She's gonna put that egg around there, get it all sloshed around
It's gonna get all nice and steamy and what she does next will blow your mind
Today on the best ever food review show we are going on another fun food adventure this time
We are in Saigon
And you know people always ask me when they're traveling to Vietnam: Sunny where should I eat?
You like to try new food?
But we're not quite ready for rats in the Mekong delta
That's the front part
And that's the butt and then there's legs, so
We like to try new food but we're not quite ready for pig brain soup.
How do you feel when you eat this?
Estatic
Well today, we have a tasty treat served please The food is foodie
And I am headed there right now with my trusty- one trusted guy and his name is Duy Anh. Hello, hello guys
Nailed it
We are headed to the "Bánh cuốn" store. Yes Yes, we are going to "Bánh cuốn"
"Bánh" means cake Yeah that's right
and "Cuốn" means roll
Yeah. We're having some cake roll
Right now we are right outside of... Nhớ restaurant
And this is a restaurant specializing in... Bánh cuốn (rolled cake)
And they have been making this for over... 5 years
That's pretty good. Can you just do the rest of this episode for me? Thanks!
I'm gonna be I'll be back at the end. I'll be back at the end.
Oh... Bamm! Hit you in the face with some steam, so what is this stuff?
It's the rice
Rice? Like rice water? Yes Oh, and she's putting in an egg
So you've never tried making one of these? I have never tried to make it but I saw it did before
Wow,So she just takes some rice water, she throws it on the hot pad
She puts in an egg, mixes it around in there too and then she covers it up. Yeah
Okay, here's a big reveal. Let's see it. Surprise Oh look at that, that was kind of like a ricy omelet
Okay, So she's gonna use her giant Chopstick
She's gonna peel it off. She's putting... the pork. Three mounds of pork.
Inside and she rolls it up, whoa
Yo, that looks...
Amazing!! and that took like one minute to make that. But she's gonna put some fried onion, some fried shrimp
Some different sausages on the side. Wow
Look at this. Right here, we have all the rice... liquid, I guess that
It's become more solid, it's till soft and steamy
And it looks great. This will go on the camera guy table If everything stays in focus today, he gets to eat it
Here's the thing: I can see that it is very difficult to make
It probably takes a lot of practice, perhaps even years of practice
And I'm not gonna be that kind of show who like shows up in someone's restaurant. Oh, I'm the white guy in Asia
I'm gonna try making the food, too- I'm not gonna do that
Welcome to the best ever cooking show. Today, we're gonna be making "Bánh cuốn"(rolled cake)
Obviously, the first thing you do is take
Some of this, we've got this cool spoon. Good? and then we're gonna just dump it on there
Just splash it on there and put it around in a circle. I like that
Oh God, okay, and then we're going to put an egg on there really quick
Oh and then
If there's any shell just pick it off with your fingers, but I got no shell that time
Oh, do I use this one and mix it around? Okay
And then you mix all that around. It's already looking just like the pros, we put that back gun. Umm
Do you know who's gonna be eating this one cuz I don't, right?
I don't advise anyone eat stuff that I cook. Oh look at that. It's actually not that bad
Alright, you know what? maybe it's not so hard to make
Alright, You kinda peel the edges here then the fabric that it's on it's almost like some kind of cheesecloth
Alright, then you're just kinda do one of these. Yo whole
Not bad. Oh it fuck
It's very hot
If you do this long enough you won't be able to feel your fingers anymore
And that is the goal to burn off the nerve endings on the tips of your fingers.
Bamm! Look at that
"Bánh cuốn"(rolled cake) done Sonny style which means it looks like
It's kind of a little bit mutated like half omelet half pile of garbage
But I bet all the flavors are still there Xuất sắc không? ( Did I succeed?)
Ok yeah! Nailed it
I definitely don't belong in the kitchen. I'm eating and I'm going to leave now and
Let the pros return to what they do best
Here it is. We have wondered the normal just straight-up. "Bánh cuốn"(rolled cake) with just a rice paper
No egg, topped with fried onion and cilantro other herbs and bean sprouts are on the side
And then here we have some fish sauce. Is this just normal fish sauce?
No, It is the fish sauce with water inside for less salty
So it's less salty, okay. We want to bring down the intensity of the fish sauce
We have to cut it with a little bit of water, we have a
This beautiful arch of meat What is this called?
It's is the "Bánh tôm chiên" What is the translation for that?
Fried shrimp cake
Fried shrimp cake. Okay, that's one of my favorite cakes
You know it goes chocolate, vanilla and then fried shrimp. Number 35
And then we have a whole sausage party over here. What is this one?
