@skinnylatte @mayintoronto Wellington is not that. There are a couple of places with acceptable banh mi, but I wouldn't write home about it.
Wellington does have a lot of Malaysian places. (https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/07-01-2025/how-wellington-became-a-cornucopia-of-malaysian-food-2)
Kitchener, Ontario has one quite good banh mi place that has been around for a while, which makes classic banh mi, as well as a decent new place. Maybe others that I don't know about.