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Clams stir-fried with onion, scallion, and chili, finished with crushed roasted peanuts and eaten with crisp rice paper or bánh đập. The clams are sweet and salty against the heat of the chili.
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The clam is sweet and salty, with chili, against the cracker.
How to enjoy it
Eat the stir-fried clam with the crisp grilled rice paper. Bánh đập, the cracker clapped to a warm steamed sheet, is the partner on this plate.
The Hoi An World Heritage conservation centre’s 30 October 2024 note concentrates the snack in Cẩm Nam. Its 4 December 2025 article stir-fries the clams with fried shallot and rau răm and dips the plate in mắm nêm. Its 4 September 2024 article, republishing Dân Việt, adds onion, peanuts, and chili sauce, eaten with bánh đa or bánh đập and a sweet-sour dip.
Where to try it
Hội An.
Cẩm Nam.