bánh tôm

noun  

• Crisp shrimp pastry Banh Tom is available almost everywhere in the country, but it is the best to have it at Ho Tay Restaurant on the banks of Truc Bach Lake, close to Ho Tay (West Lake). The dish should be enjoyed as soon as it reaches the table and the fried pastry topped with red shrimps eaten together with the dishes of spicy vegetables and mixed sweet and sour sauce. To remind you of the local shrimp business, waiters could tell you that the shrimps you have for your meal had just been netted from nearby Ho Tay