Banh Mi Factory

Bakery?: The Original Banh Mi Factory
Address: 888 Dundas St E, Mississauga ON (Inside Chinatown)
Website: n/a
Style: Vietnamese
Price: $ 

Well, this may look like a bit of a surprising choice, especially seeing as 99% of customers doubtless come here for the banh mi (Vietnamese subs) and perhaps their practically solid bubble teas, but the Original Banh Mi Factory (with a few more locations in Toronto itself) seems to be the hub for all kinds of Vietnamese food, from their sandwiches to pho to homemade pickles and veggies to trays lining the takeout counter with various authentic desserts. Some come from other bakeries, but several items also seem to be made by them such as slices of cassava cake.

Intrigued by these deep fried dough balls ($2) next to the cash while waiting for a sub, I added them to my purchase after I was assured by the lady at cash that these were desserts (they better have been ^.^) -- they turned out to be deep-fried dough filled with what I assumed to be cassava filling (reminiscent of mashed sweet potato) coated with a thick sugar and sesame topping and flavoured simply with a hint of peanut, these were something different and quite tasty, especially the crispy dough and soft filling.

Although Banh Mi Factory proved not to be my favourite source for Vietnamese subs, nor for their baked goods (the bakery on the same plaza has some yummy stuff as does Bamboo Bubble Tea), but it's cheap, tasty and makes a good stop if you're shopping in Mississauga Chinatown.

Rating: **1/2