Location: 392 Queen Street West, Toronto
Website: https://banhmiboys.com/

Remember Banh Mi Boys?  They opened back in 2011, and were thoroughly amazing.  They were one of my favourite places for a quick bite downtown.  But then they expanded and, like with so many places, the quality went downhill.  After a couple of particularly iffy sandwiches, I stopped going altogether.

But it’s been a few years, and I figured it was time to give them another shot.  And hey, what do you know — they’re pretty good again.  I don’t know if they’ll ever hit the highs of their early days, but it was a really solid sandwich.

I had the five spice pork belly banh mi, and yeah, it was tasty.  The pork was slightly tough and the flavours don’t quite pop like they used to (and the spice level was sadly anemic, despite asking for it hot), but this was otherwise a satisfying banh mi.  The bread was nice and fresh, and the abundant pickled veggies do a good job of cutting through the richness of the pork.