How to pronounce Bánh tét

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɓǎjŋ̟ tɛt˧˥/. In plain English letters that is BUN TET, 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 tét?

Bánh tét is a rice dish of Vietnam. Where it comes from: Southern Vietnam. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are rice, pork and beans & tofu. It tastes savory.

Where Bánh tét comes from

Bánh tét is one of 36 signature dishes of Vietnam on this map. See all dishes from đồng bằng sông Cửu Long.

• Bánh xèo · Snack · Mekong Delta

  Bánh xèo, "sizzling cake", is named for the sound the batter makes when it hits the hot pan.

• Bún mắm · Noodles & pasta · Mekong Delta

  Bún mắm is a rich noodle soup from the Mekong Delta built on mắm, fermented fish.

• Bánh pía · Dessert · Sóc Trăng

  Bánh pía is a flaky, many-layered round pastry from Sóc Trăng in the Mekong Delta.

• Hủ tiếu Mỹ Tho · Noodles & pasta · Mỹ Tho (Mekong Delta)

  Hủ tiếu Mỹ Tho is the noodle soup of Mỹ Tho, a river town in the Mekong Delta.

• 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 tét in other countries

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

• Num ansom នំអន្សម · Rice dish · Cambodia

  Num ansom is a traditional Khmer cylinder-shaped cake of glutinous rice, filled with sugar banana, jackfruit or pork.

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• Chishang bento 池上便當 · Rice dish · Taitung, Taiwan

  Chishang bento is a railway lunch box from Chishang, a rice-growing township in Taitung County in eastern Taiwan, famous for using local rice and for its thin wooden box.

• Ven pongal வெண் பொங்கல் · Rice dish · Tamil Nadu, India

  Pongal, meaning "to boil over", is a dish of rice cooked in boiling milk that is popular among the Tamil people of South India and Sri Lanka.