GIANT FREAKING CLAM!! Southeast Asia’s Wildest Seafood!!

Here you have a creature so insidious it looks like pure blood. So dangerous. Is it that moment in the show where I eat it? The food that makes some people sick and die. Will I reach the place too? Vietnam has more than 2,000 miles of coastline. That means a lot of ocean-accessible oceans that are packed with thousands of tasty marine species you've never seen before. That whole area is for those drippy guys. Okay, I'll save it today. We're on Puff Island looking for something serious. unique shellfish of a strange species with a shell that bleeds royal blood it is small but it is very strange for the largest

clam

you have ever seen wow all that and more from now on welcome to the island this island is surrounded by water oh wait that They are all islands us We are back on Fuel Island, the largest island in Vietnam and a destination for

seafood

lovers, today we are in search of some of the most unique

seafood

in the world. like dinner with a little bit of danger i don't know if i'm going to get sick hurt or dead for me i just call it breakfast come on i've come to one of the biggest seafood restaurants in the city with a menu very literally i can choose between looking at this guy, Dude, it's incredibly huge, it must cost a few quid at least, super expensive, very exotic, but we're not here for this, we're actually here for something much smaller, living, this type of edible aquarium. common among seafood restaurants in Vietnam, it keeps the food fresh and tantalizes the eyes of hungry patriots, so I came to the

clam

section, what kind of clam is this?

I guess it's a snail, we're not here for that, here we have what I would call a normal butt clamp nothing special, but this is actually what we've come for. It seems very innocent, indifferent, harmless, no big deal, but in reality it could be very dangerous. Oh wait, are you in my face right now? Very dangerous, these are known. like red clams you will soon see why they are dangerous because they can easily transmit deadly diseases such as hepatitis, dysentery and typhoid sounds delicious, let's see, it is true that people have died from eating red clams, but this is not a suicide mission, now you see the danger.

It doesn't come from the clam itself, but from the environment they live in, the blood, clams harvested from clean water or raised on farms, are safe and loved in many parts of Asia right now, I'm in the kitchen with the chef lee, sir, nice to meet you. put it there maybe they don't do a handshake on this island it hasn't gotten to the island yet handshakes okay here we have our blood clams what's super unique about these is that they are almost impossible to open so even though I want to eat it raw right now or literally, can you open it?

Basically, at this point you can't eat it. You need a hammer and chisel or you need to steam it. Blanching the clamps for half a minute loosens their shells enough to open them. Oh, he is doing it. Yeah, look at that weird little thing, it's small but it's so weird, and sticky, and even on the shell it still looks like pure blood. This gruesome red bloodbath is the result of hemoglobin, the protein that gives our blood its red color, oh my goodness. That looks really twisted. The blood clam is the only species of clam that carries this protein, which is why it can easily transmit certain human blood diseases.

Is that moment in the show where I eat it, the food that makes some people sick and die, um and like this? we can both die, cheers, salty, a little sweet, it has an original type, medium spongy, it has a crunchy texture, okay, okay, I'll take that as a yes, from here you'll cook them a couple more ways and we'll try it . chef after blanching these clams saute with chili and garlic, pour some tamarind sauce and make sure each clam is covered with this sweet and sticky glaze. I want a little more variety. These tongs are coated with salt and chili.

I'm going to try one of these. with the tamarind and peanut inside with my years in vietnam i know you're not supposed to go straight to the meat you're supposed to give it this little washing machine action in your mouth clean from here i need to try to open this it's like the hardest seafood to eat in the world I'm going to bend my nails back I know ah there we go at this point zero percent of that tamarind is in the meat give it a dip in the sauce try it a beautiful balance the The tamarind is almost like the sweet syrupy sauce and so to balance that kind of rainy oceanic flavor, you need a little bit of sweetness along with the spicy clam.

This is a huge bite, try it to make it very spicy but pleasant. to invite the spicy this would be perfect with beer in general good, I like it but I feel like I burned more calories trying to open it than I received from eating it this mission of the mollusks is just beginning this thing is so big and so old that I have never seen one clam that big, but before we get to that

giant

clam, we'll stop here, a shellfish spot that contains a rare species that may have never been identified by scientists before.

This is so strange, let's try it. We have reached our second location, a seafood restaurant. restaurant with dozens of live seafood options here something super unique that you don't see everywhere built into the wall they have a compressor from there that shoots air through these little hoses this hose has a little anchor drop that puts oxygen into the water and that way your seafood does not die until someone asks for it this before me is what we have come here for this is the shell of the feather the shell of the feather has a shell shaped like a bird feather from there the name oh it's so strong there's no way to open it without completely breaking the show.

