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The specialty cake that you eat and still want to eat again attracts tourists in Phu Yen

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If you have tasted Phu Yen cup cake once, you will feel the unique features of this dish.
Banh beo is available in many places, but banh beo from Nau Phu Yen always has its own character, thanks to the gentle aroma of rice from Tuy Hoa; The type of rice is not too flexible to grind the flour for steaming, so the pure white banh beo is smooth, but not too soft or too dry.

How to make banh beo is quite simple, fragrant rice is soaked soft, pureed, add a little salt, stir well with warm water, let stand for a few hours for the dough to blend, you can scoop each spoon of flour into about 1/3 cup , steamed in boiling water for a few minutes, the cake is cooked. Just like the banh beo cup in many places, the bowl of banh beo is quite large and has depth. The filling of the cake consists of cotton ball, deep-fried bread and onion fat and is served with a slightly sweet and sour fish sauce mixed together. Banh beo is best eaten when it is hot. Because they have to sell a large number of cakes, the owner must prepare the cakes in advance, after the guests arrive, the cakes are brought back to be reheated for a few minutes to enjoy. One of the ingredients that make up the soul of a bowl of banh beo is cotton balls, deep-fried bread and onion fat. Cotton scrub is made of pork, soft, dry and spongy fibers that look very pleasing to the eye. The taste of Phu Yen cotton rub is just right, not too sweet, not too salty. Particularly, after deep frying, the bread is made into small pieces, looking like each fat clove, yellow, greasy and very crispy. As for onion fat, although it is a small ingredient, it contributes to making the cake look more eye-catching and fresher. After completion, the cook will sprinkle some cotton balls, bread and onion fat on each cake, arrange in a large tray of about 10 cups and serve to diners, accompanied by sweet and sour fish sauce. The place that is considered by everyone to be the best banh beo in Phu Yen is at the foot of Nhan mountain. And Co Mai shop (old shop) is a shop selling banh beo which is considered to be the best in that area every day, attracting a lot of visitors. According to the owner, the shop has existed for more than 10 years and can sell more than 7,000 cups of banh beo every day. The shop is open around 4:30 pm to sell until about 9, 10 pm is sold out. The price is also relatively affordable, a tray of 10 cups of cake costs 15,000 VND. The shop is at peak hours around 6-8 pm, at that time the shop is quite crowded, so if you go at this time you will have to wait a bit. The price is affordable, the food is delicious and rich, making many diners eat a few trays of banh beo and still crave. (According to GiadinhNet)