New York City's Most Iconic Foods—and Where to Get Them | Condé Nast Traveler

"When I first moved to New York, I would often grab a bánh mi at Saigon on my lunch breaks in SoHo, and it’s a place forever enmeshed with early memories of finding my feet as a New Yorker. The main draw for me back then was that it was cheap—even now, it’s only around 10 bucks for a sandwich (not bad for current NYC standards)—but turns out I had also unwittingly stumbled across some of the best bánh mi in the city. Step inside its unassuming storefront and pick up the Paté Supreme, featuring layers of pork liver paté, Vietnamese ham, and Vietnamese salami, with all the trimmings—best eaten, as I like to do, in the sunshine in the recently-saved Elizabeth Street Garden a short walk away." - Kat Chen