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Bánh bò nướng (baked bánh bò) Bánh bò màu (màu = colored). Bánh bò (literally "cow cake" [1] or "crawl cake" [2]) is a sweet, chewy sponge cake from Vietnam. [3] [4] It is made from rice flour, water, sugar, and yeast, [5] and has a honeycomb-like appearance (called rễ tre, literally "bamboo roots," in Vietnamese) on the inside due to the presence of numerous small air bubbles.
Shaking beef or bo luc lac (Vietnamese: bò lúc lắc, French: bœuf lôc lac) is a Vietnamese dish that consists of beef that has been cut into small cubes, marinated with soy sauce, fish sauce and oyster sauce, then sauteed in a wok with red onion and pepper before being served on a bed of fresh lettuce with slices of tomato and cucumber.
Cơm tấm (Vietnamese: [kəːm tə̌m]) is a Vietnamese dish made from rice with fractured rice grains. Tấm refers to the broken rice grains, while cơm refers to cooked rice.
The dish's name is believed to have come from its clear, dumpling-like appearance, as the term bánh bột lọc Huế loosely translates to "clear flour cake." In Vietnamese, the word bánh can mean "cake" or "bread," but can also be used as a general term for foods that are made from any type of flour, the most common being rice or tapioca.
In Saigon, the pastry is called bánh bía, while in Sóc Trăng and Vũng Thơm, it is known as bánh pía. Some Vietnamese people call it bánh lột da, which translates to "peeling flakes pastry". Those from the Bến Tre region call it bánh bao chi, which is the name for mochi elsewhere in Vietnam.
Bánh tráng trộn is often considered as one of symbols of Vietnamese street food culture, particularly in Southern Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City. [12] The dish gains international exposure and can now be found in various countries around the world, such as Australia and the United States. [17]
In Vietnamese, the term bánh is not limited to Vietnamese cuisine: it applies equally to items as varied as fortune cookies (bánh may mắn), pudding (bánh pudding, bánh pútđinh), caramel custard (bánh caramen, bánh flan), sacramental bread (Bánh Thánh), Hamburger (bánh Hamburger, bánh Hămbơgơ), etc.
Banh beo is usually accompanied by nuoc mam (a clear sauce made from sugar, fish sauce, garlic, and Thai chili) and crunchy pork belly strips that enhance the taste of the dish. Like most dishes, there are various versions of banh beo around Vietnam. For example, banh beo from Quang Ngai is topped with a combination of shrimp and pork paste ...