Dap cake (bánh Đập) – a cheap specialty in the Central region attracts diners with its unique flavor, combining sesame rice crackers and steamed thin rice pancake.
Traveling along the Central coastal provinces, from Quang Nam to Khanh Hoa, visitors can easily find and enjoy a rustic but no less famous specialty. The reason it has such a unique name is because to enjoy this dish, visitors have to smash their hand on this cake, then can eat.
Banh Dap is a dish with a delicate combination of a steamed thin rice pancake layer inside and sesame rice crackers (rice paper) on the outside. Depending on the place and each person’s taste, the filling is prepared with different ingredients. The simplest is the scallion oil filling, the more elaborate is the minced shrimp and meat filling with pureed dry shrimp,…
Although it is a rustic dish and does not require many ingredients, banh dap also requires meticulous and elaborate processing, especially the steamed thin rice pancake made from rice flour. Rice must be soaked for many hours and then milled to get flour to make steamed cakes.
Before being steamed, rice flour will be mixed with water in standard proportions so that the flour does not become too thin or too thick. When pouring the dough, you must stir it well to get a soft, ivory-white wet cake layer.
To make the cake delicious and hot, people must prepare a boiler and keep it hot at the appropriate temperature. When the customer orders, the seller starts making the cake, they quickly scoop the dough, spread it evenly on a cloth covering the boiler and close the lid. This method is similar to the way of making banh cuon in the North. Wait about 30 seconds to a minute, the cake is done, people skillfully use thin bamboo sticks to lift the cake.
The hot steamed thin rice cake is spread on the surface of sesame rice crackers, filled with a little minced meat, shrimp and scallion oil, then folded in half. To enjoy, diners have to lightly smash the cake with their hands to break the cake into small pieces then eat, also to make the rice crackers stick tightly to the wet layer of steamed thin rice cake inside.
Banh Dap can be served with seasoned fermented fish sauce which is a specific sauce in Central coastal provinces. It is best when eating a Dap cake while it is still hot. The crispy rice cracker combined with the soft, moist layer of steamed thin rice cake and scallion oil, shrimp and meat filling makes diners fascinated.
Where to find Bánh Đập
Recommended places to eat Bánh Đập:
Banh Dap is available in many places, but the most delicious and famous is still in Khanh Hoa and Quang Ngai. You can also try this dish in some eateries in Da Nang:
- Bánh Đập Cô Kim: 104 Le Dai Hanh, Quang Ngai city, Quang Ngai
- Bánh Đập 68 Lê Đại Hành: 68 Le Dai Hanh, Quang Ngai city, Quang Ngai
- Bánh đập Bà Tứ Đà Nẵng: No. 354 Le Duan Street, in Hai Chau District, Da Nang.
- Núi Thành – Bún mắm, bánh căn & bánh đập Đà Nẵng: No. 430 Nui Thanh Street, Hai Chau District, Da Nang
No matter where you choose to eat Bánh Đập in Vietnam, you are sure to enjoy this delicious and iconic dish. So why dont you book the trip to Vietnam to enjoy the authentic Banh Đập as well as many delicious Vietnamese foods.
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Source: Vietnamnet.vn