Following the airing of the first episode of the series ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts unknown’ on CNN, the featured shop on Luong Ngoc Quyen Street in Hanoi reports business has been brisk.

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The shop is located on the pavement of Luong Ngoc Quyen Street.




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Giang, the shop owner, says she has run her business there for 13 years.




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All customers sit on small low blue plastic chairs around the owner.





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The best snails for the dish are oc buou and oc nhoi.





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Giang boils the mollusks and pulls the meat out of the shell.




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The broth is made from the water used to boil the snails and cooked with pork bones to sweeten it. 




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The snails are placed in a bowl of rice vermicelli and the broth is poured over them.





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Bun oc is accompanied by a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs like lettuce, coriander, perilla, knotweed, and basil.




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