How to pronounce Bánh xèo

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɓǎjŋ̟ sɛw˨˩/. In plain English letters that is BUN SAY-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 xèo?

Bánh xèo is a snack of Vietnam. Where it comes from: Mekong Delta. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are rice, pork and seafood. It tastes savory and fresh.

Where Bánh xèo comes from

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

• 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.

• Bánh tét · Rice dish · Southern Vietnam

  Bánh tét is the central and southern Vietnamese counterpart of bánh chưng: glutinous rice, mung bean and marinated pork belly rolled in banana leaves into a thick log, tied and boiled for at least six hours.

• 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 xèo in other countries

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

• Nam khao ແໜມເຂົ້າ · Snack · Vientiane, Laos

  Nam khao, also called naem Thadeua, is a crispy rice salad that originated in Tha Deua, a small Mekong port village in Vientiane, where the Friendship Bridge to Nong Khai in Thailand begins.

• Gao zha 糕渣 · Snack · Yilan, Taiwan

  Gao zha is one of the best known snacks of Yilan in north-east Taiwan: deep-fried cubes that are crisp outside and scalding liquid inside.

• Sai krok Isan ไส้กรอกอีสาน · Snack · Isan, Thailand

  Sai krok Isan is a sour fermented sausage from northeastern Thailand.

• Har gow 虾饺 · Snack · Guangdong, China

  Har gow are traditional Cantonese shrimp dumplings served as dim sum.