This is a new Vietnamese cafe specializing in banh mi and drinks. The soft-opening was on 2026-05-04. The head chef is trained in Vietnam with 40 years of restaurantand bread making experience. The cafe is mainly a takeout place but there are a four little tables along bench seats.
The "&"/And in the business name and products (banh mi and drinks), is to portray connection with the following: culture, people, stories, tradition, modern experience, and the Toronto community.
All tea leaves and coffee beans are imported from Vietnam, to keep their taste as authenticas possible. They use less syrup to enhance the tea flavour, because the flavours are already infused in the tea leaves.
The Banh Mi baguette is made from scratch in-house. The various banh mi are all versions available in Vietnam. There are some vegetarian versions too. The ingredients are made fresh each day, even including their butter.
We ordered the following:
1. & Betel Leaf Beef ($16.25).
2. & Cold Cuts ($12.50).
3. & Crackle ($14.75).
4. & Salted Egg Yolk Meatballs ($14.50).
5. & BBQ Pork ($14.25).
6. & Lychee Iced Tea ($7.00).
7. & Jasmine Oolong Milk Tea ($6.00).
8. & Salted Cheese Cloud Coffee ($6.75).
9. & Oolong Roasted Rice Milk Tea ($6.00).
10. & Peach Iced Tea ($7.00).
11. Banana Ice Cream ($5.90).
The customer service was good.
Each banh mi is loaded, fresh, and flavourful. They really put a generous portion of meat in the banh mi! You can't tell but looking at the finished product, but just watch them load it on via the open kitchen! Along with the fresh crispy baguette, there is the standard fillings of butter, pate, sauce, cucumber, pickled carrots, and pickled daikon; you can also pay for more of any of these.
The Cold Cuts had three types of sliced meat.
The Cracle had very crispy Roast Pork Belly.
The BBQ Pork was very flavourful and render.
Our favorite banh mi was the BBQ Pork and the Cold Cuts.
As for the drinks, they were well made. The fruit drinks had real pieces of fruit. The oolong and roast rice milk were spot on. The coffee was good. My favourite were the Lychee, Peach, and Oolong Roast Rice Milk. My wife's favourite were the Jasmine Oolong and Lychee.
The vibe is blue, to portray one of class and enhances experience. There are a few small round tables to sit down and stand up. However, the restaurant is primarily a takeout place.
There is a main kitchen in the back and a banh mi preparation open kitchen in the front, so that you can watch them make your banh mi with various ingredients.
There are three owners, Tony, Thy, and Mathew.
There is no free WiFi. The restaurant is not wheelchair accessible. There are no customer washrooms. There is paid neighbourhood street parking.
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