"Father" of jumping shrimp pancake

If you want to enjoy the best jumping shrimp pancakes, you must 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 now 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.

Cụ Lý Thị Thu, người khai sinh đặc sản bánh xèo tôm nhảy Bình Định — Mrs. Ly Thi Thu, the creator of the specialty of Binh Dinh jumping shrimp pancakes

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, it is necessary 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 accompanying raw vegetables are green mango, thinly sliced cucumber, lettuce leaves, and herbs as fresh as if just picked from the garden" - Mrs. Nam recalls.

Đặc sản món bánh xèo tôm nhảy Bà Năm Mỹ Cang — Specialty shrimp pancakes of Ba Nam My Cang

The restaurant is just a bungalow 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 live shrimps jumping on the pancake mold. That is also the reason why people call Mrs. Nam’s restaurant the jumping shrimp pancake restaurant.

Đúc bánh xèo tôm nhảy Mỹ Cang — Casting My Cang jumping shrimp pancakes

There has been an unchangeable rule of the restaurant for over 40 years: whether customers are acquaintances or "VIP" characters, they must line up when coming to eat. Mrs. Nam shared that the restaurant's motto 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 uses other types of shrimp to make banh xeo.

Hấp dẫn món bánh xèo bà Năm Mỹ Cang — Attractive Banh Xeo Ba Nam My Cang

Decades ago, seeing Mrs. Nam’s restaurant crowded with customers every day, many locals imitated and opened a series of jumping shrimp pancake shops. And so, until 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