Vietnamese Banh Cuon in Saigon at Bnh Cun Hi Nam

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

Banh cuon is a Vietnamese dish of rice batter crepes, filled with a savory meat filling. More details coming soon: Before going to Saigon this trip, I had eaten it a number of times, and it had always been one of my personal favorite Vietnamese snacks or light meals / foods. Although its originally known to be a northern Vietnamese food, its widely available throughout Saigon as well, from street food stall to nearly every market. When I was in Saigon, I went to a restaurant called Bnh Cun Hi Nam a number of times, once with Kyle, and a few other times as well. It was quite good, and though there are many other places to eat banh cuon in the city, this restaurant was very close to where I was staying, so it was very convenient. So what is banh cuon? It is a Vietnamese means rolled cake, and it all begins with a thin batter thats made from rice flour and is lightly fermented. On top of a pot that has water boiling below, theres a cloth thats pulled onto the top, in order to be the crepe steamer. The thin batter is poured on top of the steaming cloth, flattened into a thin crepe, then covered and steamed for just a few minutes. The wrapper really only takes about 1 minute to steam, and them its carefully removed with a wooden stick, and filled with a mixture of minced pork, garlic, wood ear mushrooms, and in this case I noticed some small dried shrimp in the mix as well. After the banh cuon is rolled up, its then put onto a plate, cut up into pieces, garnished with bean sprouts, lettuce, and the all important handful of crispy shallots. Sometimes youll find other toppings and the addition of Vietnamese sausage on top, but the version at Bnh Cun Hi Nam came with the sausage on the side. In order to eat the rice crepe rolls, you must have the Vietnamese sweet fish sauce dipping sauce, which at this restaurant was sitting on every table in an inviting jar. After putting a scoop of the fish sauce into my bowl, I then added in a scoop of fresh crushed chili to give it even more flavor. I have to say that banh cuon is one of my favorite Vietnamese light foods or snacks. The outer crepe wrapper is thin, silky and just slightly sticky, while the inside filling is savory, meaty, and has a wonderful garlic flavor. The sweet fish was is salty and tangy, and the extra spoon of chilies also adds some marvelous flavor. Along with my plate of rice crepe rolls, I also ordered a plate of something called banh beo, this version topped with minced pork. Banh beo are small steamed rice cakes, and the batter in this case had a wonderful coconut milk flavor to it - so I think they used coconut milk into the bottom pancake mixture? The banh beo was wiggly and creamy, and the same meaty pork mixture was placed on top along with what I think was a handful of yellow crushed shrimp or coconut, Im still not sure. Anyway, it was quite good, but overall I think I preferred the banh cuon over the banh beo. Bnh Cun Hi Nam Address: 11A Cao Thang road, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Open hours: 7: 30 am - 10: 45 pm daily
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

David
Avoid this place. This is another one of Kyle Le's tourist rip-off joint. Banh Cuon is supposed to have the ham included. But this place gives you the ham on a separate small plate on the side. If you eat it they charge you an extra 10K. There is also no mint only shredded lettuce. The total price is more than double elsewhere. Not to mention the expensive iced tea and paid parking. I noticed everyone's face when it came to pay the bill and asked for a break-down. Kyle and Mark think this place is nice because they know no better. Avoid the bill shock Viet Kieus because the locals know better places to go to.
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Jonathan Peaker
Hi Mark. Are you back in Vietnam or is this vid from your last visit? The food over there looks amazingWhen I'm back in Thailand I can't wait to check out some of the joints you've recommended and hopefully you'll be in town to come along. I think all your food loving fans owe you a lunch or dinner for making such great vids. You make my mouth water every time Think I might have to consider hopping over to Saigon to try some of that great looking food when I'm in that part of the world. Keep up the great work
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bdog0720
Nice video. I dont know how to eat this stuff so I looked here and found this video. I get this stuff at THH Sandwiches and Coffee in Tustin, Ca. They have it ready to go at the register in a plastic wrapped plate. Comes with around 6 rice paper & ground pork pouches, dipping sauce, crispy onion & garlic sprinkles, and a side of sprouts. They have spring rolls with peanut sauce and other ready to go dishes too. The sandwiches there are the bomb. Gooood goood goood
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Tony
You made the fish sauce so wonderful. The fish sauce is watered down a little bit bit for these dishes in order to make it less salty. So, you need to pour the fish sauce into the dish to get the full effect. The Banh Beo you eat is a dry version. There is also another version with some kind of paste on top rather than the dry toppings and it is more common I guess. So wonderful to see you enjoy Vietnamese cuisine.
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Rendy Ferdian
Hi Mark, believe it or not, I always waiting for your food review. Since i have no idea where should i travel this year and since i went to thailand 3 times and try most of your food recommendation, i think i'll go to vietnam this year. Also, this banh cuon make my mouth watering. Thanks for your effort Mark. Looking forward for your next videos. Dont forget to come to Indonesia as well. Cheers.
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Nina Vo
I like your videos so much. My sister and I were watching this and we were like ' how? How can he eat everything properly? ' As a Vietnamese, I'm so proud and happy that you enjoyed the food there so much. I love how you describe every dish you have with the most flawless words and you look so passionate abt it too. I'm also impressed with your chopsticks skills lol. My fav youtuber
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bellaxfatal
I know I'm a little late in commenting, but better late than never, right? I think this is one of the most delicious looking dishes you have ever eaten. I've never heard of either, before. I only hope, one day, I'm able to experience these dishes Thank you for sharing this with us I would have never known about it. Hopefully, I can find this in a restaurant near me
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Victor Hawj
You should travel to St. Paul MN the next time you are in the US again. We have an Asian market called Hmong Village that features most of the food that you have been eating. They have a mixture of Thai, Laotion, and Vietnamese food all at this market. Plus, they are mostly made by people who use to live in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. So it's pretty authentic food.
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KaKeeSong
Banh cuon, didn't managed to try out this dish in my last trip to vietnam, definitely gonna try out both of these dishes next time. Mark have you ever filmed any foods that taste really awful and decided not to upload the video or do you always do your homework, do all the research and read up the recommendations then only try out the foods? haha just curiousity
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Katelynn Lee
The best sauce for this dish is a chili dip that consists of fresh Thai Chili pepper, cilantro, green onion, dry, roasted chili powder, roasted, ground peanuts, MSG, fish sauce, a little bit of water and lime juice. You can add toasted sticky rice too if you want. This sauce tastes better than that one.
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