Banh mi chao (Bread on the pan) is a dish that is loved by a lot of young people but there are probably quite a few restaurants that are stylish and delicate like this SmileMee shop.
The cold winter winds urge food devotees in the capital to find a warm corner with flavors of bread mixed with sweet potato, tender hot beef steak. In the middle of the ancient house space, besides the delicious bread pan, diners and visitors on Hanoi food tours will be impressed with the smile of the waiters here. SmileMaee always makes you happy with just simple things.
Located in an ancient French villa on the busy street of Phan Boi Chau full of people and vehicles. However, just stepping foot into the small space, you will find that all the noise of life out there will disappear completely. The friendly smile is always on the lips of the staff, architecture and decoration are modern and comfortable with warm gold light shining to every corner of the space here. Simple design style but it is enough to make a banh mi shop become more delicate.
Each of set of banh my chao is often presented beautifully, with a funny smiley face painted on mashed potatoes to create a feeling of happiness before enjoying. Pate handmade is fried, mixed with typical sauce, aromatic flavour spreads the whole space of the shop, enchanting every people coming here. Eggs are fried, with sausage, meat, mashed potatoes and sliced tomato. Bread is hot and crispy, torn into each piece and eaten together with things served on the pan. All features, from the taste, colour, beauty, aroma, make a harmonious combination which it is hard to deny.
From the traditional banh my chao, the owner of the shop has created many new dishes like banh my chao with chicken thighs, with roasted pork ribs, with steak in fusion style – a mix of European and Asian cuisine.
Banh my chao with Chicken thighs is made from chicken thighs materials which are always carefully selected and carefully marinated with more than 10 kinds of special spices such as satay, black pepper, honey …, then wrapped with Silver paper and baked. Chefs must be careful to ensure that the chicken meat is fresh, umami and not dry. All these meticulous details created the smiles pan of banh mi chao with chicken thighs only at SmileMee.
If tourists on food walking tour are more comfortable with the Western culinary style, you can choose banh my chao with Grilled Pork Ribs or banh my chao SmileMee steak. These sets of dishes are also very full, consisting of big steak or ribs, broccoli, salads and mashed potatoes.
The founders of this shop put the food safety and nutritional balance in every dish they make on top. The input material is selected and carefully examined as purchased for cooking for the family. The owner also revealed that they always try to research new products on a regular basis to diversify the richness of their menu, so if you would like to come back to enjoy again, you will have different feelings.
The restaurant also attracts many customers with a variety of banh my – Hanoi traditional food. Here you can choose all kinds of taste such as eggs, rousong, charsiu with traditional style or new taste as grilled chicken, grilled beef, sauteed squid, tuna fish, etc.
Besides the rich and varied banh my menu, home-made beverages also impress the diners. The best known of which is pumpkin milk, corn milk and brown rice milk are processed daily, good for health, and harmonious when eaten with bread.
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SmileMee is located at 44 Phan Boi Chau, Hoan Kiem. With prices of banh mi chao ranging from 35,000 VND to 99,000 VND, you can choose different ingredients for your set. The shop also offers a selection of banh my from 25,000 VND to 49,000 VND.