Bánh Mì of Southern California

I recently discovered these wonderful French Sandwiches in Mira Mesa, CA. The bread is amazing and the wonderful combination of flavors in the middle……Oh, my!! The best sandwich I’ve EVER had!
(I had the #5 – BBQ pork)

Ba-le French Sandwiches
9396 Mira Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 566-7711

This post was submitted by Theresa.

I have been DYING to find a place that has Banh Mi in my area (Inland Empire) ever since my friend brought me one from OC. I finally found Super Sandwich! I got the BBQ pork Bunh mi with the combo which includes an egg roll, chips, and a smoothie all for $6! I’m not too experienced with Bunh Mi as this was the second one I ever had, but I thought it was quite good and so did the hubby. I will definitely go there again.

This post was submitted by VALERIE.

Popular Baguette Express of San Gabriel Valley has opened a new location in San Diego! It is called, “CALI BAGUETTE EXPRESS” located at 5125 El Cajon Blvd. on the corner of 52nd and El Cajon. Phone (619)286-8888. Their Dac Biet is yummy, and only $2.99

This post was submitted by tPhung.

I have tried Cho Cu, Tip Top, Saigon, B.M.C. Cali, and others, but I prefer the Dac Biet sandwich at Uyen Thy Bistro in Westminster. They get their bread from elsewhere, but their Meats are the BEST!!! It’s of finer quality and tastes better than the others. If you know where Phuoc Loc Tho and ABC supermarket is, its in the same vicinity. The address is
9039 Bolsa Ave
Westminster, CA 92683

behind the 7-eleven.

This post was submitted by Bill Nguyen.

Favorite SGV Banh Mi comes from Baguette Express, San Gabriel. The superfresh baguette has a light, crispy crust and fluffy inside. They are generous with sandwich fillings and provide all the appropriate veggies– pickled daikon and carrots, fresh cucumber, cilantro, jalapenos. Sometimes they go a little overboard with the salt and pepper (maybe MSG?). Overall, Baguette Express is reliable and charges a fair price for their sandwiches.

This post was submitted by apfb.

Gingergrass in Silverlake is my current favorite. Conveniently located across the street from LA’s best wine store, Silverlake Wine, this laid back Vietnamese restaurant serves great Banh mi and other classic dishes.

Gingergrass.com
2396 Glendale Blvd • Silver Lake, CA 90039
(Southeast corner of Brier Ave & Glendale Blvd.)
Major Cross Street: Silver Lake Blvd.

This post was submitted by Foodwolfe.

We’ve never heard of that combo. Plus it’s in a billiard joint, reason enough to try it out. Tip Top is one of our favorite spots to get banh mi as well. They’ve improved a lot since the ownership has changed. It seems like they are on their third set of owners, and this last one has figured things out. We were almost thinking the location was jinxed, but now they are thriving and pumping out good banh mi. Thanks for posting. T & D.

There’s a really good spam & egg banh mi (not a traditional filling) at a Vietnamese billiard hall (Thanh Tam Billiards on Euclid/Westminister). Not very many know about it yet, but it’s a different and tasty banh mi that all my friends and I go to get. A lot of people don’t play pool there, they just go for the spam and egg banh mi. Tip Top Sandwiches also has good banh mi too, since they changed owners a while back. Their bread is soft on the inside and crusty on the outside, and their fillings are good.

This post was submitted by Hoang.