You will never find this place unless you know where it is because it's in the back of jewelry store. Yes, you heard me, it's in the back of a jewelry store. There's just a small sign outside that says "Saigon Bakery". Step inside to find the best sandwich of your life.

Walk past a couple of glass cases filled with stones and necklaces and you will see a small wooden counter. There are some prepared salads (papaya with shrimp, etc., all delicious), but you're here for the sandwich. Get the Number 1. It's the classic Vietnamese Banh Mi: barbequed pork, pork pate, daikon radish, cucumber, carrot, chili oil, and tons of cilantro. Not to mention all the spices. And the coup d'grace? It's served on a piping hot baguette. (This is where we thank the French for colonizing Vietnam.)

The sandwich is a perfect balance of flavors and mouth-feels: sweet, sour, salty, savory, spicy. It is ungodly good. It's also enormous and, at $3.75, brings new meaning to the phrase bargain lunch. Go. Now. Banh Mi Saigon Bakery: 138-01 Mott Street, just south of Grand.