plural banh mi also banh mis
: a usually spicy sandwich in Vietnamese cuisine consisting of a split baguette filled typically with meat (such as pork or chicken) and pickled vegetables (such as carrot and daikon) and garnished with cilantro and often cucumbers
Here we have the original banh mi—a reliable favourite on a classic crusty baguette. Cold cut-style pork belly, chicken liver pâté (you can sub in avocado if that's more your thing), and soy-based Vietnamese sausage are finished with pickled carrots and daikon … , cucumbers, cilantro, aïoli and special sauce.—
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Liza AgrbaIn Queen Anne, the Vietnamese coffee shop Queen Càphê serves banh mis and spring rolls.—Tan Vinh
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Its first and only Charlotte restaurant opened in September 2024, offering a wide variety of banh mi sandwiches on a traditional French baguette, CharlotteFive previously reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Try Pho Ha Noi (969 Story Road) for Shaking Beef, bowls of pho, vermicelli bowls (that’s where the nuoc cham, aka fish sauce, comes in), and Duc Huong (1020 Story Road) for banh mi.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Dive into a round of project cooking to make the charcuterie, like gio lua (silky chicken sausage), that star in banh mi, those irresistible spiky Vietnamese sandwiches.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026
The facility had 10 pork banh mi sandwiches below proper holding temperature.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Try Pho Ha Noi (969 Story Road) for Shaking Beef, bowls of pho, vermicelli bowls (that’s where the nuoc cham, aka fish sauce, comes in), and Duc Huong (1020 Story Road) for banh mi.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Dive into a round of project cooking to make the charcuterie, like gio lua (silky chicken sausage), that star in banh mi, those irresistible spiky Vietnamese sandwiches.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026
The facility had 10 pork banh mi sandwiches below proper holding temperature.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for banh mi
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“Banh mi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banh%20mi. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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