What have you done pho me lately?

40,000 dong for a delicious snack sandwich?  Don't mind if I do.

Banh mi, Vietnamese for bread1, is a synecdoche2 where the name of the bread refers to the entire sandwich.  Its the street meat of choice in HCMC. The standard accompaniment for your banh mi ~baguette is beef, a pate of sorts, some chili sauce, and cucumber/carrot salad.  That's what's pictured here, purchased near the Cambodian embassy. Its cheap, its odd, and its delicious. It's definitively quicker than pho (champion of the north), and edible on the go.  What have you done pho me lately, pho?  I'm kicking you to the curb - which actually puts you in pretty good company, alongside all the other delicious street food in Vietnam.

1 -  Or more specifically, "flour cake"
2 -  Does dropping this term make me "synecdouchey?"  'Fraid so, mon frere.