Strange and delicious dishes in Buon Ma Thuot

Also known as wet cake, banh khot, banh cano… are familiar, but in Buon Ma Thuot, these dishes are transformed quite nicely, different from the food in other provinces.

Khot cake

Banh Khot Buon Ma Thuot

Banh Khot in Buon Ma Thuot is also a small molded rice flour like in Da Lat, Vung Tau, Phan Rang… but the cake is quite thin, coated with a little flour to make the cake crispy. Cakes are also simply processed, can be rice cakes without rice flour or cakes with added eggs.

The special feature of this popular dish lies in the dipping sauce consisting of cucumber and papaya soaked in a rich central seasoning fish sauce, served with thinly sliced ​​papaya. Thin, crispy cake, dipping with tomato sauce and melon seems simple, but once you eat it, you will feel addicted and want to eat another plate.

The price of each plate of cake is quite cheap, from 10,000-20,000 VND. You can find this dish on Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoang Dieu, A Ma Jhao… in the afternoon, after 3pm.

Pickled fish soup cake

Fish plate served with vermicelli

This fish cake soup is sold a lot in Buon Ma Thuot city, but the old shop is located on Hai Ba Trung street, always crowded with customers. The attraction of the dish lies in the sweet, sour, and spicy broth and firm pieces of mackerel.

Let’s enjoy this soup cake on a rainy afternoon in Buon Me

Red vermicelli

Red vermicelli in Buon Ma Thuot

Red vermicelli is a very typical dish of Buon Ma Thuot, rarely seen in other provinces. The vermicelli is as big as the rice cake, using cashew oil to create the red color.

This dish is cooked quite similar to vermicelli, but the difference is that there are quail eggs, and vegetables are served with water spinach or celery. In particular, dried shrimp and pork are the main ingredients in the filling, creating a sweet aroma, less boredom.

This dish is usually sold in the afternoon, the shops are mainly on Phan Dinh Giot, Le Hong Phong… The price for each bowl is about 15,000 – 25,000 VND.

Self-rolled wet cake with grilled meat

Hot wet cake is thinly coated on a plate, rolled with grilled meat, added with some pickled sauerkraut and sour and sour shredded mango, dipped with spicy dipping sauce. When this plate of cake runs out, the waiter will bring another plate, soon the stack of plates is already high. The owner will calculate the number of plates on the table to calculate the amount you have to pay for the meal.

The stack of plates is so high after a meal of wet cake with barbecue

Grilled wet cake is now sold in Ho Chi Minh City, but every time Buon Me people return to their hometown, they still go to the old shops located on Tran Nhat Duat and Le Thanh Tong streets to enjoy. delicious foods this.