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Vietnamese hoagies 2 ways

At Center City's new Sampan they're chic. At Saigon Plaza, in Pennsauken, workaday.

At the Sunseng Supermarket in Pennsauken's Saigon Plaza, Asian immigrants from the area shop for fish, below left, greens and such. The sprawling center on Route 38, which replaced Flower World, also holds a big restaurant, Pho 38, and a lunch place, Century Cafe, where if you buy four banh mi, or Vietnamese hoagies, for $3.25 each, the fifth one comes free.
At the Sunseng Supermarket in Pennsauken's Saigon Plaza, Asian immigrants from the area shop for fish, below left, greens and such. The sprawling center on Route 38, which replaced Flower World, also holds a big restaurant, Pho 38, and a lunch place, Century Cafe, where if you buy four banh mi, or Vietnamese hoagies, for $3.25 each, the fifth one comes free.Read moreRICK NICHOLS / Staff
    by Rick Nichols, Inquirer Columnist | Columnist
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