | Link to this
Best I have had was from Michael Vilim at StrEAT!
By staff
July 27, 2011 12:15 PM | Link to this
Sorry about that, nobody. We’ve messed this all up kinds of ways trying to get the accents to display right. I’ll spend the rest of the day/week/month apologizing, if it makes it any better.