Banh bot loc is bought at a street-side stall in Hue, central Vietnam. Picture by VnExpress/Ngan Duong
CNN has chosen banh bot loc (Vietnamese tapioca dumplings), a specialty originating from the previous imperial capital of Hue, as one in every of world’s 35 tastiest dumplings.
Banh bot loc is a chewy dumpling comprised of tapioca flour and crammed with pork and shrimp. The cake is roofed in banana leaves and steamed earlier than being served scorching with a small bowl of dipping sauce consisting of fish sauce and garlic.
The tapioca dumpling is on the market in several components of Vietnam in several variations.
In some meals stalls, you possibly can order pork sausage cha to eat with banh bot loc. A portion prices from VND15,000 -20,000 ($0.6-0.8).
Different dumplings on the listing had been Xiaolongbao (Chinese language dumplings steamed in bamboo baskets), Siomay (Indonesian steamed fish dumpling), Hong Kong-style shrimp wonton, kartoffelknoedel potato dumplings in Germany, and Japanese gyoza.