Vietnamese Street Food - Extremely Tasty "Banh Khot!"
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2015
- Banh khot are delicious crispy mini pancakes. Read about this wonderful Vietnamese street food on my blog now: migrationology.com/2015/01/ban...
There are a near infinite amount of delicious foods to eat when you’re in Vietnam, and one of my favorite light snacks or small meals is banh khot (bánh khọt). In English they could be called a number of different things, but most of the time they are translated as mini or crispy pancakes. The batter is made from a combination of rice flour and sometimes even day old cooked grains of rice, mixed with lots of rich coconut milk, and a sprinkle of turmeric to give them that tempting yellow color. The batter is then fried in a mini griddle, similar to Thai style khanom krok, in lots of oil so the edges get extremely golden crispy yet the center remains a bit gooey and soft. Banh khot is then served with a typical plate of raw leafy vegetables and herbs which are used to assemble each bite.
When I was in Saigon, and searching for delicious Vietnamese street food one day we were walking through Chợ Bàn Cờ - a local market in the Saigon. I could honestly smell the aroma of frying banh khot before I ever saw it. The smell was incredible, and after walking around the packed alleys of the Vietnamese market for a while, we eventually stumbled into the source of this delicious street food snack, hiding within the market, surrounded by other vendors, and a continual crowd of hungry customers. She had a number of stools there to eat at, but the majority of her banh khot customers were buying for takeaway, to take home and eat later. But since there were a couple of empty stools as we arrived, Ying and I immediately jumped at the opportunity, and soon we were sitting within the crowds, catching whiffs of the irresistible mini pancakes and waiting for our plate to finish frying.
It took a few minutes as she had a few banh khot order ahead of us, but soon enough out plate of delicious Vietnamese pancakes was placed before us, and she asked if we wanted a scoop of extra coconut cream on top. I decided to get half and half, though if I ate here again, I’d probably get them all topped. The mini banh khot pancakes were incredibly crispy and golden yellow on the bottom, they were creamy and soft on the inside. I saw some people dipping their pancakes into the sweet fish sauce dressing, then adding them to a handful of leaves and then eating, and I also saw other just wrap everything together, the dip into the sauce. I tried both methods, each was equally delicious.
Banh xeo, in southern Vietnam is a huge crispy crepe, while banh khot are much smaller in size, and I think they are much more hearty because of the thicker batter. While both are eaten in a very similar method with lots of herbs and the same nuoc cham fish sauce for dipping, overall I preferred banh khot - with that coconut milk and shrimp it was so good! While you can find these mini pancakes all over, I think it makes one of the best Vietnamese street food dishes - it’s such a great dish for eating at a market or on the side of the street, a piping hot plate of crispy goodness, contrasting the fresh herbs and vegetables. When you’re in Saigon, don’t miss the opportunity to dig into some delicious banh khot.
This particular stall I ate at was in Saigon somewhere in the laves and back alleys of Chợ Bàn Cờ market, just a local neighborhood market. But you’ll find exact street food stalls just like this throughout the city.
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Something tells me i tried it but i want more
Ping Mariola wpodrozy
Uses Thai Kanom Krok cookware.
What does 'Banh' mean Mark Wiens ?
***** Banh i think vietnamese is "bánh" and that mean is cake.
My mom & grandma makes those .. my grandma made it the best !! RIP GRANDMA 🙏🏽🙏🏽.. Mark ty for sharing & bringing back great memories.. Buddha bless 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you, Mark. I am really enjoying your videos. They make me want to travel and eat so many good things.
Really love your videos Mark! One channel I'll never get bored of!
Thank you!
Mark, I love all your videos especially your signature face expression of how you like the foods. Good job...
Thanks Mark. As native Phoenician and a Sun Devil Alum, I truly am grateful for all your videos and insights. Keep going.
Larry Nakamura Hi Larry, great to hear that, thank you very much for your support.
One of my favorite!!! One can never get enough of this...
