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Banh Me & U, a Vietnamese Bakery Showcasing Vietnamese Sandwiches and Pastries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to The Tanner Food Group, a a food consultancy focused on international trade, industry preparedness and regulatory activities, there are now nearly 8,000 Vietnamese restaurants stateside.\u00a0 Food Scientist Michael Murdy, founder of robustkitchen.com<\/strong><\/a> attributes the\u00a0 popularity of Vietnamese food to the “wide range of flavors and textures associated<\/em>,” specifying that “t<\/em>he combination of sour, sweet, savory, and spicy flavors, as well as the use of fresh herbs and vegetables, makes Vietnamese food particularly attractive to people<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dining Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From among the nearly 8,000 Vietnamese restaurants on this side of the pond, it’s a good bet many of their menus are graced with banh mi, the sandwich melding French and Vietnamese flavors and techniques.\u00a0 I first encountered the banh mi during one of many trips to the Santa Clara-San Jose area courtesy of Intel.\u00a0 With a significant Vietnamese population, the area was teeming with restaurants, most generally serving pho and other wondrous delights from Vietnam.\u00a0 At the time (mid 1990s), the San Jose area was starting to see Vietnamese bakeries opening up mostly in areas frequented by Asian populations.\u00a0 Among them was Lee’s Sandwiches,<\/strong><\/a> maybe the first to showcase the banh mi.<\/p>\n

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Irresistable Baked Goods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lee’s Sandwiches has suffixed its corporate name with “International” and now offers European sandwiches in addition to Asian sandwiches.\u00a0 Over the years, Lee’s has expanded beyond California’s golden borders, including two locations in the Phoenix area.\u00a0 I visited the first of Lee’s satellites, a Chandler store<\/strong><\/a> in 2005 (thank you again, Intel).\u00a0 Just a year later, Albuquerque saw the launch of Coda Bakery<\/strong><\/a>, which specialized in banh mi and Vietnamese pastries.\u00a0 Coincidentally, Coda Bakery was first called “Lee’s Bakery” before changing its name to “Banh Mi Coda” and eventually Coda Bakery.\u00a0 In 2025, Coda Bakery was named a semi-finalist in the James Beard Foundation’s “Outstanding Bakery” category which spans the fruited plain.\u00a0 Commonly regarded as the “Academy Awards of the culinary industry,” James Beard awards denote the highest standards of excellence.<\/p>\n

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Refreshing Beverages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You might think the success of Coda Bakery would inspire an avalanche of Vietnamese bakeries across the Duke City.\u00a0 It hasn’t worked out that way.\u00a0 In 2013, the Duke City saw the launch of the city\u2019s second banh mi shop when Sai Gon Sandwich<\/strong><\/a> opened in Franklin Plaza, a timeworn shopping center on the northeast corner of Juan Tabo and Central.\u00a0 Sai Gon Sandwich closed in 2020.\u00a0 Albuquerque’s third Vietnamese bakery specializing in banh mi is Leona Banh Mi<\/strong><\/a> which opened its doors in 2016 and is still going strong.\u00a0 In 2025, the cleverly christened Banh Me & You entered the Vietnamese sandwich wars.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t yet experienced a banh mi and are wondering what the big deal is about what is essentially a smallish sandwich, the antithesis of those overstuffed\u00a0 behemoths crammed with ingredients, here’s a Banh Mi 101 primer.\u00a0 \u00a0Banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich that combines a French baguette with fillings such as pickled vegetables, meats, and fresh herbs.\u00a0 Typical fillings include grilled pork, p\u00e2t\u00e9, pickled carrots, cucumber, cilantro, and mayonnaise. The popularity of banh mi\u2019s stems from its balance of fresh and savory flavors, and its portability as a satisfying, affordable meal (though not as affordable as in Vietnam where you can still get a banh mi for about a dollar).<\/p>\n

