He sells banh mi with fish patties or eggs, and coffee. My two egg banh mi cost 64 cents. With one egg, it would have been 43 cents. Each banh mi comes with cucumber and cilantro, and seasoned with soy sauce. The eggs, he fries on a portable stove, not pictured here. Vietnamese bread isn't bad, but could use a more serious crust, though that's rare everywhere outside Europe.

Ốp la [fried egg] is derived from the French oeuf au plat [egg sunny side up].