bánh bò

See also: bánh bó

Vietnamese

Etymology

Shortened from bánh vú bò (“cow udder cake”) < bánh (“cake”) +‎ vú bò (“cow udder”) < vú (“breast”) +‎ bò (“cow”).

According to a popular folk etymology, this term instead comes from bánh +‎ bò (to crawl), referring to how the cake "crawls" up to the rim of the bowl when steamed to completion.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ ʔɓɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛɲ˦˧˥ ʔɓɔ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓan˦˥ ʔɓɔ˨˩]
• (Vinh, Thanh Chương) IPA^(key): /ɓaʲŋ˩˩ ɓɔ˧˧/
• (Hà Tĩnh) IPA^(key): /ɓa̰ʲŋ˩˧ ɓɔ˧˧/

Noun

(classifier chiếc) bánh bò • (餅𤙭)

bánh bò hấp

1. A sweet, chewy sponge cake of southern Chinese origin and popular in southern Vietnam, made of rice flour, water, sugar, coconut milk, and yeast.

See also

• bánh sừng bò
• bánh xe bò
• 白糖糕 (báitánggāo)
• idli

References

• Huình-Tịnh Paulus Của (1895). "𤙭 Bò" Đại Nam Quấc Âm Tự Vị (in Vietnamese) 1. Saigon: Imprimerie Rey, Curiol, & Compagnie. p. 61.
• Lê Trung Hoa (2013 October 19) “Bánh không cẳng sao gọi bánh bò? [Why is a cake without shanks called crawling cake?]”, in Tuổi Trẻ‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), retrieved March 24, 2014
• Phương Lam (2011 September 14) “Bánh bò – chút quà miền Nam [Bánh bò – a little treat from the South]”, in Lao Động‎^[2] (in Vietnamese), Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, retrieved March 24, 2014