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Banh Mi Pat\u00e9 Jamon (Cold Cut)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Banh Me & You is ensconced in Montgomery Plaza east of the Lovelace Women’s Hospital.\u00a0 It resides in the former space once occupied by the second instantiation of Tako Ten<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The south-facing eatery is next door to Jimmy John’s, a national chain which also specializes in sandwiches (albeit not the banh mi).\u00a0 We were curious to see which of the two sandwich shops Duke City diners would visit.\u00a0 During our brief visit to Banh Me & You, we were heartened to see savvy diners spurning Jimmy John’s.\u00a0 Whether out of curiosity or familiar with the superior deliciousness of the banh mi, those diners seemed preternaturally drawn to the Banh Me’s pastry case.<\/p>\n

Just below an overhead menu are\u00a0 two pastry cases brimming with delicious baked goods.\u00a0 Unlike some other Asian nations, Vietnam is renowned for its desserts.\u00a0 Much of that can be traced back to the French colonial period in Vietnam, the pregenitor for the baguettes in which banh mi are constructed.\u00a0 The pastry cases are like beautifully baked art, a melange of colors, shapes and textures with the common element being deliciousness.\u00a0 It’s a challenge to study the banh mi menu when sweet temptations beckon.<\/p>\n

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Grilled Pork Banh Mi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12 March 2025<\/strong>: Someone somewhere has probably figured out the best banh mi and beverage pairing.\u00a0 It could well be something on Banh Me & You’s Drinks menu.\u00a0 On that menu you’ll find fruit teas, milk teas, “fizzies,” coconut teas, matcha latte and aviso tea.\u00a0 My Kim liked the passion fruit tea<\/strong><\/em> with boba which she described as refreshing and delicious.\u00a0 My choice was a tropical fizzie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Only the requisite tiny umbrella was lacking on this beverage constructed with slices of strawberrries, pineapple and oranges.\u00a0 It’s not as good as my favorite adult beverage (water), but it’s quite refreshing.<\/p>\n

12 March 2025<\/strong>: There are eight banh mi on the menu.\u00a0 The baguette canvases for the banh mi are baked in-house as are all baked goods.\u00a0 \u00a0Literally, a wall of ovens and fridges line one wall in the kitchen.\u00a0 One of my very favorite banh mi showcases two other French contributions to Vietnam’s culinary repertoire.\u00a0 That’s the Banh Mi Pat\u00e9 Jamon<\/strong><\/em>, a cold-cut sandwich\u00a0 constucted with pat\u00e9, jambon (pork loin), jalape\u00f1os, mayonnaise, cucumber, pickled daikon and carrots and cilantro.\u00a0 \u00a0The baguette is characteristically light and airy with a crispy, crumbly exterior and fluffy interior.\u00a0 It’s the perfect canvas for a near perfect sandwich.\u00a0 The pat\u00e9 (a meat spread made by grinding meat and fat until it is the consistency of paste) is superb!\u00a0 Without pat\u00e9, a cold cut banh mi is incomplete.<\/p>\n

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Half of a Special Banh Mi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12 March 2025<\/strong>: My Kim’s favorite banh mi (and one of her favorite sandwiches) is the grilled pork banh mi<\/strong><\/em> (grilled pork, jalape\u00f1os, mayonnaise, cucumber, pickled daikon and carrots and cilantro).\u00a0 \u00a0Vietnamese grilled pork has an inimitable flavor that not even American barbecue can match.\u00a0 It’s got a wonderful balance of sweet and savory notes that don’t compete for the rapt attention of your taste buds as much as they please them both.\u00a0 A balance of hot and cold ingredients is another highlight of this banh mi with the cold veggies ameliorating the flavor of the grilled pork.<\/p>\n

