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BANH MI

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JAPAN
Jun 21, 2022
Japan concerned over Cambodia naval base modernizing with Chinese aid
The base, which is strategically located on the Gulf of Thailand, near the South China Sea, has been a source of geopolitical tension.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 31, 2019
Stand Banh Mi: The banh mi sandwich's new home in Meguro
"Not Vietnamese, but Vietnamese." The mission statement at Stand Banh Mi is nothing but enigmatic. That is, until you actually arrive, sit down and order at this buzzy little counter restaurant on the residential fringe of Meguro Ward. Then it all starts to make sense.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 14, 2017
Banh Mi Bakery: Flavor and consistency straight out of Saigon
Banh Mi Bakery stands right across the road from Ebisu Yokocho. But with its colorful typography and bottles of nuoc mam fish sauce arrayed in the window, it looks like it's been beamed over straight from the streets of Saigon. Better yet, it smells and tastes like it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Jun 5, 2015
The best places in Tokyo to taste Vietnam in a baguette
Remember that rumor about “Mama” Cass Elliot from the Mamas and Papas? The one about how she died in bed while munching on a sandwich? I heard that as a child and for years I took it as a cautionary tale about bedtime snacking, or else as evidence that fate has a rather whimsical sense of humor. It would serve a third purpose equally well: as a warning for those about to indulge in Vietnamese banh mi — the hulking behemoths of the sandwich world.

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