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The Bay Area -- Charles Phan

props for going to ba xuyen! I used to go there all the time until their location closest to me closed down while duking it out with thanh da. a shame because I loved chatting with ba bac.

xuyen can be colloquially pronounced sheeng or seeng. sweeng is how my cousins say it because they're trying to standardize in vietnam. there is no intonation or pitch, so even foreigners can get this one right!

i'm pretty sure they use chives (hẹ) in summer rolls, not scallions.

I know there's no naming convention but a number 1 should be a Banh Mi Thit Nguoi (Cold Cuts). If you go into a store and order Banh Mi Pate Thit Nuong, you'd probably get an 8 with some pate.

oh, and you guys totally ate it in the wrong order. how do you expect to taste pork and chicken after all that cured stuff and pate? :X