29 April 2026<\/strong>:\u00a0 It’s not surprising that Vietnamese “cold cuts” developed from the fusion of French colonial charcuterie techniques and local Vietnamese ingredients.\u00a0 During the colonial period, Vietnamese chefs learned to make p\u00e2t\u00e9, ham, and sausages to satisfy the French palate. After the French left, they continued producing these, adapting recipes to include local ingredients.\u00a0 The outcome is flavor-packed fillings for banh mi.\u00a0 \u00a0An exemplar of this ingenuity and culinary fushion is Banh Mi & You’s “Special<\/strong><\/em>,” number A1 on the menu.\u00a0 This fabulous banh mi includes a trio of cold cuts: ham, pork bologna, pate along with mayonnaise, jalape\u00f1os, cucumbers, pickled carrots, pickled daikon, cilantro and “meat floss” (a dried, seasoned and shredded meat (commonly pork) product with a light and fluffy texture and sweet-savory flavor).\u00a0 \u00a0It’s perhaps the closest you’ll find among banh mi to a “Dagwood” sandwich.\u00a0 Ingredients are stacked and barely contained within the twelve-inch baguette.\u00a0 The mayonnaise and assorted vegetable ingredients lend moistness while the cold cuts provide that comforting taste sensation diners enjoy so much.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Korean Hot Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

29 April 2026<\/strong>:\u00a0 For years, I’ve been encouraging readers to seek out the “real KFC.”\u00a0 That’s Korean fried chicken for you newcomers.\u00a0 Enterprising Korean restaurateurs have also adopted another American invention.\u00a0 Since the 1980s Korean-style hot dogs have been a very popular street food.\u00a0 In the 2010s, they experienced significant growth in popularity when modern gourmet franchises began specializing in Korean-style hot dogs<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Most Americans would call them “corndogs” and indeed, they feature a weiner skewered on a stick, crusted with panko, deep-fried and often coated in sugar.\u00a0 This results in a sweet-and-salty flavor profile.\u00a0 Banh Mi & You serves an excellent Korean-style hot dog.\u00a0 You can choose from among four flavor additives–cheese, spicy, blue heat and spicy lime.\u00a0 The “spicy” only slightly tempers the sweet batter.\u00a0 This is a hot dog for diners who don’t mind mixing flavor profiles, particularly sweet and savory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12 March 2025<\/strong>: Displayed within the pastry case are diet-devastating desserts that would tempt Job himself.\u00a0 For me, it’s nigh impossible to resist chocolate croissants<\/strong><\/em> (pain au chocolat), one of the nicest gifts the French left for Vietnam.\u00a0 Pain au chocolat are not crescent shaped like traditional croissants and in fact, are called “chocolatines” in France.\u00a0 That’s a matter of semantics.\u00a0 What matters most is just how wonderful they taste.\u00a0 Constructed of the same layered dough as croissants and stuffed with chocolate, pain au chocolate are\u00a0 a wonderful blend of sweet and savory flavors in a delightful pastry.<\/p>\n

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Chocolate Croissant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12 March 2025<\/strong>: Change the spelling by one letter (omitting the second “o”) and you’ve got macarons, not to be confused with macaroons.\u00a0 Southern Living<\/strong><\/a> explains differences: “A macaron is a sandwich-like cookie that’s filled with jam, ganache, or buttercream.\u00a0A macaroon is a drop cookie made using shredded coconut.<\/em>”\u00a0 My Kim doesn’t like macaroons, but she loves macarons.\u00a0 She’s got a new favorite, the cinnamon roll macarons<\/strong><\/em> at Banh Me & You.\u00a0 They’re reminiscent of cinnamon rolls only in terms of flavor.\u00a0 Texturally, these gems are cloud-like, soft and delicate.<\/p>\n

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Cinnamon Roll Macarons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you can’t visit Albuquerque’s James Beard nominated Coda Bakery, it’s refreshing to know there’s a new alternative serving the Northeast Heights.\u00a0 Banh Me & You is a wonderful addition to Albuquerque’s culinary scene.<\/p>\n

Banh Me & You<\/strong>
\n5011 Montgomery, N.E.
\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(505)
\nWebsite<\/strong><\/a> | Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 29 April 2026
\n1st VISIIT<\/strong>: 12 March 2025
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2
\nRATING<\/strong>: Excellent<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 High quality dining experience; very good to excellent food, attentive service, and a well-maintained atmosphere; worth a detour.
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>:Banh Mi Pate Jamon (Cold Cut), Grilled Pork Banh Mi, Cinnamon Roll Macarons, Chocolate Croissants, The Special Banh Mi, Korean-style Hot Dog
\nREVIEW #1460<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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