$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 writer and food journalist from Los Banos, California. He holds a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, where he was managing editor of Pinch. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brussels Review, Redivider, Gravy, EatingWell, Southern Living, and elsewhere. He is a staff writer at Brooklyn-based food and beverage industry magazine, StarChefs.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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