I was scared because he moved. This species of shell can be easily found in Vietnamese waters. People here can't get enough of what's inside this shell. I'm in the kitchen right now. with chip date you ready yeah so he starts by sticking a subway butter knife in and then he peels one side and then he opens it up that's a confusing mess there oh I feel awkward I didn't realize it was so complicated, I thought. It was just going to be a big piece of meat, well you know it has to be eaten, it has to be thrown away, so all those components are here, a stomach, probably an anus, we're not going to eat it raw, are we?

Oh, please God, no. These shells are prepared in two different dishes. Luckily for me, no one will make a mistake first. The scallops are removed from the other organs, cut in half and sautéed. This is something like this scallop. One of these shells weighs about half a pound. and in that half pound creature you get so much luxury meat, let's try it, it's similar to a scallop, maybe it's this color, it's not like a traditional quick seared butter scallop, it'll just be soft, sweet and super tender, soft I say gentle. twice as much, this is very dense and quite chewy, possibly cooked too long, but that could be the way it is rolled too.

All the flavors are good, but man, that's an interesting texture. The second course is simply cooked over hot coals with chive oil and then peanuts, this is all that this white scallop contains, as well as everything else. I'm going to try this right now. Wow, things are there. I wouldn't say it's the cleanest flavor ever. It has almost like an oceanic flavor. It's super chewy It's heavy and bold like Vin Diesel Ridiculous What if I just named the entire cast of Fast and Furious who else is in Fast and Furious moving on plate number three? We didn't actually come here for this, but I found it randomly.

What is this? Oh, it's a sticky duck. No, I think it's different than a clingy dog. The sticky duck does not have antennae. I am from the future. Now I know it's probably a Pacific racer clam. The scientists were one step ahead of me once again. To catch these guys, people have to wait for the tide to go out and then dig in the mud with their hands. This is a specialty on this island and I've honestly never seen it anywhere else. That's great, okay, let's eat that too. Grilling and sautéing are the most common ways to cook seafood here and it's no different with this rare species a hot pan on the clams oyster sauce with salt lots of bell pepper and that makes a pretty unique dish of mmm.

I'm going to try it right now, it's a nice surprise, although it looks super strange, the taste is pretty good, just our seasonings here are fantastic, it has a garlic and pepper flavor, the creature itself is surprisingly soft, tender and easy to chew, that's original, man, good, delicious. The following is a plan to break records. Eating your knife, it's the biggest one I've ever seen, there are layers to this clam and soon, the biggest one I've ever eaten, we come to a restaurant that specializes in all kinds of crazy seafood, but it's all caught locally here . a lot of their seafood is really big, they specialize in big products, the biggest they can find.

I saw something here that caught my attention. I'll take it out right now. I have never seen a clam that big. It's so big it leaks. liter of water when you take him out he may have to go to the bathroom. Does he go to the bathroom on my own? This is a pearl plant. Oh, it's so weird. It's like touching a rock or coral. Yes, this ugly guy actually can. Make beautiful jewelry in this program, there are some strange little corals that grow like creatures that we live in and in this creature and soon this creature will live inside me because I'm going to eat her, oh I guess she'll be dead.

Pearl making is usually done on pearl farms, but even a wild clam like this has a one in fifteen hundred chance of bringing good food and Big Chef Duan is going to open it right now and we'll see what a

giant

clam looks like. Inside, without steam, without boiling, this giant guy needs a more physical approach. It is estimated that this clam has been alive for at least five years to reach this size and when we open it there will be nothing left. the international language oh oh I'm going to regret this oh what looks crazy inside this is the huge fleshy part that would be like a scallop and then all the organs around it while I feel like there's no oyster.

We're usually out of luck now that it's open and now that I see that I'm not a richer pearl, the rest is easy, the shell becomes a giant frying pan, which part do you think is the most delicious? So he says this really white, fleshy part. very good add chive oil and peanuts the classic way to cook any seafood here clams here we are looking at a giant clam divided in half they use the clam as a plate to cook it it is both the kitchen utensil and the food all in one creature , the clam looks huge, it was very heavy when you look at it, it doesn't look like a ton, it's about four bites, let's take a bite.

