Pastries with sweet or savory fillings are popular dishes all over the world. Each country has its own type of pastry, which varies in ingredients, preparation, presentation, and name. They all have unique and attractive shapes and flavors that are characteristic of the national and regional cuisine.

Vietnamese banh bot loc has a transparent shell with a filling that usually includes shrimp, pork, and wood ear mushrooms. (Source: Tourist Information Center)

This is a popular dish, both simple and skillful, diverse. Most of the people and tourists love these local dishes.

Included on this list is Vietnam's banh bot loc, which has a transparent shell with a plump, filling.

Each region has its own way of preparing the cake, but usually the cake crust is often made from rice flour and tapioca flour, the filling usually includes shrimp, pork, wood ear mushrooms, then boiled or steamed in banana leaves.

Besides, there are also some other ways to make tapioca dumplings such as fried tapioca dumplings, cup tapioca dumplings, vegetarian tapioca dumplings, colorful tapioca dumplings made from vegetables and fruits...

When cooked, the cake will have a certain transparency, chewy and soft, combined with the sweet and fragrant filling inside. Banh bot loc is usually dipped in a sweet and sour fish sauce, and can be eaten with cucumbers, herbs, etc.

Besides Vietnamese banh bot loc, the list also includes some other attractive cakes such as: Xiao long bao (China), Sichuan wonton soup (China), Ravioli noodles (Italy), Manti meat wrappers (Turkey), Siomay fish dumplings (Indonesia), Coxinha crispy fried chicken cake (Brazil)...