Taco Bell and Vietnamese foods/sandwiches. It is called Banh Shop.

[Svnla]

Good, bad, yucky?

Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands launched a new Asian sandwich chain on Friday.
Called Banh Shop, the new restaurant concept features a variety of banh mi sandwiches and bowls, noodle salad and sides like "Saigon 'Street Stall' Corn" with coconut milk, butter, red pepper, and cheese.

The first location opened Friday in Dallas and a second location will open at the Dallas-Fort Worth International airport in September.

http://www.businessinsider.com/taco...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[DCal430]

Good, bad, yucky?





http://www.businessinsider.com/taco...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

hard to say with press pics, real ones might not look as good.

 

[bradley]

Great news for lovers of cellulose and perfumed food.

 

[mikeford]

Taco Bell Fks up Mexican food, this is not easy to do. Banh mi is about good quality fresh ingredients lightly flavored, all the best place seem small family operations, so I won't hold my breath for a Taco Bell version.

OTOH I am thinking about picking up a few sandwiches tomorrow, grilled pork and a Spam and scrambled egg.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

price point seems kind of high for a banh mi but they're not really targeting the typical vietnamese food market shopper. going more for the casual panera crowd.

there's a couple of shops like that around this area and one guy does it very well imo. his price point is something like $6.50 each. very fresh ingredients and very tasty bread. It's not french bread though, which a lot of people have issues with. the price is too high for the typical asian market shopper also, so you don't really see that type of customer at the shop.

there's a new shop that has their prices in line with the asian markets. $4 for a banh mi or 5 for price of 4. But their bread is horrible lol.

 

[mmntech]

Taco Bell Fks up Mexican food, this is not easy to do. Banh mi is about good quality fresh ingredients lightly flavored, all the best place seem small family operations, so I won't hold my breath for a Taco Bell version.

Well, we live in a society where most people get their food already prepared, frozen in a box. So I don't think anybody's going to notice the quality, or lack there of. ^_^

 

[Chrono]

I'm pretty glad I live nearby plenty of great Banh Mi shops and their sandwiches are around 2-3 bucks each for a nice 10-12" sub. My buddy who lives in Dallas told me about the Banh Shop, however, do you really think people are going to go here to spend almost 2x more for a sandwich that most likely... isn't as good as the authentic Banh Mi's?

 

[dn7309]

They got to compete with Lee's sandwich. Not an easy task.

And Lee's already taste like crap and overprice. I prefer local private Banh mi shop. Decent price (2.50 for a foot long bagettte) and more authentic taste.

 

[DCal430]

What is funny is banh mi just means bread in Vietnamese. Any kind of bread is called banh mi. It does not mean sandwich, except to westerners.

 

[dn7309]

In Vietnam all they call it Banh Mi there's no term for sandwich.

 

[DCal430]

In Vietnam all they call it Banh Mi there's no term for sandwich.

They call it Banh Mi + what it is with, such as Banh Mi Xa Xiu, which means bread char siu, or Banh Mi Trung, which means Bread Egg. Sliced bread by it self is Banh Mi.

 

[Ns1]

"Saigon 'Street Stall' Corn" with coconut milk, butter, red pepper, and cheese.

I've never known a single VN person to eat corn this way. Seems like a bastardization of elote.

After looking at the pictures...that shit looks awful.

 

[vailr]

I tried getting a vegan Banh Mi sandwich at a local Saigon Kitchen, and they refused to "customize" one of their other meat-content sandwiches. The only vegan Banh Mi sandwich I've tried was an inside restaurant at Harrah's Ak-Chin casino a while back. They used tofu instead of meat, and was actually pretty good tasting.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I tried getting a vegan Banh Mi sandwich at a local Saigon Kitchen, and they refused to "customize" one of their other meat-content sandwiches. The only vegan Banh Mi sandwich I've tried was an inside restaurant at Harrah's Ak-Chin casino a while back. They used tofu instead of meat, and was actually pretty good tasting.

Unless they specifically have tofu, the only vegan banh mi you would have would be carrots and daikon.

 

[Chocu1a]

I love Banh Mi. Sounds like a great concept. Would love to have one near me. I really can't see how they could fuck up something like this.

 

[Ns1]

Unless they specifically have tofu, the only vegan banh mi you would have would be carrots and daikon.

And you'd need to substitute the default butter/mayo spread with something else, which the place may or may not have.

 

[Miramonti]

People are idiots, so if this is marketed right, it will succeed. Take NM for example, where the most popular restaurant among hispanics is the least authentic hispanic food, taco bell. So don't do sensible mathematical equations and sh!t on this one, it won't add up to anything other than that people are idiots.

 

[kt]

I love Banh Mi. Sounds like a great concept. Would love to have one near me. I really can't see how they could fuck up something like this.

You're underestimating their ability to fuck something up.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

People are idiots, so if this is marketed right, it will succeed. Take NM for example, where the most popular restaurant among hispanics is the least authentic hispanic food, taco bell. So don't do sensible mathematical equations and sh!t on this one, it won't add up to anything other than that people are idiots.

Well there's nothing wrong with it if they do it right. Taco Bell has been trying to move out of the low quality stuff for a while.

 

[MongGrel]

You're underestimating their ability to fuck something up.

+1

 

[HN]

Was Banh Bell already taken?

 

[DCal430]

I've never known a single VN person to eat corn this way. Seems like a bastardization of elote.

After looking at the pictures...that shit looks awful.

Vietnamese do eat corn with coconut milk, but cheese is a bit odd.

 

[Ns1]

Vietnamese do eat corn with coconut milk, but cheese is a bit odd.

I had to think about this long and hard - the only time I ever see this happening is with dessert.

 

[HN]

regarding the "street stall" corn -- here's a description from another site:

http://cravedfw.com/2014/09/09/banh-shop-opening-in-park-cities/

Saigon “Street Stall” Corn Cup – warm cup of sweet corn kernels, Saigon sauce (coconut milk, butter, nuoc mam), red pepper, scallion and crumbled white cheese

there's something very wrong with that bolded part ("saigon sauce"???) and i'm really curious to see a pic of that whole ordeal.

 

[Ns1]

Saigon sauce (coconut milk, butter, nuoc mam)

3 things that have never ever been combined in the history of vietnamese cuisine. and crumbled white cheese?!


srsly, da fuck?