+Mark Wiens
Thanks for making another great video!
I'll be travelling to Vietnam on March for almost one month,from the North To South.
From your videos you've made my experience much easier and more enjoyable .
Thanks again and keep up the good work! Cheers Mark.
van nguyen Thank you very much Van, that's extremely encouraging, and hope you have a wonderful upcoming trip.
God bless you!
Mark, you are great! I tried a lot of Vietnamese food when I visited Vietnam too. I wrote down a list of food that I tried. People there are so creative when it comes to food.
Oh, yeah. That's what I'm talking about. Thanks for the tips, Mark. Love your video.
Just you adding the fresh lettuce and herbs makes the dish even more delectable! Wow looks yum
PPPPaula Thank you, that's what I really like about it too.
Love your videos!!!!!! You are so fun to watch :) Love how you express your love for what you eat!
man I miss Vietnam , haven't in ages cant wait to go back.. love ur videos mark
Hey Mark, I just wanna thank you for posting those amazing videos of yours. Me and my lady love them. It's great to see some one with that attitude and passion. Keep up posting your videos. Cheers ^_^
***** Hey Tony, you're very welcome, my wife and I really enjoy doing it, so thank you for your support.
Your videos always makes my mouth water!!!! Nice video
Tong Sengchiam Thank you Tong
love your videos. cant wait to go back!
Mmm one of my favourite vietnamese dish! Thanks for the upload
Looks good! I wanna go to Vietnam because of this! Thanks Mark for always making a great video :)
Abigaileey Great to hear that, hope you can visit in the future, so much good food to try.
That looks amazing! Have to find it when I get there...
Awesome food review like always Mark, ! Thank you for another video of your expertise on Vietnamese food. With respect always Mr.Molina San Diego California!
Linzey Molina Thank you very much!
I love all your videos. I am your biggest fan.
Hi Mark, I really enjoy watching your videos, especially during my study breaks. I'm planning a vacation to Tokyo this summer and I will definitely use your "top 25 things to do in Tokyo" video as a reference for that! Just wanted to say that I appreciate your work and the videos you put out for everybody. Cheers!
pureiji Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. Glad that you'll be going to Tokyo this summer, you're going to enjoy it!
thank you very much . for introducing my country's culture ... i like your video
Even though I was born in China and raised in the U.S., the richness and healthiness of this dish still amazes me. Most importantly, it costs only 1 dollar?! Now I realize delicious and health food is and should be affordable.
Truly love your videos! - Greetings from Norway
Bakan boy Thank you very much!
Yummy! That looks great. Thanks for the video.
Dee A Thank you Dee
Mark this is one of my favorite dish of all Vietnamese food. Glad you get to try it. Keep the Saigon videos coming.
Billy C Glad you love it Billy, thank you for watching
My computational algorithm homework is due tomorrow but I am stuck in this place watching your videos, Mark.....your videos are so addicting....
Mori Hitachi Ha, thank you very much Mori, keep up with the homework.
The best kind of food are places like these. Yum!
Another great video Mark. You are very brave to try all of these food. Cheers
Hue Vo Thank you for watching Hue
this is fantastic. even if i'm not likely to travel and taste that for myself, it definately inspired me to make a resembling recipe
Great video Mark! Banh khot with coconut milk is the way we eat it in Southern Vietnam. We tend to like our food balanced with salt and sweet.
Celia T Great, thank you for sharing Celia, the coconut milk tasted delicious.
I love "Bánh Khọt". Thanks Mark!
My friends dad used to make these. They are so delicious and the perfect vehicle for fish sauce :)
jklinevideos Great to hear that, yes I fully agree.
This is one of those Vietnamese dishes that are rare in the U.S. It takes a lot of skill.
That is the best looking thing I have seen in a long time!
That looked delicious!
Mark, They looked delicious. With the herbs and lettuce wrap......yes, yes, yes. LOL!
