Nguyen Huong

Short and sweet this post will be.  A friend of mine said Nguyen Huong is the best bahn mi sandwich shop in the GTA.  When someone tells me that a place is the best, I'm compelled to visit.  What makes this place interesting is that rumour (I haven't confirmed what my friend told me) is that the owners of Nguyen Huong are the parents of the Bahn Mi Boys!  The sandwiches are are great!  Simple and delicious.  We ordered a chicken and a pork bahn mi.  The meat had great flavour, put in a crunchy on the outside and super soft on the inside bun and topped with pickled carrots, radish and cilantro.  It's no frills and at the price of these sandwiches, you can probably buy 3 of the ones from Nguyen Huong versus 1 from Bahn Mi Boys.

Bahn Mi

Nguyen Huong
5661 Steeles Ave,
Toronto, ON
M1V 5P6

416-292-8875

http://www.nguyenhuong.ca

Bahn Mi Boys

I was soooooo super looking forward to coming to try Bahn Mi Boys.  Yes I know, it's been open forever, but it's not in the most convenient locations for me to get to.  So the night before we went to watch Les Miserables, my absolute favourite musical, we stopped off at Bahn Mi Boys for dinner.

I read a bunch of reviews and everyone suggested to order the kimchi fries.  Aside from that I ordered the grilled chicken bahn mi, and the pork belly bao.  In all honesty, I didn't understand the hype.  The bahn mi was and the bao really was nothing that special.  The flavours just didn't wow me.  The kimchi fries were definitely tasty!  Its the Korean take on poutine.  But way too heavy.  I don't think anyone could eat more than a few bites.

Kimchi Fries

Grilled Chicken Bahn Mi

Pork Belly Bao

Overall, I'm not sure if I would go out of my way to try other items on their menu.  Actually I'm not sure if I would go back at all, because the next morning I woke up feeling sick.  There may have been a possibility I got food poisoning....

Bahn Mi Boys
392 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON
M5V 2A9
416-363-0588

Hours:  Monday - Friday 11am - 10pm
             Saturday 11am - 9pm
             Sunday 12pm - 7pm

http://www.banhmiboys.com