Where does Banh mi come from?

The baguette was introduced by the French during the colonial period in the 1800s and has since been turned into a staple Vietnamese ingredient.

Rather than using wheat flour, however, the Vietnamese make their baguettes with rice flour, giving them a much lighter texture to the ones found in France.

Bánh mì also refers to the popular street food snack, which is a wonderful Viet-French fusion sandwich, packed full of meats, pickles and pâté—the latter of which is another ingredient that was introduced by the French.