Bánh bèo

Small dishes of bánh bèo

A bánh bèo is a dish that comes from the Central Vietnam and in a city called Hue. The English translation for this dish is called waterfern cakes, These waterfern cakes are unique because they are made out of a combination of rice flour and tapioca flour. It is a popular street food in Vietnam. The ingredients include:rice cake, dried shrimps, crispy pork skin, scallion oil, and dipping sauce. It is usually eaten as snacks but is now considered a dish in restaurants and can be eaten as lunch and dinner.

Methods of eating Banh Beo

Banh beo is usually eaten with fish sauce made from fermented fish and crunchy pork belly scripts that enhance the taste of the dish. The dish can be eaten with a spoon and paired with beverages such as green, or black tea. It is best eaten when fresh to avoid the dish being spoiled. The consistency of the dish depends on the thickness or thinness of the . One way to eat this dish is to use chopstick is to nudge the cake off the circular dish and make sure that the fish sauce is not too salty to the tastebuds The dish is what makes Vietnamese natives much more appreciative of their culture if they grow up outside of Vietnam or immigrated to the U.S.

Etymology

The dish's name is believed to derive from the fact that it is shaped like a duckweed (bèo in Vietnamese). Bánh is a Vietnamese term translating loosely as "cake."

In modern Vietnamese, because of its soft, rubbery texture, bánh bèo is used as a slang for Vietnamese girls who are portrayed as overly feminine, weak-willed and high maintenance.

See also

• Bánh
• List of steamed foods