When I was visiting Saigon, one of the meals I knew I needed to try, was a Vietnamese style snail meal. Read my blog post here: https://migrationology.com/eating-snails-saigon-vietnam/
Ốc is a word in Vietnamese that means snails, and they are extremely common to eat in Vietnam. Walking around Saigon you’ll find plenty of restaurants that have a host of unknown mollusk shelled creates, on display, that are ready to be cooked however you like them.
Located just down the street from the hotel where I was staying in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), was a street that was home to a number of different snail restaurants that opened up in the evening. After walking along the road a number of times, I decided to eat at Ốc A Sòi, a good looking Vietnamese snail restaurant with a few seats and chairs available right along the road.
Ốc A Sòi had a full menu, but I had no clue what to order, so rather than browse through the menu, I decided to go up to the trays of fresh snails and see which ones looked good. I literally only knew about what half of the snails were, the others I had no clue… that’s part of the fun of eating and traveling. All the staff at Ốc A Sòi were extremely nice, and they patiently waited as I took my time choosing which snails to eat, and even making suggestions about snails they thought I would enjoy. Once you’ve chosen which snails you’d like to eat, you can then order them cooked in a number of different ways, from stir fried to steamed with lemongrass, to sautéed and coated in salt and chili. I chose a number of different snails and methods of cooking, and then happily sipped on a Saigon beer as I waited for our meal to arrive.
The first Vietnamese snail dish I tried in this video was Ốc hương rang muối ớt, Babylonia areolata snails, that were sautéed and coated in a salty chili and lime seasoning. The snails were a little on the chewy side, a little like squid, and the seasoning was flavorful and salty – definitely a good beer snack. One of the snails that I had seen at the front of the restaurant was ốc len xào dừa, mud creepers that were curried in coconut milk and topped with Vietnamese coriander. They were almost the texture of oysters, slimy and slot, and coated in sweet coconut milk. Probably my favorite Vietnamese dish of the meal was sò điệp nướng mỡ hành, I guess not even snails at all, but they were scallops, roasted over charcoal, and topped with scallion oil and chopped peanuts. The combination was something I’d never had before, and it was incredibly delicious. For my last snail, I had ốc tỏi, a huge snail that tasted almost like squid, and had a lovely sweet flavor.
I had an amazing time eating snails and shellfish seafood in Saigon, and not only was the food good, but just like much of the food in Vietnam, the atmosphere of the restaurant and the culture of eating was fantastic. There are many snail restaurants to try in Vietnam and throughout Saigon, but I went to Ốc A Sòi since it was right down the street from where I was staying.
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I am so hungry now
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Hưmmm âu dia,âu roaiii uhmmmm ziaaaa
I lived in Vietnam and Saigon..
I love snails! Delicious.
I really like the kind how you eat
Very tasty
wow
What happen when you eat food?? ?
What do you use if any food affect health
disgusting
O no
???? you make me happy, mark. I love snail n suck it…
Mark is such a doll. ..who criticize him.. Please get a life…
8:30 Want some scallop with the chili? lol
That's delicious ..like in the Phillipines.''We eat all kind of shell and scallops, muscle's..
Delicious got to try them
Hi guy, I watch your video every day.
That amazing!!!
Have you been come to Da nang city, Vietnam?
Good food experience but I am not sure whether it is halal or not.
His eyes tell how good the food is. Thank you for showing us all the good food around the world.
After war , I left my war ship and went to North VN . I have my own business . Moneys I make I use to travel in this Earth more than 40 years to search whole truths . In 2011 The New York Times discovered about human in this Earth from 1,000 years ago to now . So I understood why human blood type O hate me . Hate me because I am real human from God created . Real VN we have no one blood type O . VC is not VN . So to find one Vietnamese I could say 1,000 years can't find one . At US real Vietnamese about few thousands . In VN must be the same . US is not America . Why ? America or VN in one . We have no one blood type O .
My biggest regret when visiting Ho Chi Minh was not trying the snails until the last night. Could have been eating them every night. Still dream of those snails.
Yes ..Vietnam number one really verry super and beautiful verry much and more all ….I'm in Vietnam city An Giang and city Ho Chi Minh….
That face he made in the intro- right when he said 'snails'…..(!!)
3:51 syndrome down
I thought his yummy face for the scallops got ready to knock him out his chair?
Love this video wish I could been eating all those snails love them
Wo I love snail most ppl dont know how good they are
Wow, this guy is a DORK. I can't watch that stupid expression. Bye!
I'm curious. Is the Vietnamese snail dish a remnant from when France had control of Vietnam or is this something different?
Enjoy watching you eating Mark, but that beef noodles you eating may not be beef after all
… LOL !!!
I love your show!!
too distracted by all the scooters
Oh his "Mmmm…" makes me want to try all of these.
Yucky snails ?
There is also the Finland way of eating snails: https://youtu.be/qAB7ii0SA5o
This makes me want to go back to Ho Chi Minh City 🙂
U make weird food taste good on tv. becuz of u i am open to try lots of food i wouldn't think of
Wait , WHAT?? 5 pieces of chilies !?!?!?!?!?
Thanks for visiting Viet Nam. You are our favorite!
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why did you wiggled your head in every after bite of a food ?
Gross Mandingo Manchuria mandible mankind mango many manure mandates mantra management mana man!!!! That’s just gross and disgusting (.)
Disscusting
Wow they look really tasty.
Yyyyum!! Love shell fish, what a feast for 18$! ~ squeeze some lime