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7 places for Bánh đập (smashed rice cracker) Nha Trang

Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviews

Our own score, not an average of guest reviews

A grilled cracker smashed onto a steamed sheet, dipped in fermented anchovy. From 12,000₫, sold from morning

City centre

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Address
A dish rather than an address. Seven named shops at the foot of the page, most of them on the west side
Opening hours
Most open from 6:00; a few run until 22:00
Price range
10,000 – 30,000₫/dish
Best time to go
16:00–19:00

Overview

The name is literal: a crisp grilled rice cracker is laid over a soft steamed rice sheet, then smacked so it shatters and sticks. You get two textures in one bite, crisp and chewy, and it happens in front of you rather than in a kitchen.

It is dipped in mắm cái. Whole fermented fish, thinned with chilli and garlic. That is what makes it so local: mắm cái is far more pungent than ordinary fish sauce, and the first mouthful surprises people. Most places will hand over something milder if you ask.

The price boards at two of the shops listed below are more precise than any write-up: a serving of bánh đập is 12,000₫ at Hồng Lĩnh and 15,000₫ at Sân banh, while the plates that come with grilled pork and chả are 25,000₫. So this is an extra rather than a meal, and the cheapest thing in the whole Ăn ngon section.

Bánh đập belongs to the central coast, common in Quang Nam and Khanh Hoa. In Nha Trang the shops cluster on the west side: along 23 Thang 10, around Vinh Diem Trung and Ngoc Hiep, rather than near the beach, so it is not something you fall over on the way back from a swim. Nor is it an afternoon dish: the posted hours mostly start at 6:00, and a few shops run straight through to 22:00. It is a dish rather than an address, so this page carries no pin.

In the same family: bánh căn and squid bánh xèo. For evening snacking, see the street-snack page.

Some shops, with addresses

  • Bánh đập Hồng Lĩnh

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    16A Hong Linh, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    Open 6:00 – 11:00

    The hand-written board on the wall shows why this dish is as cheap as it is: bánh đập 12,000₫, a plate of steamed sheets 4,000₫, a bowl of spring onion oil 2,000₫. For something more filling, the plates that come with grilled pork and chả. Steamed sheets, bánh cuốn, bánh hỏi or mixed. Are all 25,000₫, and grilled pork, sour pork or pork roll are 4,000₫ a skewer on their own. There is also bánh nậm at 4,000₫ and bánh bột lọc at 3,000₫ apiece. It is a morning shop, shut by 11:00. The earliest of the four here, so this is breakfast rather than an afternoon snack. If you only eat at one, eat here.

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  • Sân banh

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    08 CT1, Vinh Diem Trung, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    4.5★ Google · 11 reviews

    08 CT1, Vinh Diem Trung, near the Go supermarket. The name comes from the old football pitch beside it. It has been trading since the pitch was there and has held its standard. The prices have barely moved: 2,500₫ for a plate of bánh ướt, 15,000₫ for a bánh đập. It comes with bean sprouts and green mango, which is what keeps the plate from cloying. Good dipping sauce and hospitable owners. When it is busy you wait.

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  • Bánh cuốn Tuý Phong

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    42 Huynh Thuc Khang, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    Open 6:00 – 12:00

    42 Huynh Thuc Khang, beside Xom Moi market, open 6:00–12:00. Breakfast, and it mostly serves regulars, so late arrivals find it finished. It is small. The rolls are good and the fish sauce well balanced; the owners are welcoming, and they will point you at other places to eat around the city. This is a neighbourhood breakfast rather than a destination.

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  • Bánh đập Ngô Đức Kế

    8 Ngo Duc Ke, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    8 Ngo Duc Ke, central. The most convenient address here if you are staying in the tourist quarter, since the other four all need a trip. Bánh đập and bánh ướt, eaten on the spot.

  • Bánh Ướt — Bánh Đập, 12 Cửu Long

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    12 Cuu Long, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    4.5★ Google · 16 reviews

    12 Cuu Long, easy to find and not cramped. The rice paper is grilled to order so you eat it hot, and with bánh đập the paper is everything. Crisp without being thick, exactly as it should be. There is bánh ướt, bánh đập and bánh hỏi; the bánh ướt comes in a small plate or a large one, and adding grilled pork gets the balance right. An easy-going host. Not remarkable, but reliable and well judged.

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  • Bánh đập — 69 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng

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    69 Huynh Thuc Khang, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    4.4★ Google · 10 reviews

    The same street as Bánh cuốn Tuý Phong but at the other end. Number 42 and number 69, so check the number before you sit down. The banner out front prints four lines: hot bánh cuốn, grilled-pork noodles, bánh đập, bánh ướt. Plastic stools spill onto the pavement, and a note taped to the wall says it closes on the 1st and the 15th of each lunar month.

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  • Bánh Đập Cô Tuyết

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    3 Yet Kieu, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa

    20,000 – 35,000₫

    3 Yet Kieu, right on the street. A local shop tourists have mostly missed: a plate of bánh ướt is 3,000₫, served hot, and the bánh đập is well made; the owner is warm. The rolls are filled with pork and wood-ear mushroom. The fish sauce is where opinion splits. Some find it too sweet, and there have been mornings with cold rolls and over-salted fish cake alongside. Breakfast is the more reliable service.

    Reference photos from sources on the internet.

Addresses come from each shop's own Google Maps listing, and the Open map button opens that shop's pin rather than running a search. 18 shops on the site have no listing we could confirm, so they have no button: the address lookup returned a different business, and a button that points at the wrong place is worse than none. A Google score appears only when Maps carries both the score and the number of reviews — a bare average cannot be weighed, so this page leaves it out. Street-food stalls change hours and close without telling anyone; call ahead if you are travelling across town.

What to order

  • Two textures in one bite: shattered crisp and soft chew
  • Smashed in front of you
  • Dipped in mắm cái, about as local as it gets
  • 12,000–25,000₫ a serving

Practical tips

  • Mắm cái is far more pungent than fish sauce, ask for something milder if it is new to you
  • Add grilled pork or an egg if you want it to fill you
  • Most shops are on the west side, along 23 Thang 10 and around Vinh Diem Trung, not the beachfront

Frequently asked

What is bánh đập?

A crisp grilled rice cracker laid over a soft steamed sheet and smacked so the two stick together, dipped in fermented anchovy. Two textures in one bite.

Is the dipping sauce strong?

Stronger than ordinary fish sauce, being whole fermented fish. Most places will give you something milder if you ask.

Where and when?

Four shops at the foot of the page, most on the west side along 23 Thang 10 and around Vinh Diem Trung. Most open from 6:00; a few run until 22:00.

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