# The banh mi club

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banh-mi-club/621646>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banh-mi-club/621646 "2012-05-11T20:38:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banh-mi-club/621646/21 "2012-05-12T16:15:53Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> Nor have I, but I’ve never had a club sandwich with Sriracha either; the combination of heat, meat, and cilantro is banhmiesque.

Honestly it looks more Californian/Southwestern/Mexican influenced to me with the turkey, avocado, cilantro, and bacon than it does Vietnamese. I’m not trying to be a purist dick about it; it’s just that if I saw something described as a “banh mi club” on a menu, and got that sandwich, I’d be perplexed to say the least.

The second sandwich is what I’d consider “banhmiesque,” though.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banh-mi-club/621646/22 "2012-05-13T00:41:26Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Honestly it looks more Californian/Southwestern/Mexican influenced to me with the turkey, avocado, cilantro, and bacon than it does Vietnamese.

Fair enough; it doesn’t taste remotely Southwestern to me (except maybe the avocado). Sriracha doesn’t taste like anything except SE Asia to me.

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