Bánh mì
A French baguette filled with Vietnamese ingredients — pâté, pickles, herbs, charcoal-grilled pork.
- Where to find it
- Everywhere, which is the problem. The good ones are single-item carts that sell one filling and nothing else.
- When it is sold
- All day, but the bread is freshest 6–9am and again around 4pm when the second bake lands.
- What it costs
- 20,000–45,000 VND
How to order it
Hanoi bánh mì is pâté-forward and lighter on fillings than the Saigon version. Ask for "đầy đủ" to get the lot.
We list neighbourhoods rather than street numbers: Hanoi stalls move, and a wrong address is worse than none. The guides below name specific places we stand behind.
5 guides mention Bánh mì
Hanoi night markets and late-night food: where to eat after 9pm
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Hanoi 3-day food itinerary: the route I'd send my mum on
Three days, three meals a day, nine neighborhoods. A pace-it-properly Hanoi food trip with morning, lunch and dinner stops, plus what to do between meals.
What to eat in Hanoi: 20 dishes (and where to try them)
A no-fluff list of the 20 dishes that define a stay in Hanoi, in the rough order you should try them, with one recommended stall for each.
A self-guided food walk through the Old Quarter
A 2-hour DIY food walk with 9 stops, a printable map, and timing tips. Skip the $40 group tours; this is the route locals would actually take you on.
The 8 best bánh mì in Hanoi (2026)
A working list of where Hanoi locals queue for bánh mì — pâté-only purists, fusion newcomers, and the one stall that runs out by 8am.