This is one heck of a banh mi! One bite and it was love at first bite. Finally, one that measures up. The baguette is crusty on the outside and so soft inside, house made. The star of the show is the pork jowl! So melt in your mouth good. Marinated the Japanese way, imagine a really good char siu, just a million times better. Paired with Japanese cucumber pickles, jelly fish and purple shiso, this was really oishii. Chef Samuel is Japanese trained but he's spent time infusing in the street foods of Vietnam to come up with this. I would come back just alone for these banh mis.