Banh xeo is a signature dish of Vietnam; we have verified places to eat it in Ho Chi Minh City. Start with where to eat Banh xeo in Ho Chi Minh City.
Banh xeo · Ho Chi Minh City
A large, crackling turmeric-yellow crepe of rice flour and coconut milk, fried until lacy and folded over shrimp, pork and bean sprouts, then torn into pieces, wrapped in mustard leaf and herbs and dipped in sweet fish sauce.
The name banh xeo means sizzling cake, for the hiss the batter makes hitting a screaming-hot pan. A Southern and central Vietnamese dish, the Saigon version is large and generously filled, its batter coloured and flavoured with turmeric and coconut milk. It is a hands-on, communal dish: you tear off a piece, roll it in lettuce or mustard greens with a fistful of herbs, and dunk it in nuoc cham. Specialists like Banh Xeo 46A near Tan Dinh built reputations on a single well-made crepe, and the dish drew international attention when Anthony Bourdain filmed at a Saigon banh xeo stall.
Where to eat in Ho Chi Minh City:
- Banh Xeo 46A
- Secret Garden
Where to eat Banh xeo in Ho Chi Minh City: the editor picks