Corner Sandwich & Cafe (Mira Mesa)

Corner Sandwich & cafe has closed.  

mmm-yoso!!!  strives to show the various styles, ethnicities, preparation and just food consumed by Kirk, Ed(from Yuma) and Cathy, as well as a few other contributors to this food blog. Today, Cathy is showing and sharing another food adventure.

Driving through Mira Mesa one early morning, on the East end of the parking lot anchored by Seafood City, there is a McDonald's as well as this small storefront, which was open and buzzing before 9 a.m..

It has apparently been open for a few years and has a steady clientele, though an internet search shows only one blog post,  ours,  during a brief visit on a day of banh mi comparisons. ( The 2011 visit wasn't favorable)(New management began in 2012).

Not only will you notice the small-ish menu boards behind the cash register and along the adjacent wall (along with California Lottery Keno screens and a quite large Lotto Scratcher vending machine) but there is also a television (showing soccer games) as well as indoor and outdoor seating.

This additional set of menu addons, dated 2012, are still in effect.

Glasses filled halfway with hot tea were brought out to The Mister and I and the nice lady working brought a paper menu to the table.  Everything was $5.  Since I had no idea of the sizes of items, I asked for just one that we could share, pointing at the menu. She asked if we wanted a hot coffee or other beverage, but the tea was quite nice.

This was one of the best breakfast banh mi sandwiches I have ever had!  The softly cooked, folded egg and warm pate-like meat, topped with fresh pickled radish, carrot, cucumber slices and cilantro, along with a few jalapeno slices, all on very fresh, soft warm and crunchy crusted bread was a perfect size and had wonderfully perfect, fresh flavors.

You can see some of the tea-filled glasses in this photo, along with some of the many people here, most of whom were sitting outside...

So glad we stopped here.  Really a pretty unknown and wonderful place.

Corner Sandwich and Cafe 9005 Mira Mesa Blvd San Diego 92126 (858) 695-9566

 

Comments

[Lynn]

i always thought this was one of those typical vietnamese cafes with mostly viet/asian men clientale but I don't think we've ever gone in... you guys should try out a couple more items and report back what you find! (unless we happen to get the urge to try it out and write one for ourselves)

[caninecologne]

Nice to know about this place...I didn't know you could add on egg in the banh mi!

[Cathy]

Oh, I was the only female in the place, other than the waitresses, Lynn...the combination of Keno, Lotto, card games, board games and cigarette smoke did make it a typical Viet Café. The food was excellent and The Mister and I just went back today because we liked it so much here; this was a short post.
It is kind of easy to miss, cc, and I am very glad we stopped here. Most of what I know about banh mi is that Ba Chi=pork belly, Chay= vegetarian (usually with tofu) and Trung=egg; pho orders are easier.

[nhbilly]

Now that's what you call a breakfast sandwich.

[Cathy]

It was filling as well as flavorful, Bill. Kind of expensive for a banh mi, but large enough to be shared.

[janfrederick]

The soup offerings look interesting.