Well attestedFrom the people of the place
Vietnamese sandwich
noun · first attested 20th century
It is a French colonial baguette, lightened with rice flour.
A baguette filled with pâté or grilled meat, pickled daikon and carrot, cilantro, and chili; bánh mì.
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- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Vietnamese sandwich
French rule brought wheat bread to Vietnam, where bakers cut the flour with rice to get a thin, crackling, airy loaf, and Saigon cooks filled it with local pickles and herbs. Refugee communities carried it to the United States after 1975, where "Vietnamese sandwich" served as the menu translation until bánh mì grew familiar.
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