Mr. Baguette
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Neighborhood: Rosemead
8702 Valley Blvd., Rosemead, CA 91770
626-288-9166
Hours:
6 a.m.-9 p.m.,
daily
Price Range: $ (Under $6)
Cuisine: Fast Food, Sandwiches
8702 Valley Blvd., Rosemead, CA 91770
626-288-9166
Hours:
6 a.m.-9 p.m.,
daily
Price Range: $ (Under $6)
Cuisine: Fast Food, Sandwiches
About
Perfumed with the aroma of dark roasted coffee and freshly baked bread, banh mi shops -- Vietnamese sandwich cafes -- are a familiar sight in the San Gabriel Valley. Mr. Baguette in Rosemead, with its immaculate, glassed-in dining room, attracts young professionals and students who lounge at the tables sipping soy-based smoothies, ice-blended mochas or sparkling French lemonade. They serve authentic, French-influenced Vietnamese dishes, and the proprietors make it a point to bridge cultural culinary gaps. The menu features large, colored photos to guide banh mi neophytes. Each sandwich description is written in English with Vietnamese names following. And the shop serves "European-style" baguette sandwiches, such as roast beef or ham and cheese.
The heart of great banh mi is the right bread. So baguettes here are made from scratch. The skinny loaves emerging from the oven almost hourly are dead ringers for the airy baguettes you can pick up in a neighborhood bakery in Paris. Owner Bryant Tang, who in 2003 acquired a master of charcuterie certification in Dijon, oversees the making of French and Vietnamese cold cuts in his restaurant's huge kitchen.
As for the sandwiches, the Mr. Baguette Special, a banh mi classic known as dac biet, is a hoagie loaded with thinly sliced ham, cha lua pork loaf (think an Asian mortadella) and a smear of pâté. The dozen or so sandwich choices also include grilled beef (piled with thin slices of garlicky marinated meat) and shredded chicken roasted Vietnamese style. There's also a vaguely ham-like soy loaf. The crisp, salad-like garnish of shredded daikon, carrot, cilantro and (optional) jalapeño is essential to this and every other banh mi.
The heart of great banh mi is the right bread. So baguettes here are made from scratch. The skinny loaves emerging from the oven almost hourly are dead ringers for the airy baguettes you can pick up in a neighborhood bakery in Paris. Owner Bryant Tang, who in 2003 acquired a master of charcuterie certification in Dijon, oversees the making of French and Vietnamese cold cuts in his restaurant's huge kitchen.
As for the sandwiches, the Mr. Baguette Special, a banh mi classic known as dac biet, is a hoagie loaded with thinly sliced ham, cha lua pork loaf (think an Asian mortadella) and a smear of pâté. The dozen or so sandwich choices also include grilled beef (piled with thin slices of garlicky marinated meat) and shredded chicken roasted Vietnamese style. There's also a vaguely ham-like soy loaf. The crisp, salad-like garnish of shredded daikon, carrot, cilantro and (optional) jalapeño is essential to this and every other banh mi.
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What's Nearby
| 1 | Mr. Baguette 0.00 miles |
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| 2 | B B Q No 1 0.06 miles |
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| 3 | New Happy Family of Rosemead 0.06 miles |
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| 4 | McDonalds Restaurant 0.06 miles |
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| 5 | Anh Hong Restaurant 0.11 miles |
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