"Father" of jumping shrimp pancake

If you want to enjoy the best jumping shrimp pancakes, you have to go to Ba Nam My Cang restaurant in Tuy Phuoc district - about 15 km from Quy Nhon city center.

In Binh Dinh, jumping shrimp pancakes are sold everywhere. However, if you want to enjoy the best jumping shrimp pancakes, you have to go to Ba Nam My Cang restaurant in My Cang village, Phuoc Son commune, Tuy Phuoc district - about 15 km from Quy Nhon city center. The owner of this restaurant is Ba Nam, the "father" of jumping shrimp pancakes.

Mrs. Ly Thi Thu, the creator of the specialty of jumping shrimp pancakes in Binh Dinh

Mrs. Nam's real name is Ly Thi Thu, 87 years old. When she was young, she got married and had a son. Her husband died in the war, she had no job, so she chose to make banh xeo to make a living.

"Banh xeo is sold everywhere. So for a newly opened restaurant, we have to make delicious banh xeo leaves to attract customers. So I thought of making banh xeo with live freshwater shrimp and flour made from the best rice. The raw vegetables served with it are green mango, thinly sliced ​​cucumber, lettuce leaves, and herbs as fresh as if they were just picked from the garden" - Mrs. Nam recalls.

Special dish of jumping shrimp pancakes of Ba Nam My Cang

The restaurant is just a level 4 house in the countryside but it is always crowded with customers. Customers know Mrs. Nam’s restaurant not only for its quality but also for its unique mark of still-live shrimps jumping on the pancake mold. That is also the reason why people call Mrs. Nam’s restaurant the jumping shrimp pancake restaurant.

My Cang jumping shrimp pancake making

There has been an unchangeable rule of the restaurant for over 40 years: customers, whether familiar or "VIP" characters, must line up when coming to eat. Mrs. Nam shared that the restaurant's principle is that the ingredients for making banh xeo must be live freshwater shrimp. Therefore, on days when she can buy a few live freshwater shrimp, she has to close early and never use other types of shrimp to make banh xeo.

Attractive Banh Xeo Ba Nam My Cang

Decades ago, seeing Mrs. Nam’s restaurant crowded with customers every day, many locals followed suit and opened a series of jumping shrimp pancake restaurants. And so, up to now, jumping shrimp pancakes have become a specialty of Binh Dinh.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/cha-de-cua-banh-xeo-tom-nhay-196250124135344512.htm