$15 Deal: Sea snails — yes, sea snails — at Pho 4Ever
At Pho 4ever, these sweet little sea snails are sautéed in fish sauce and butter. (Joshua Carlucci/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Joshua Carlucci
Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis. Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com
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Sea snails might not be the first thing that jumps off a menu in suburban Cordova, but they probably should be — especially now that Pho 4ever is slinging a $15 plate of oc huong xào bo toi that’s got me completely smitten. That’s Vietnamese for sautéed sea snails, by the way.
So let’s just address the elephant in the room right away: Sea snails.
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