Banh khot Bánh khọt
Bánh khọt is a bite-size cake fried in small molds, crisp outside and soft inside, topped with shrimp or squid and scallion oil. Wrap one in lettuce and herbs and dip it in sweet-sour fish sauce.
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It is the snack a Vung Tau trip turns on. Nguyễn Trường Tộ and Hoàng Hoa Thám are the streets to eat it.
Texture
The cakes fry in small cast-iron molds until the outside is crisp and the inside is soft, then take shrimp or squid, scallions, and scallion oil on top.
The batter is given two ways: rice flour, or flour with curry powder, finished with shrimp powder.
Taste
The dip is sweet-sour fish sauce. Papaya and a little chili also go in the sauce.
How to enjoy it
Wrap one cake at a time in lettuce and herbs, then dip it. Keep the sauce on the side rather than pouring it over the stack.
It is a small molded cake, not a folded bánh xèo.
Where to try it
Nguyễn Trường Tộ, on the Back Beach side of town. One kitchen at number 14 opens 7:00–14:00 on weekdays and 7:00–20:00 on Sundays.
Hoàng Hoa Thám, the street that leads to the whale hall, is the other bánh khọt street.