Lunch Matters

Mmm, the Daily News examined some delicious lunch spots, from the affordable, like The Adore, to the gourmet-to-go, 'wichcraft, plus the "break the bank" kind (Masa, with a $300 lunch), which makes Gothamist want to plan what we'll be eating for lunch this week. And it got us thinkig that the next big sandwich in this post-panini (Monterey Cheese and turkey says quesedilla more than panini to us), post-make-your-own-salad (we're tired and lazy now - pick for us) time might be the banh mi - the Vietnamese sandwich. cityrag posted about Saigon Banh Mi in Chinatown (a stall near the intersection of Forsythe, Division, and East Broadway), and describes the sandwich as being "huge, made with all kinds of tasty fresh ingredients (French bread, shredded carrots, radish, slices of cucumber, lunch meat, bbq pork and a variety of sauces/seasoning) and are super cheap! usually around $3 for a massive sandwich that can feed 2." Now, if only there was banh mi at the local delis.

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By Jen Chung in Food on September 23, 2004 1:22 PM

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jlk41

yes i love bahn mi so 1. also, fyi, there is now nicky's bahn mi on 2nd street, which i have not yet tried, but i hear it's the real deal. one block from my house so you can bet i'll try it out.

jj

yeah, cuz brown people dont know how to use this interweb thingy, and wont benefit from this amazing insight.

ARRGG

Darn it...now there'll be tons of white people in addition to the tons of Asian people waiting in line for some banh mi.

Petezilla

MMMMmmm banh mi is delicious! What many of you don't realize is how easy it is to make yourself.

correction agency

Actually the NYDN article re Masa says that dinner there is $300, so lunch may be a more affordable option:

"Snagging a dinner reservation (at $300 a head) may be impossible, but lunch is more doable."

BF

the best new lunch are the rice balls at Oms/b in midtown - on 45th between 3rd and lex. So good! And very different. You've got to try it.

BF

the best new lunch are the rice balls at Oms/b in midtown - on 45th between 3rd and lex. So good! And very different. You've got to try it.

big o

To hell with the general public. I've been hitting Banh Mi So 1 for years, and I come off looking like the Lord of New York whenever I take visitors (out of town or otherwise) to this "secret Vietnamese place". Sometimes I'll even shoot all the way down through Little Italy and then bend back around, just so said visitors don't realize the place is only a few blocks from home.

BF

the best new lunch are the rice balls at Oms/b in midtown - on 45th between 3rd and lex. So good! And very different. You've got to try it.

BF

the best new lunch are the rice balls at Oms/b in midtown - on 45th between 3rd and lex. So good! And very different. You've got to try it.

Van Helen

They're ubiquitous in L.A. and top-notch. My faves are at Mr. Baguette. Although they don't serve fresh soda chanhs there, the bread is fresh baked, the meat is perfectly seasoned, and the veg is perfectly pickled. Worth the drive South down the I-5.