Banh Tom Ho Tay
×Banh Tom (West Lake Shrimp Fritters)
Bánh Tôm Hồ Tây × Bánh Tôm
Why you must eat itSmall river shrimp from West Lake are mixed into a batter of shredded sweet potato and rice flour and fried crisp. The shrimp go in whole, heads and tails on, curling red in the batter. Bite and the crust shatters, the faint sweetness of sweet potato rising with the shrimp's toastiness. Float shredded green papaya and carrot in sweet-sour fish sauce and dip the fresh-fried pieces. At a lake-view seat you wait, listening to the oil. It was once known as a lakeside specialty.
Banh tom is a fried dish known on the shore of West Lake, river shrimp and sweet potato battered and fried. The shop on Thanh Nien has long stood with a lake view. Dipping the fresh-fried pieces in sweet-sour fish sauce is the basic way. Prices and hours are a guide, and being a sight, rates run a little high. As fried food, alternating it with herbs and pickled vegetables keeps it from feeling heavy.
- Nearest
- Thanh Nien St / West Lake
- Hours
- 10:00-21:00 頃
- Price
- 40,000–70,000₫