Banh ep Cau Hai Bánh ép Cầu Hai
Bánh ép Cầu Hai is a pressed tapioca cake from the Phú Lộc lagoon, eaten hot. One account fills it with lean pork and shrimp and dips it in mắm nêm; another fills it with pork and dips it in mắm nêm or nước mắm.
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CafeBiz, Phùng Hà, 29 June 2022, describes a cake about the size of a palm, hot off a round iron mold, and chewy.
Đại Việt Tourist, Hằng Min, on 19 April 2025, calls the same cake thin and crisp.
Taste
CafeBiz dips it in mắm nêm with garlic and chili, and says the cake carries lean pork and shrimp.
Đại Việt Tourist, on 15 August 2024, also dips it in mắm nêm. The 19 April 2025 account dips it in nước mắm with garlic and chili.
How to enjoy it
Eat it hot. CafeBiz rolls it like bánh cuốn with lettuce, cucumber, split water spinach, banana blossom, herbs, and bean sprouts, then dips it in mắm nêm. The filling in that account is tapioca starch, lean pork, shrimp, and spring onion, pressed on a round iron mold over charcoal.
Where to try it
Phú Lộc, at the Cầu Hai lagoon.