fresh & hot ...
... and delivered to my door every morning
What could be better than fresh crisp white bread delivered to your door every morning, still piping hot from the oven. I don’t think anything compares, it’s totally awesome.
Every morning the deliverers of this breakfast treat ride their bicycles up and down each hem loudly chanting, “Banh mi day, banh mi nong!” A friendly smile accompanies every loaf. Then its time to sit down, cut the loaf, spread some butter and Vegemite (I am an Aussie after all), and enjoy with a home made steaming hot cappuccino.
Heaven on a stick!
My wife tells me on many occasion that Sai Gon’s bread buns aren’t like they used to be.
There used to be numerous bread bun sellers at bus bays. The bread used to smell of eggs, now they are hollow fluffy rolls with hardly any fillings in them.
I don’t know why this is, but my logical guess would be that it’s no longer a good living just selling bread, and those that still do, would now resort to taking shortcuts in their ingredients.
Hi Khanh. I’ve heard that criticism leveled at the local bread here before, and in most cases, it is correct. The local bread is (mainly) light and fluffy. But for me that is part of the attraction. This bread is crisp on the outside and light in the middle, it doesn’t leave me with a heavy feeling in my stomach.
I have noticed though that local bread varies dramatically from town to town and indeed from baker to baker. Bread in Nha Trang for instance has a heavier crust that has a more golden sheen to it and is heavier in the filling. Bread that is sold on the side of the road from Ha Noi to Noi Bai airport is different again and so on.
I have access to a bakery here similar to Bakers Delight in Australia so I can get my Pasta Dura, Continental and Cape Seed loaves which I do often. But unless my timing is good they won’t be hot out of the oven, I have to travel to the shop to get them and they cost ten times the price. The attraction is simple for me, delicious convenience 
