Foods made from rice or wheat flour are generally called bánh, but the term may also refer to certain varieties of noodle and fish cake dishes, such as bánh canh and bánh hỏi.
bánh hỏi | A plate of southern Vietnamese ''bánh đúc'' colored with ''Pandanus amaryllifolius |
At the Gò Duối market in Xuân Lộc commune, Sông Cầu district, Phú Yên Province, one also finds bánh hỏi lòng heo Gò Duối, which is bánh hỏi with boiled pig offal.
Bánh phu thê (literally "husband and wife cake") is a Vietnamese dessert made from rice with mung beans stuffing wrapped in a box made of pandan leaves.
Bánh rán is also the Vietnamese translation of the Japanese confection dorayaki, made famous internationally by the manga Doraemon.
Similar noodles are also found in other cuisines: Mi xian is from Yunnan province, China, Num banh chok from Cambodia, and Bún from Vietnam.