Tess Cooks 4u Thank you Tess
I glad you love it ! i'm Vietnamese and i eat this a lot
Ahhhh that looks soooooo good!!! Thanks for sharing :)
trumpet craz You're welcome, thank you for watching.
It looks very delicious
Anyone else love the face he makes when he eats really good food?
the main reason I subbed to his channel LOL
No. At first it creeped me out like crazy and now I've grown a tolerance for it.
Cialisandhornygoatweed lol sometimes it does make me hungry of whatever he's eating with a facial expression like that but you're funny
His faces really make me laugh! But I can see the pure enjoyment in his face that it makes me even more hungry. In fact, I haven't eaten a fraction of the food he eats here and probably won't but I subscribed because this is food porn and Mark is having a foodgasm!
I would be interested in seeing him eat something that he doesn't like...I wonder what the reaction would be to that, lol
ur videos always makes me hungry!!
***** Thank you Debra
Wow, those looked *so* good!
It is all in the dipping sauce! Boy, I miss this dish!
please flood us with your precious videos
Another one of my favs! They're mini crispy crepes filled with shrimp and coconut milk rice batter topped with scallions. Tastes even better with mint leaves wrapped with lettuce.
Amazing!!
How comes I never saw those in Hanoi? Spent quite a time there! What I really loved is the bowl of salad and herbs they give you, even if you eat soup! Sometimes when they noticed, how much I like it, they gave me a second filling :)
Because they’re from the south😊
OMG, I loved eating this as a kid. I'm ethnically Vietnamese but was born in Laos (lots of my family and other Vietnamese there when I was growing up) and still remember this. It's another favorite of mine, but I've not eaten it since coming to the U.S...or at least not the great version I had growing up. I think the version I had as a kid had ground pork and mung beans in it. They fold one half over the other and it is served with fish sauce poured on top.
Awesome video mark
Jack Shore Thank you Jack
this bring back my memories of banh khot
Hi Mark, i really love your videos, u're so passionate about food and watching every single one of them, inspires me. I'll be leaving for Vietnam in a couple of weeks and i know usually the advice i've been given is stay away from uncooked foods, especially raw veggies. Did you have any problems after consuming lettuce/herbs with their meals there? Cause they are so tempting. Thanks and keep up the great work! Cristina
cause when vietnamese eat bún bò huế we have to eat when it hot. and it does taste way better. i really love this 😍😍😍
we have it here in indonesia its called bakwan and in surabaya and east java ita belovedly called ote-ote, bearing the similarity to the pancake down to the shrimp added on top, only deep fried, the pattern is skillfully done using a laddle and then releasing it to the deep fried oil
One of my favorite Vietnamese food. :)
Wow, thanks for the comparison and telling us your preference.
B.J. Martin No problem!
looks nice
those are really awesome, had them in Bangkok !
Karim Boukari Great to hear that Karim.
Omg, I am drooling.
It's making me hungry to watch you eat that dish. In love with banh khot.
Lilian Tran Thank you Lilian
ohhhhhhhhh mouth-watering. This must taste so good
Kriktang Thank you
I love your so videos you are so inspirational
talha93taj Thank you, I really appreciate it.
Mark Wiens your welcome bro
Looks awesome! You must have enjoyed your meal,
***** Thank you, it was delicious
a very unusual dish and looks very tasty - i like how many Vietnamese dishes are served with a huge pile of lettuce and herbs...they reminded me of little potatoes and 92c is a good deal...a mcdonalds cheeseburger is 99p where i am - i wish i could buy this instead....
Haha xD i love that face you make whenever you eat!
I like your eyes and expression of face when you eat, ha ha, have a good time !, Like your videos .
So yummy
i luv the way you eat
Great looking little snack for that price!
The pancakes look so yummy!!
Ami DiBella Thank you Ami
Lots of foods and stalls selling difference kind of foods very healthy fresh foods thanks .
Its looks good.....and you had enjoyed lots of lettuce....i love lettuce !! Nice video !!
