You can just about find a street food vendor near every busy intersections in Ho Chi Minh City, the set up varies, but more often than not they have these tiny tables and chairs seemingly set up for kids of kindergarten age. If you’re Vietnamese size, these will fit just, and fortunately for myself and Haze, our body size is within range.
street side food vendor outside Ben Thanh market
Ben Thanh market is one of those “must-visit” places in Ho Chi Minh City, especially if you feel like getting slaughtered buying touristy or otherwise imitation goods. We went there only because it was almost a decade since I got my fake Nike jerseys there, plus we had rented a scooter so it was rather convenient to do so.
you want spicy? we’ve got spicy!
Anyway, there is this little bot chien & ha cao stall situated right outside the market manned by a middle aged lady with a frying pan and a metal small pot on clay stove. Street food is best sampled with the locals, so we made this our spot for afternoon in-between meal snacks.
bá»™t chiên – fried rice cake
Bot Chien is the Vietnamese version of fried rice cake (25000 VND). While the base ingredient is similar to our “char kuih kak“, the execution is vastly different. The rice cake is fried together with egg in generous amount of oil, with the surface area all crispy while retaining the inner bits soft.
Soya sauce is then poured over and then topped with shredded green papaya and chopped green onions. If you like it spicy, there’s also chili sauce & sambal that can be added to the whole mix.
This dish was actually pretty good, the various ingredients complement each other well, and best consumed while the rice cakes are still crispy even though soaked in soya sauce. The green papaya also serve to cut through the greasiness of the dish as well, I’d recommend anyone to give this a try.
há cảo – shrimp dumpling
Ha Cao, as you may suspect, is the dish of the same name in Cantonese – Â shrimp dumplings (25000 VND). You get the shredded greens as well as the sambal, soya sauce and fried shallots ala Vietnamese style, but otherwise they aren’t overly different from the Chinese version. It was still enjoyable, but if I had to choose between the two, bot chien would be my choice.
Happy food hunting!
Address:
Phan Bội Châu
Ben Thanh
District 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
GPS: 10.772582, 106.698676
street food vietnam selalu menggoda, rasa enak dan harga murah
cumilebay: memang!
uncle…. this guy’s blog…. WTF
kekeke: you like? LOL
no, if like, then get same treatment as anwar… ROFL
kekeke: @.@
My knees are two creaky to sit on those little street stools!
Monica: you’re too tall!
I ate all of my veggie as a child – what can I say? 😉
Monica: ok you win.
bột chiên looks like their version of our fried white carrot/radish cake or koay kak.
suituapui: close, but tastes rather different.
i’m liking the overall look of their ha cao more than the ‘plain’ dim sum version that we’re used to 🙂
Sean: more condiments is always better!
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corey: what a concept.
I’ve had that dumplings before but not the rice cake, it sure looks like our cai tao kuih
Ken: yea, memang same base ingredients.