Squid and Prawns Grilled in Wire Baskets Over Charcoal | Vietnamese Street Food

A long charcoal trough and a stack of wire baskets. Squid, octopus tentacles and whole prawns are clamped flat between the wires, laid over the coals and flipped as a single piece so nothing sticks and nothing falls through - the smoke rolls off the grill, the tentacles curl and char at the tips, and everything comes off glossy with a bowl of chilli salt on the side. Then crab soup from a huge pot, a banh mi counter that never stops cutting, bot chien on the griddle, fish cake banh mi, and banh duc ladled hot. No narration, no staging - just the food and the sound of the street. CHAPTERS 0:00 HAI SAN NUONG - squid, octopus and prawns clamped in wire baskets over a long charcoal trough 11:38 SUP CUA - thick crab soup ladled from a huge pot on a street cart 25:16 BANH MI - baguettes split, packed and cut without stopping 44:50 BOT CHIEN - rice cake crisped on a griddle that never cools 55:37 BANH MI CHA CA - fish cakes fried to order and packed into a baguette 1:05:20 BANH DUC - savoury rice pudding ladled hot from the pot #streetfood #vietnamesefood #saigon