Speaking of street snacks in Saigon, surely many people will think of snails by variety from species to ways of processing. Eating snails in an alleyway of Saigon on a rainy afternoon is like enjoying a fierce chorus of colors, flavors and ingredients…

If Hanoi snails are just simply boiled or steamed with citronella and lemon leaves, Saigon snails a table "Banquet" with a variety of processing like spicy stir-fried snails, steamed snails with garlic, roasted with tamarind, roasted with salt and each type brings its own tastes: sour, spicy, salty, sweet.... Just go through a series of snail shops at the yellow piggy snails on the dishes, the aroma of garlic and butter... enough to make the belly feel hungry.

Stir-fried snails with tamarind under the layer of tamarind sauce and smooth coconut milk and eye-catching cockroach wing color, a few slices of fresh red pepper sprinkled on the dish with green chopped laksa leaves. Chewing is just enjoying a mix of the fat, soft and crunchy taste! All senses are stimulated right from twisting the lemon into the bowl with salt and pepper and red chili.

Spicy stir-fried snail with butter is a perfect dish, full of colors and flavors and fragrances as the stimulation to the deepest part of the senses: smell, sight, taste of diners. The fresh snails are washed to drain and then stir-fried on hot pan combine perfectly with authentic French butter for a pleasant smell. The chef must carefully prepare to cook to avoid making the snails stiff, do not lose the fresh sweetness and butter layer on the shells turns into a layer of flavor. The spicy butter left after eating on the bottom of the dish is attached to dip a new loaf of bread; it is even more attractive than eating snails. 

According to Mr. Tran Ba Dung, a famous chef of Saigon with the "once in a time" famous brand for the foodaholics – Oc Phui Saigon at No. 2 Nha Tho, Hanoi and now the standing chef at Quan An Ngon restaurant, 18 Phan Boi Chau said, "Some kinds of herbs in the North are great, such as basil of the North, they have a special aroma than basil in other regions, so when combined with clams and garlic together; it is a very personal taste. Snails in the North are also very good, but snails or croissants must be naturally caught in the new South and called the Queen of the snails. In order to be able to find special snails, process into a special dish for customer retention, Quan An Ngon restaurant also has to find snails and send by air from Saigon to Hanoi every day to serve the diners to enjoy the meal."
 

The dishes of snails among famous street snacks of Saigon have just been recreated by Quan An Ngon restaurant very vividly at Oc Saigon booth only at two addresses: 18 Phan Boi Chau, Hoan Kiem District and a "standard Saigon snails" address at Mon Ngon Sai Thanh, 08 Da Tuong. Guests will not only enjoy the dishes from snails with genuine Saigon flavor, but they will also hear the cooks of Saigon enthusiastically tell the interesting stories about street food of both ancient and present Saigon people…

Quan An Ngon restaurant system in Hanoi:
18 Phan Boi Chau, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
25T2 Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh, Cau Giay District, Hanoi
B2-R6 Vincom Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi

Hotline: 090 222 6224