Barnali's Kitchen Thank you, glad you like lettuce too!
looks good
OMG!! I must try them one daaay!!
***** Hope you can try it!
So proud of our Vietnamese cuisine ... fresh, light, tasty, lots of raw veggies and herbs ... simple yet phenomenal in taste and preparation! That is the reason why when you go eat in Vietnam, a stall/shop only served 1 or 2 dishes - simply it’s their best dish - which is well known for! Most of the time, the vendors only trade in a small window of time 3 to 5 hours a day- morning, afternoon or evening (some exceptions of course).
Another thing - if you think Bánh Xèo is not as good as Bánh Khọt - you visited the wrong place. Try again at another recommended restaurant for Bánh Xèo!
That's look yummy
Nice One Mark. They look great. I love mung beans. and that sauce always makes it the best. enjoy mark wish I could join you. god bless to you and your wife. when are you going home to Thailand? cheers
midala40 Thank you very much. I'm back in Thailand now, we were in Vietnam for about 1 month.
Such good Vietnamese :) I also like Banh khot a lot
Mark, I think you need to do 25 things should do in vietnam. If you travel I n vietnam again, I think next time you need to go middle VietNam like Hoi An, Da Lat, Nha trang or Da Nang, Hue as well. So many dilicious dishes you'll love to eat them.
yummmm make me miss home!
My mouth is watering!!!
Michael Nguyen Thank you for watching Michael
Share please Mark. It looks yummy!! =)
Serious question? How the heck you stay so freaking skinny eating all that great food? I love and enjoy very much of all your videos. One day I plan to travel back to my native country but I still don't understand how you don't gain weight. I would be at least 25 pounds heavier eating so much wonderful foods.
They looked a little greasy Mark. Great video. Loved the audio. Very lively place.
Tosh T Definitely a little greasy, but so good.
Tosh T Yah a bit on the greasy side, but so good.
Món ăn khu vực tây nam .Vietnam cám ơn bạn
I tried these once and had no idea the proper way to prep them! Lol.... I will have to try them again at Brodard's here in Cali to enjoy the full dining experience as you had. Although I'm sure one can not beat the hustle and bustle of the street market ambiance.
There's no specific "proper" way to eat these types of Vietnamese snacks, just try different ways and see which one you enjoy the most, that's the beauty of it.
When I was little, I like eating banh khot with fish sauce without any greens adding to it (cause kids, yah know). Now I'm just doing what Mark does in this video, wrap it with lettuce/wasabi leafs with other herbs and dip it in fish sauce.
And hands down Brodard is the best Viet restaurant in the entire OC/L.A area!
Andy Nguyen Tran thanks to u both for the advice! ...it all sounds delicious nonetheless! take care :)
Jen S Andy Nguyen Tran Thank you for the tips!
One of my favorite food in Vietnam. Tabarnack ça m'manque
Agreed with you there. Banh khot is much more fun to eat than banh xeo!
How to know when mark likes something, just wait for the wide eyes and head roll... Love the videos !
JASP EATS Haha, thank you!
good one
It looks like half open takoyaki !! looks so good
Banh khot good food😋👍💯 video😍💖
yummmm
Lucky Dog!! I only wish i could taste those! rock On Bro!
elrabbitsbbq Thank you!
I am soooooo jealous of you.. you always make me so hungry!!
yum yum i want to that !
Hi Guy's,
They look sooooo good! I'll take 6 dozen please!
92c ? I couldn't even get the lettuce for that price in Sydney.
Keep up the great work Ying & Mark.
evogardens Haha, thanks that's a good order!
Yum, Mark! You and Ying are so awesome! When you travel to different countries, do you learn the basics of that language?
Stevie C Hi Stevie, thank you very much. I'd like to say we learn more, but really I usually end up only learning a very few basics, like hello and thank you, and then from there I just try to learn some food names, and write them down.
How easy you could handle the chopsticks, bánh kho.t ....we shall have them for diner tomorrow.
Tnx