Flavor Boulevard

We Asians like to talk food.
Subscribe

See-through banh bot loc

August 21, 2008 By: Mai Truong Category: California - The Bay Area, savory snacks, Vietnamese

If you have a handful of shrimp, some pork, some cassava roots, and a banana leaf, what would you do? I’d boil the cassava and hope it doesn’t kill me, throw the shrimp and pork in the skillet with some stir fry vegetable, and wouldn’t know why on earth I even have a banana leaf. That’s why I’m not a Vietnamese chef.


Banh bot loc. That’s what you can make out of a handful of shrimp, some pork, some cassava roots, and a banana leaf. We were looking at these banana wraps while waiting for our banh mi thit nuong at Huong’s, and the owner, noticing our cuckoo stare, kindly told us what they were. The simplicity of the name gives away the main step of making the banh: loc (filter) the bot (flour), in this case cassava flour, which makes it translucent and a tad chewy. The shrimp-pork stuffing is well seasoned so the banh is good by itself without nuoc mam. I have the feeling the stuffing is cooked separately before coated by the flour to be steamed, but how it is cooked I know not Here’s the recipe. But I wouldn’t bother, if you’re in San Jose, for only $3 you get 6 of these.
I’m not sure what food category banh bot loc belongs too, appetizer, perhaps? We had them for snack one night. The nice thing is that was 4 nights after we bought them from Huong’s, refrigerated, and microwaved for 2 minutes on high. They tasted perfectly fresh.

0 Comments to “See-through banh bot loc”


  1. I’m also writing to make you understand what a extraordinary experience our child went through viewing your web page. She mastered so many things, including what it’s like to have an excellent coaching style to make other folks with ease know precisely some problematic things. You undoubtedly did more than our own expected results. Many thanks for presenting these practical, safe, edifying and in addition fun thoughts on your topic to Lizeth.

    1
  2. Very interesting information!Perfect just what I was searching for! “Justice delayed is justice denied.” by William Gladstone.

    2
  3. I like the valuable information you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your weblog and check again here frequently. I’m quite sure I will learn many new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!

    3
  4. Hmm it seems like your blog ate my first comment (it was super long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to the whole thing. Do you have any recommendations for beginner blog writers? I’d definitely appreciate it.

    4
  5. Hi this is kinda of off topic but I was wanting to know if blogs use WYSIWYG editors or if you have to manually code with HTML. I’m starting a blog soon but have no coding knowledge so I wanted to get guidance from someone with experience. Any help would be enormously appreciated!

    5
  6. Can I just say what a relief to find someone who actually knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You definitely know how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More people need to read this and understand this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more popular because you definitely have the gift.

    6
  7. Only wanna admit that this is extremely helpful, Thanks for taking your time to write this.

    7
  8. Appreciate it for this howling post, I am glad I found this internet site on yahoo.

    8
  9. What’s Happening i am new to this, I stumbled upon this I have found It absolutely helpful and it has aided me out loads. I hope to contribute & assist other users like its helped me. Good job.

    9
  10. Hey there, You have done an excellent job. I will certainly digg it and personally recommend to my friends. I’m confident they’ll be benefited from this web site.

    10
  11. As I web site possessor I believe the content matter here is rattling great , appreciate it for your efforts. You should keep it up forever! Best of luck.

    11
  12. I was very pleased to find this web-site.I wanted to thanks for your time for this wonderful read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you blog post.

    12
  13. Excellent post. I was checking constantly this blog and I’m impressed! Very helpful info particularly the last part 🙂 I care for such information a lot. I was looking for this certain information for a very long time. Thank you and best of luck.

    13
  14. Good website! I truly love how it is simple on my eyes and the data are well written. I am wondering how I might be notified whenever a new post has been made. I have subscribed to your RSS feed which must do the trick! Have a great day!

    14
  15. Way cool, some valid points! I appreciate you making this article available, the rest of the site is also high quality. Have a fun.

    15
  16. Some really excellent information, Sword lily I found this.

    16
  17. I am constantly looking online for tips that can help me. Thank you!

    17
  18. I appreciate, cause I discovered exactly what I used to be looking for. You’ve ended my 4 day lengthy hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye

    18
  19. It’s really a great and useful piece of information. I am glad that you simply shared this helpful information with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thanks for sharing.

