Oc Luoc Stall
×Oc Luoc (Boiled Snails)
Ốc Luộc Hồ Tây × Ốc Luộc
Why you must eat itSnails boiled with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, and ginger arrive heaped in their shells. With a thin bamboo pick or a safety pin you twist the meat out and dip it in a sweet-hot fish sauce sharp with ginger, chili, and lemongrass. The snails are springy, and the coolness of the herbs erases any muddiness. A few sit on low stools, stacking shells, eating a little at a time for long. On a Hanoi night, in the cool after rain, it is a favorite lakeside nibble.
Oc luoc is snails boiled with herbs, eaten by dipping in sauce and pulling the meat out. Along the streets and shore around West Lake, stalls open from evening. Snails come in many sizes, and the price depends on type and amount. Picking the meat with a skewer takes time, making it a seat to linger at over drinks. How well the snails are purged decides the taste, so choose a busy stall.
- Nearest
- West Lake shore / Tay Ho
- Hours
- 16:00-23:00 頃
- Price
- 50,000–100,000₫