Visit
Come eat snails
Find the black-and-gold sign on Tran Nhat Duat, pull up a low stool, and order while the steam is up.
Address
10/6 Tran Nhat Duat, Tan Dinh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Open daily: 2PM–10PM
Phone: 0985 776 161
Good to know
- Dip in the ginger fish sauce — The house ginger fish sauce is mixed to cut the steam — taste the boiled snails with it first.
- Eat it steaming — Boiled snails wait for no one — eat while the lemongrass is still fragrant.
- Order the iced tea — The house pour — ice-cold tea for the whole table, all evening.
The rhythm
A day at the quán
One afternoon-to-evening at the quán, basket by basket.
- 2PMFirst steamThe kitchen fires up; the first baskets of the day come off the steam.
- 5PMAfternoon settles inThe room warms up — tables set out, lemongrass and ginger down the alley.
- 7PMFull houseBaskets keep coming; the ginger fish sauce never rests.
- 9:30PMLast basketsLast orders before the 10PM close — eat it hot, end to end.
Photos: Google Maps — owner and diners