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Not as limp as vermicelli or thin as steamed flat cake, pretty pieces of banh hoi (fined rice vermicelli) like tiny fishing nets, creating homesickness for the land of martial arts-born people.
Banh hoi has become a common food in Binh Dinh. Hanoians usually have hot noodle soup bowls and Hai Phong’s people enjoy bowls of rice paper with fried fish for breakfast every morning while people in Binh Dinh often warm their heart with dishes of banh hoi.
Banh hoi, whose name originates from an interesting traditional custom of Binh Dinh’s people in the old days, used to be an important item in the gift tray of bridegroom's family brought to the bride's family in the engagement ceremony.
A pure white dish of Banh hoi is a token of a pure love of the bridegroom and bride. This custom has been passed through the generations and named for this kind of specialty.
Enjoying banh hoi is very simple. Rural people only need a dish of banh hoi covered with chopped garlic chives and oil on its surface then each piece is dipped into a fish sauce bowl before eating. Gastronomers also need a variety of meat sush as boiled pig's tripes and roast meat when eating banh hoi.
Strings of banh hoi which are flexible but still tough are more delicious when being enjoyed with roast meat, fresh vegetable and sweet-and-sour sauce.
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