Bakeries in Da Nang: Where to find Banh Mi in Da Nang

I love baked goods. Perhaps it's my sugar addiction, perhaps it's the fact that baked goods evoke the image of happiness as cakes are often associated with celebration, but I found that bakeries are the perfect complement to cafes. Vietnam is also the home of the incredible invention of Banh Mi sandwiches, so of course, this became a stable in our breakfast while in Da Nang. 

Couple a nice crunchy and salty banh mi with a cafe sua da or a sweet and milky bac siu, this makes the perfect fulfilling breakfast. 

Unlike Banh Mi back home, the Banh Mi here all have mayo and pate as a base, with various meats or fried egg added, and also shredded papaya, leafy greens and cucumber. Then after all the ingredients added, a soup is drizzled over the contents. 

Our favorite place to buy Banh Mi is from a bakery on Le Loi, between Phan Dinh Phung and Le Yuan and next door to Molly's coffee. The beauty of this place is that it is located on our way to the hospital, and they have a cafe in it so we can buy coffee on the same go. Their business is frequently very busy as lots of local people tend to run in and buy large orders to go. As clumsy foreigners who takes forever to order, we frequently have to wait for the locals' larger orders to be fulfilled before our order goes through...

In addition to being sold in bakeries, Banh Mi are sold in portable carts in the streets. I have never tried one there as we are quite fond of the ones in the bakeries, but those are quite popular. 

There are quite a few choices of the meat used. We just order the standard thit, though there a few other choices of differently prepared meats as well as fried egg, which seems to be a popular choice. 

I am also a fan of breads and other pastries. Our favorite bakery happens to be just behind our hotel. 

HuongNam bakery is located on Tran Phu between Phan Dinh Phung and Hung Vuong. They are quite popular locally for their cakes, but I like them for their pastries. 

Pastries in general tend to fall under the pricier side, but also makes for a delicious breakfast. 

This is my favorite pastry of theirs. It is a very simple puff pastry with a layer of frosting on top and pastry cream in the middle. 

Their mouse cakes though! Quite something! This is the caramel mousse cake. Staring from the bottom, a thin layer of standard chiffon, then a layer of chocolate ganache, then a layer of chiffon, then another layer of mousse, then chiffon, then top off with caramel mousse. Mouth watering deliciousness!

This is their coffee mousse. Also equally as intricate and equally as good! 

The place where we get Banh Mi at, also sells baked goods as well, but my favorite thing about HuongNam's is that it is quite clean. Compare to the other places we visited, this bakery make sites everything is in a sealed storage environment and there are no flies or ants   The pastry cream is stored in the fridge until buying to make sure it is chilled. Definitely one of my favorite bakeries!