"I think Bahn Ahn Em is making the best banh mi in the city, right now. The difference is that they bake their own bread throughout the day so that when you get a banh mi, it has this crisp, shattering exterior that's still warm and tender inside from the oven. They split it open, fill it with fried chicken or barbecued pork or cold cuts, and you're on your way to a perfect lunch."
"The Nashville hot chicken at Luther's is found in the backyard of TV Eye, this punk-rock venue in Ridgewood, Queens. From the small window in the backyard, the chefs are making massive hot chicken sandwiches. They spill out from the bun on both sides. They're covered in slaw and the dry rub definitely packs a punch. It's one of the best hot chicken sandwiches I've had here or in Tennessee."
"Macario is serving a sandwich I hadn't seen before: the lonche banado. This is a soaking wet sandwich from Guadalajara in Mexico. It's filled with juicy marinated pork drenched in ladles and ladles and ladles of creamy tomato salsa. It looks like a mess, but there's actually a technique to it. So you're supposed to grip the sandwich with three fingers of one hand and spoon on salsa with the other."
Bahn Ahn Em bakes its own banh mi bread throughout the day, producing a crisp, shattering exterior and warm, tender interior; sandwiches are filled with fried chicken, barbecued pork, or cold cuts. The restaurant does not take reservations, but service moves quickly and nearby bars ease longer waits. Luther's serves massive Nashville hot chicken sandwiches from a backyard window at TV Eye in Ridgewood, Queens, with slaw and a punchy dry rub. Macario offers the lonche banado, a soaking-wet Guadalajara sandwich of juicy marinated pork ladled with creamy tomato salsa that is eaten with a three-finger grip and spooning technique.
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