Bobby Chinn Instagram – Back in the day, this street used to be a dead-end street, lined with Banh Xeo Restaurants, today the lone survivor, expanded into their former neighbors houses.
Banh Xeo, (cake & Xeo or the sound ‘SEAR’ in Vietnamese! AKA as a crispy cake or ‘crispy crepe’. Personally I think it has a closer to the Indian papadam.
This dish epitomizes everything that makes Vietnamese one of the great cuisines of the world. It’s a modern cuisine perfected thousands of years ago. It’s light, clean, generally gluten free, low fat, healthy, that is simply delicious. Vietnamese are the Masters of contrasts and this dish has it all. From a dipping sauce that ties it all together to a dish that’s cooked & raw, hot & cold, sweet & sour, with contrasting colors, flavors and textures that can send any foodie into s culinary nirvana
Traditionally this dish is served with thin slices of cooked pork belly and prawns (skells on) a naturally nutritious source of calcium.
She makes it look easy, but technically its far from it, as there are potential pitfalls. The pan has to be hot and at the perfect temperature. Experience is your sole guide when it comes to gauging the heat & timing especially on wood and charcoal. Precooked slices of Pork belly and unshelled prawns (a naturally nutritious source of calcium). Are heated in the pan. A rice flour coconut batter is thinned with water and a hint of turmeric ladled and rapidly spun with a quick twist of the wrist, coating the the pan with a thin coat encasing the prawns & pork. Mung beans are immediately added to adhere to the moist batter before it solidifies, which subtlety adds additional fiber and texture with the semi cooked bean sprouts.
(You can request a vegetarian version omitting both animal proteins, however the Nuoc Cham dipping sauce is a must) im sorry I didn’t get the name or details of the tour guide, as he was very knowable, passionate and kind. I was having difficulty multitasking. We also got a good giggle at the end. #banhxeo #streetfood #vietnam | Posted on 09/Jan/2023 14:42:12
