MELBOURNE | Several quality bánh mì spots have opened across Melbourne in recent years, and the city’s sandwich scene is all the better for it. One of the newest is Bammi, which opened in Brighton at the end of last year, and expanded to a CBD location in June. I popped in for What’s On Melbourne to take a look.
The small, predominantly take-away spot is owned by Khoa Nguyen, who immigrated to Australia from Da Lat in 1989. You might know him from him Smith Street Vietnamese restaurant, Xeom, which he opened and ran for 10 years, before selling it to focus on Bammi.
Everything is made in house, with particular attention to detail to ensure a quality product. Pork is cleaned, rubbed, spiced, and dried for two days, resulting in some seriously crunchy crackling when cooked. Hoisin is levelled up, cooked with garlic, palm sugar, plum sauce and caramelised onions.
Bread, baked throughout the day, has a wonderfully light, airy interior, and a crisp exterior. Pickled veg, which are amongst the best I’ve ever had in a bánh mì. Finishing touches like a spritz of coconut-infused oil to enhance the flavour of the ingredients, help level up the bánh mì at Bammi.
There’s 10 different bánh mì on the menu, with flavours like crispy pork, traditional cold cuts, and grilled lemongrass chicken. You can also get salad bowls, rice bowls, bún (vermicelli rice noodle) bowls, bao, rice paper rolls, and pho. It’s all quality, with flavours mostly in line with the bánh mì options.
If you’re thirsty. there’s house lemon-lychee iced tea, young coconut slushies, Western-style coffee, Vietnamese milk tea, and of course, Vietnamese coffee. The latter is made with Trung Nguyen beans, and available traditional style, with condensed milk, black, or salted.
Bammi
528 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Australia
Telephone: (03) 9421 1448
E-mail: n/a
Website
Open
Mon – Fri: 7:00am to 5:00pm
Sat: 9:00am to 5:00pm