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Blake, I'm biased and would have rooted for the Vietnamese banh mi xiu (sao) mai too. Xiu mai is the Cantonese term for a pork and shrimp dumpling but the Vietnamese have appropriated the name to mean a meatball. The sandwich is a recent invention and in its po' boy incarnation, it's now a Vietnamese-Chinese-Louisiana kind of sandwich. How American is that?! I love it.
Thanks for the posting and your enthusiasm for Vietnamese food.
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Tam -- Thanks for highlighting banh chung and my recipe. Folks, the instructions are long but this is ancient food that's also a neat architectural feat. Every year I marvel at how banh chung pops out just like a boxed gift. And it's tasty too.
Passionateeater -- Banh tet is cylindrical and southern Vietnamese whereas banh chung is square like an adobe brick and more often than not, associated with northern Vietnamese cooking. In the south, there's an amazing treat called banh tet chuoi wherein sticky rice encases a wonderfully creamy sweet type of banana. It's all wrapped in fragrant banana leaf and shaped like a small cylinder. You'll find it a street food and it's heaven.