    19
  20. That is the proper weblog for anybody who wants to seek out out about this topic. You notice a lot its nearly exhausting to argue with you (not that I actually would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new spin on a topic thats been written about for years. Great stuff, simply nice!

    20
  21. I truly enjoy reading through on this web site, it holds fantastic articles. “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” by Andre Gide.

    21
  22. I am continually searching online for articles that can aid me. Thank you!

    22
  23. My partner and I stumbled over here by a different website and thought I might as well check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to finding out about your web page repeatedly.

    23
  24. This web page is really a stroll-by for all the information you needed about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse right here, and you’ll undoubtedly discover it.

    24
  25. I have not checked in here for a while because I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are good quality so I guess I will add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂

    25
  26. I adore forgathering useful info, this post has got me even more info! .

    26
  27. Hello my friend! I wish to say that this post is amazing, great written and include almost all important infos. I’d like to peer extra posts like this .

    27
  28. I went over this internet site and I think you have a lot of fantastic information, bookmarked (:.

    28
  29. I absolutely love your blog and find many of your post’s to be what precisely I’m looking for. Would you offer guest writers to write content for you personally? I wouldn’t mind creating a post or elaborating on many of the subjects you write related to here. Again, awesome weblog!

    29
  30. Hey there would you mind stating which blog platform you’re using? I’m going to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a tough time making a decision between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design and style seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something completely unique. P.S Sorry for being off-topic but I had to ask!

    30
  31. Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It if truth be told was a amusement account it. Look advanced to far introduced agreeable from you! By the way, how can we be in contact?

    31
  32. I not to mention my buddies came examining the excellent advice located on the website and then immediately got an awful suspicion I had not expressed respect to the web blog owner for those techniques. Most of the young boys ended up as a result very interested to study them and have in effect definitely been taking pleasure in these things. Appreciation for being really considerate and also for using such very good resources most people are really needing to be informed on. My very own sincere apologies for not expressing gratitude to you earlier.

    32
  33. Howdy! I just want to give an enormous thumbs up for the nice info you have got right here on this post. I will be coming back to your weblog for extra soon.

    33
  34. I have learn several excellent stuff here. Certainly value bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how so much attempt you place to make such a fantastic informative website.

    34
  35. You really make it seem really easy together with your presentation but I to find this matter to be really something which I feel I might never understand. It sort of feels too complex and very large for me. I am taking a look ahead for your next submit, I will attempt to get the hold of it!

    35
  36. It’s the best time to make some plans for the future and it is time to be happy. I have read this post and if I could I want to suggest you some interesting things or suggestions. Perhaps you can write next articles referring to this article. I desire to read even more things about it!

    37
  37. I like this blog very much, Its a rattling nice post to read and get info .

    38
  38. Do you have a spam issue on this site; I also am a blogger, and I was wanting to know your situation; many of us have created some nice practices and we are looking to swap techniques with others, please shoot me an email if interested.

    39
  39. Hiya very cool web site!! Guy .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I’ll bookmark your web site and take the feeds alsoKI’m glad to seek out numerous useful information here within the publish, we’d like work out extra strategies in this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .

    40
  40. Deference to post author, some fantastic information .

    41
  41. Wohh just what I was searching for, regards for posting.

    42
  42. I found your blog site on google and verify a couple of of your early posts. Proceed to keep up the superb operate. I simply extra up your RSS feed to my MSN Information Reader. In search of ahead to reading more from you later on!…

    43
  43. Hey there! Would you mind if I share your blog with my facebook group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really appreciate your content. Please let me know. Many thanks

    44
  44. It is actually a great and useful piece of info. I’m glad that you simply shared this useful information with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharing.

    45
  45. I am curious to find out what blog platform you are utilizing? I’m experiencing some small security issues with my latest site and I would like to find something more risk-free. Do you have any solutions?

    46
  46. Terrific post however I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this subject? I’d be very grateful if you could elaborate a little bit further. Thanks!

    47
  47. I really like your writing style, excellent info , appreciate it for posting :D.

    48
  48. I am now not sure the place you’re getting your info, however good topic. I must spend a while finding out more or working out more. Thanks for fantastic information I used to be in search of this information for my mission.

    49
  49. Wow, fantastic weblog format! How long have you ever been running a blog for? you made blogging look easy. The entire look of your site is great, let alone the content!

    50


Leave a Reply