#78 Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes ~ MySmartphonePhotography 🥞🇻🇳 越南街头美味的迷你煎饼

When I just noticed the theme for this Saturday’s Smartphonephotography by @juliank, I felt so exhilarated. Yes, it is - STREET FOOD! I believe all foodies understand this enthusiastic joy. Food is a big reason I travel, and speaking of food in a nation, street food is always where the heart and soul is. Well, I might be biased as an Asian spoiled by all the fantastic street food widely available in Asia, but why don’t you give it a try? :)

I see some people’s point when they frown upon street food for the fear of food poisoning. But there are still so many hygienic choices out there. Isn’t it exciting and fun to look at the whole process when the food is prepared right in front of your eyes like magic - quick, cheap and tasty! So come try some real food with me. This time it’s about the Vietnamese Street Food - Mini-Pancakes (Bánh Căn / Bánh Khọt)! 😋

I took the 2 pictures above in Saigon(Ho Chi Minh City), and the following 3 are from a side street in Da Lat. You can see they are a bit different in the batter and toppings. This savory treat is said to be a specialty from southern Vietnam. It is made by heating batter in a griddle which looks like a cupcake or takoyaki pan, with different choices of toppings such as the ones I tried: shrimp, squid, eggs, minced pork and beef.

After the bite sized half-sphere pancake is scooped out, it’s usually served with diced up chives/green onions, fresh herbs and vegetables, and spicy or sweet sauce for dipping. The batter used can vary at different street stands, like in the first picture here, it has egg in the batter, while in the second stand, it is mostly made of rice flour. Some batter is also mixed with leftover rice, turmeric and coconut milk. Whatever mix, it just turned out to be delicious! :D

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So what do you think of this little light meal from Vietnam? Tell me the street food you enjoy in the comments! =)

刚才看到这周六手机摄影的主题，真是无比兴奋激动，因为是“街头小吃”。作为一枚典型的亚洲吃货，却不住在亚洲，无福享用各色街头美食，我只能望梅止渴，来写写路上遇到吃过的街头小吃了。其实很想写中国丰富的街头小吃，苦于手头没什么照片，那我们今天就一起来看看越南街头的迷你煎饼吧！

煎饼我们并不陌生，大中国从北到南，各色煎饼馅料口味众多，美味、快捷又便宜。而越南的这款迷你版煎饼做法和口感确实都有些特别。据说这种煎饼源于越南南方，我确实也没有在北方的街头看到。上面两张照片拍于越南南方的胡志明市（西贡）的一处街头，后三张拍于南部四季如春的避暑山城大叻的一条小巷弄。

迷你煎饼的做法从照片不难看出，用的烤盘类似国内用来烤鹌鹑蛋、日本做章鱼小丸子或西方烘培小蛋糕的那种。用料的配方各地各家会略有不同。前两张西贡的那家加入了比较多的鸡蛋液，而后面那位大姐貌似是用的糯米粉作为主料，吃起来更有嚼劲儿，而且烤制的时候还有小盖子盖着。有些面糊里还混有米饭、椰汁、啤酒和姜黄粉等原料。

煎饼的馅料也有各种选择，比如我尝试了虾、鱿鱼、猪肉末、鸡蛋、牛肉末等，最后再撒上香葱碎，美妙的滋味自不待言。前一家还洒上了蒜香味的小块炸面包，上了配菜，后一家则是给了碗甜丝丝的漂满葱末的蘸水，嘱咐（其实是手语:p）我先浸泡煎饼再吃，而无可救药重口味的我还是觉得不蘸甜水蘸辣酱更好吃，呵呵。常常是点了几个觉得没吃够又加点几个，真的是好吃到停不下来。

好了，今天关于越南小煎饼的介绍就到这里，你觉得怎么样？欢迎留言告诉我你爱吃的街头小食哦！