I've never had a multi-bite clam that did that. doesn't go so well, so the flavors are really extraordinary, dynamite, a powerful chive musk, some good peanuts, but look, this is thick and chewy, like I need a knife to eat the rest of this, aha, I've seen a solution for some reason Americans don't really use scissors in the kitchen and you should really check it out oh, much better eh, very nice now these pieces are much more manageable great seasoning this is really a pleasure and I was wrong, I thought it was four bites they are like 40 bites and 4000 chews to swallow it it's very chewy today I've been living a seafood lover's dream eating fresh food straight from the tank oh delicious but it's actually possible to be even fresher than this I'm talking about food pulled straight from the ocean , this is incredible and moments later it is on your plate.

I thought the fish would gather together like puppies do when you're eating. We have reached our third location. I'm with my friend, Mr. Wang Wang, so let's go. take a quick tour here they have a bunch of cobia this is just a huge white fish from above they actually look a lot like sharks but they're not sharks right now let's feed some oh this is how I when my food arrives in a restaurant normally restaurants do their best to preserve the fish in tanks with oxygen, but eventually most of them die, we have a big grouper grouper, oh please tell me, here they call a grouper group grouper if they don't sell the fish for a week or even a couple of months is not a problem we will try to get them to the surface in fact the fish can continue to grow generating more money when they are finally sold oh they are much more majestic this place is not just about the fish also have clams stored the same way and he's going to get some right now take it this is amazing look at this i feel like a real fisherman except someone else caught them these clams are known as rambutan clams the rambutan clam is The local name for the spiny oyster, locals say it closely resembles this fruit.

These spikes are part of the mollusk's defense system and help the clamps adhere to other surfaces such as reefs. He's going to open one of these right now. Oh what the hell! flip maybe it's also called rambutan because it's shinyand pink inside. He's going to take out one more bag right now. Oh, these are huge. They are called clams and are another native species very close to Fuel Island. The clam also has this creativity. local name because it looks like a bowl. I don't know why I'm obsessed with trying to open them and failing every time This is the largest clamp in the hard shell clam family, we're going to have to throw this away. hot boiling water you will like it and then you will open them, eh, grill them over charcoal for 20 minutes, top with cheese and serve them right now, maybe the creepiest food scene I have ever done in my life, guys, did you hear that here.beautiful variety seafood on this side is the clam it looks like a cheeseburger without the bun it's very solid it's big oh I almost cut it into pieces that's very hard to chew I thought it was going to be more like an oyster it doesn't look like an oyster at all at one point it almost killed me very dense, thick, a little gritty, that's how you know it's fresh, I feel conflicted, so this white trash side of me is like ooh processed melted cheese, so putting cheese on them seafood I don't want to like it, but I like the rambutan clam here, it looks super interesting, the spiny oysters also get the hot water treatment on the side, a hot pan with scallions and shallots, add the clam meat and a little seasoning, then add a little freshness, these clams look really weird, it's almost like an eyeball, there's a deep, dark orange-red part and then there's kind of a dull white heart like the eye of a fish that is cloudy.

Let's try to make it less chewy, more and a little fluffy. The clams have absorbed some of that seasoning. this, but it still has its salty taste in there too, it's very different from any other clam I've ever tried, for me it's like eating an eye, it's been super fun all day, not only trying different types of seafood that I haven't seen before. but seafood that you probably can't get in other parts of the world, so when I say that these are some of the most delicious seafood I've ever had, you basically have to take my word for it and you'll have no idea if I'm lying because you can't travel here either because of the Corona's best food review program.

It's a small team of independent creators and everything we do here works because of you, click the link in our description to join our patreon and receive exclusive information. benefits of peace we have reached our first location as location location yes yes I didn't think I could get old just walking around eating food she got old I want something different or more money psychiatric I wasn't even on the phone okay okay, get rid of this too tomboyish kid, The tricky part about their funny lobster is that, uh, it's spiny, motherfucker, this is really hard to open, maybe you can take it to the kitchen and the chef can open it and bring it back and everyone.

When I open it, oh, that one opened very easily. I love this kitchen without stainless steel. What they did was take some kind of plastic tarp and staple it to a wooden table that looks like metal. side of a beach style building real real like what is that show with Tom Hanks where he falls out of the plane outcast mission impossible is like mission impossible what is that for this see you next time thank you very much for watching a piece and then what would happen if it jumped? Huh, would that be crazy? I'm not going to be okay, let's go home.

Can you move? Just look, no, no, no.