Enchanted by the Deliciousness of Banh Xeo at Ben Thanh Market
Banh Xeo
Viet NamHo Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh Market
- Food Travel Log
- The enthusiastic three bows of respect from the lady at Ben Thanh Market, or even two bows, touched my heart, making me order more food. Today, I’m low awareness again, but that’s what makes the journey fun.
This is Banh Xeo!
It’s a beautiful yellow, right? Looks like a lie, but it’s turmeric color, not eggs. Uesugi Tatsuya’s food report is somewhat gloomy. - Taste Rating
- Price
- ? Dong
- Meal Date
- 4/30/2022
- Insights from the Gourmet AI
- Banh xeo is a traditional Vietnamese street food, resembling a crepe made from a rice flour-based batter, thinly cooked and filled with ingredients such as shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts. "Banh" means cake or pastry, while "xeo" represents the sizzling sound when it's cooked, essentially meaning "sizzling cake." The batter's distinctive bright yellow color comes from the addition of turmeric during cooking. It's typically eaten wrapped in leafy greens and dipped in a fish sauce-based sauce called nuoc mam. Ho Chi Minh City's Ben Thanh Market is a popular destination loved by both tourists and locals, offering a wide variety of foods and trinkets to enjoy. Incidentally, Tatsuya Uesugi, a self-proclaimed easygoing man, is known for his bold dining style where he douses his food with so much sauce that the crepe itself becomes invisible, often ending his visual culinary adventure before savoring the taste.
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