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Luong Son (a.k.a. Bo Tung Xeo)

At this open-air barbecue-and-beer garden, patrons grill strips of tangy marinated beef—<em>bo tung xeo</em>—on tabletop braziers and share pitchers of foamy local beer. The kitchen also dishes up specialties like deep-fried scorpion, bonded chicken feet, and fried pig's stomach. If it's available, order the “fresh shrimp”: your waiter will bring a plastic bag full of <em>live</em> shrimp, which you'll have to immobilize before grilling by slicing their spinal nerve with a handy toothpick. Not for the squeamish, but the taste is phenomenal. </p>

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From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2008

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– Peter Jon Lindberg The New Look of Saigon, Vietnam

From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2003

Strips of tender raw beef are soaked in a sweet, tangy marinade of soy, garlic, and chiles; you barbecue the meat yourself on a tabletop brazier. Luong Son, a tin-roofed roadhouse in H.C.M.C., is famous for its bo tung xeo...MORE>>

– Peter Lindberg The Best of Vietnam Now

Last updated September 2008