Sea snails are a staple street food in Vietnam, with an entire street dedicated to them in Ho Chi Minh City

• Madame Vo BBQ brings "nhậu"—the Vietnamesee culture of eating and drinking—to NYC.
• Insider's Medha Imam meets with a Vietnamese American travel & culture writer to try "nhậu" and eat sea snails for the first time.
• We learn how they're made and the significance behind the dish.
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Following is a transcript of the video.

 

- Medha Imam: When you picture eating snails, you may think of a buttery French delicacy. But halfway across the world, there's another type of snail that is just as popular. And it's called ốc, or "sea snails." In the streets of Vietnam, people have been eating them for centuries.

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