How to pronounce Bánh bèo

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɓǎjŋ̟ ɓɛw˨˩/. In plain English letters that is BUN BEH-o, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Bánh bèo?

Bánh bèo is a snack of Vietnam. Where it comes from: Huế. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are rice and seafood. It tastes savory.

Where Bánh bèo comes from

Bánh bèo is one of 36 signature dishes of Vietnam on this map. See all dishes from Hue.

• Nem chua · Snack · Thanh Hóa

  Nem chua is fermented pork: lean pork and thin strips of cooked pork rind, seasoned with garlic and chilli, mixed with roasted rice powder and wrapped in leaves such as guava, fig or Ming aralia, then in banana leaf, and left for a few days until it turns pink, firm and pleasantly sour.

• Bún bò Huế · Noodles & pasta · Huế

  Bún bò Huế is the spicy beef noodle soup of Huế, the old imperial capital.

• Cơm hến · Rice dish · Huế

  Cơm hến is a Huế speciality of cold rice with baby basket clams.

• Bánh bột lọc · Snack · Huế

  Bánh bột lọc are small, chewy, see-through dumplings from Huế, made with tapioca starch rather than rice flour.

• Phở · Soup & stew · Hanoi and Nam Định

  Pho appears in records only in the early 20th century, in the north of Vietnam.

• Bánh mì · Street food · Saigon

  Bánh mì first meant simply "wheat bread", the baguette the French brought to Vietnam in the 19th century.

Food of Vietnam

Dishes like Bánh bèo in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Bánh bèo:

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• Chwee kueh 水粿 · Snack · Hawker centres, Singapore

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• Gao zha 糕渣 · Snack · Yilan, Taiwan

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