This is the pork cake. Actually, I'm just going to stop you
I think it would help if we had a whole segment
That was just a sausage party segment to explain all this let's just go to that now
Sausage party, that's all I really want it's a sausage party, so I really got the sausage party come on, baby
Please you could have a sausage party with me welcome to the sausage party. You know it's 2017 and life go pretty quick, bro
I'm talking I phones Snapchat, North Korea
I mean who has time to stay up to date with all these sausages, but don't worry I got your back
This place has three sausages, and I'm going to tell you all about those sausages
Sausages number one is called... "Chả lụa"
This is the most common type of sausage in the Vietnamese food scene
It's made from pork and it's wrapped in banana leaves making it a legit birthday present.
Sausage number two is called... "Chả quế"
This sausage is also made from pork, but they slice it up with a little bit of cinnamon
Cool!
and sausage number three is called..."Nem chua"
This one hits the 4 essence of any good sausage party
it's sweet, sour, salty and spicy it also hits the 2f fermented and f*** yeah
Sausage party. And we're back, and now we know all about sausages. Thank you for your help with us
This is the most popular sausage in Vietnam, and do you eat it plain?
You have to mix all of them
with the "Bánh cuốn"? (rolled cake)
I'm gonna try it alone cuz I'm insane like that
Is it good?
I really like it. I know it's pork
It's just tastes like kind of like process white meat almost like a turkey meat that has a density to it
I tries to say that I like this one better. So basically almost the same sausage, but with cinnamon?
yes
mmm
it gives me that
Mmm...Christmas feeling I don't know cinnamon reminds me of Christmas, and so it's getting all the wires are crossing in my brain
So this week they want to open up some present
Here it is. It's waiting for us. You're just mixing it all up. All right. I'm going to I'm doing new things
I'm pushing my boundaries. Let's do it
I have a big beautiful piece of "Bánh cuốn" here, and then we just dip it in here? Yes, dip it in that. Okay
Mmm. Don't forget this one. All right, change it with some sausage
No Mm-hmm
Say something. That is excelente. There's just a couple of strong flavors. There's the fried onions. They're crunchy
Yes, which is great with kind of the mushy rice paper, and then the the herbs is cilantro is so like Fresh
And that's powerful too, and you have a little bit of the sweetness from the fish sauce. Yes, so extending. I love it.
We're going to put the fish sauce for it spring class. Oh, that's good
I'm going to throw it on in the food bean. Are you ready? Yes
Don't forget this one
Oh my God don't forget this one
With the shrimp cake inside wil better Believe me
not all of that
Wow, there's so many things happening inside, okay. Look I've never had to do this before. I'm still a little hungry
It's not my guides fault
I'm going to order another Bánh cuốn ah
you can get it both ways you can get it kind of just the plain rice water or
You can get it with an egg. We're gonna get one with the egg now
Hi, what she does next? changes everything, take a look. Bamm!!
She just put an egg onto the Bánh cuốn, she's going to put that egg around, get it all sloshed around
It's gonna get all nice and steamy and what she does next will blow your mind look
I'm like a buzzfeed article now, and you won't believe what happens next. 13 ways you know that you're eating Bánh cuốn
Oh! Look at that, so fluffy, ricy and eggy. Peels that off like a pro. Plate it am, plate it
Alright here. They put the fried onion on top that is probably my favorite part
It makes it crispy a little bit of cilantro. This thing is packed to the gills with different varieties of stuff on it. Cám ơn ( Thank you )
Okay, we're head it back to the table for more eating. Oh, hey bro got more food. Oh, sorry, I'm sorry
You busy? nope. okay. Let's see. I just got one plate for both of us is that okay?
Yeah, I don't know what kind of budget you think I have on this show
But sometimes we're going to share food. Is that okay? sauce?
Yeah You like that way? mix it on up like out of ten. What would you give this mixing out of ten?
seven
because you broke it
hahaha
Here we're. we are taking a shot together the Bánh cuốn trứng (egg rolled cake)
Basically the cake roll with the neck. all right let's try it out. cheers Cheers
Honestly, this was awesome. I really can taste a huge difference with the egg in there it just feels a little softer
I thought my muscles get bigger because of all the protein. Well that's it. Thank you so much for showing me this place
You're welcome
Giving me this big tour, letting me make
Bánh cuốn in front of you without embarrassing. Thank you too much
But for you guys if you are interested in this kind of Vietnamese foody experience
you've got to hit up one trip
They are a company putting on food tours in Saigon, and Hoian and you get tour the city get a ton of different foods
I highly recommend doing it. Links for that are in the description down below. I will see you next week