# The best traditional Vietnamese cakes (bánh)

Vietnam's signature traditional bánh according to Toplist, the Á Âu baking school and Saigontourist: from Tet's bánh chưng to bánh xèo and Hue's bánh bèo.

- 11 votes · 18 items
- Mar 6, 2026 · Ngọc Võ
- https://even.best/en/l/1190/the-best-traditional-vietnamese-cakes-banh

## Top 15

1. **Bánh chưng** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Square sticky-rice cake in dong leaves with mung bean and pork, the soul of northern Tet.
2. **Bánh tét** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cylindrical sticky-rice cake for Tet in the south.
3. **Bánh xèo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Crisp pancake with shrimp, pork and bean sprouts, wrapped in herbs.
4. **Bánh cuốn** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin steamed rice rolls with pork and wood-ear mushroom, dipped in fish sauce.
5. **Bánh bèo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Steamed rice cakes in small bowls with dried shrimp, a Hue speciality.
6. **Bánh khọt** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small crisp shrimp pancakes from Vung Tau.
7. **Bánh pía** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soc Trang pastry with mung bean, durian and salted egg.
8. **Mooncake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Baked and sticky mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
9. **Bánh da lợn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steamed layer cake of pandan and mung bean.
10. **Bánh bò** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spongy fermented rice cake, light and sweet.
11. **Bánh cốm** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hanoi green young-rice cake with mung bean filling.
12. **Hai Duong mung bean cake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fine mung bean cake, the speciality of Hai Duong.
13. **Bánh bột lọc** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Clear tapioca dumplings with shrimp and pork from Hue.
14. **Bánh ít lá gai** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Black sticky-rice cake with mung bean and coconut from Binh Dinh.
15. **Bánh tráng trộn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Saigon's rice-paper street salad.
16. **Cake asked** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cake made from small vermicelli strands woven into sheets, eaten with roasted meat, onion fat, Binh Dinh specialty.
17. **Banh can** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cake made from rice flour baked in a clay mold, a specialty of Phan Rang and Da Lat, eaten with fish sauce and onion fat.
18. **Bánh giò** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Rice-flour pyramid in banana leaf with pork and mushroom.

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