Mentioning to Mud clam, there is nowhere else in Vietnam that can compare with Ca Mau. Ca Mau Mud clam has a large reserve and has long become a famous specialty throughout the country and abroad.
 

Mud clam is a typical seafood in the mangrove zone of Ca Mau.

Mud clam is Mollusca with two shells, has shape like clams and shellfish but larger in size. Mud clam lives and resides mainly on mangrove lands, riverside, coastal   mudflats and shrimp ponds of farmers in the province. Mud clam mainly feeds on phytoplankton, unicellular plants, algae, larval of other organic detritus, etc. so it does not affect the farming of other aquatic species nor cause water environment. Along with sea crab, Sesarma mederi, blunt mud creeper, giant mudskipper and mud clam is also one of the typical animals of mangrove forests in Ca Mau.
 

Mud clam can cook many delicious dishes.
 

In the years before and after the liberation of the South, people still live sparsely, on coastal mangrove forests and fields that have not been renovated, under the influence of up and down tides, mud clam is dense. In many places, mud clam often gathers in clusters, in groups, up to hundreds of them. They are buried under the mud and only knob on a small part. That day, people here only choose to catch some of the largest mud clams to eat, use for wedding but to sell, nobody buys. Gradually, densely populated, many areas of mangrove forests have been narrowed and especially the overexploitation has depleted mud clams in the nature. Currently, many households living under the forest canopy or shrimp farming area in the province have implemented a specialized farming model under the forest canopy or integrated farming in shrimp ponds. However, no matter what environment they live in, the Ca Mau mud clam is very large, with lots of meat, tasty.
 

Delicious dish of mud clam steamed in coconut.

Mud clam can make many delicious dishes such as grilled with onion, grilled with Soya cheese, boiled with ginger, stir-fry the bathtub, cooked with kale, seafood hotpot, braised with pepper , etc. When grilled or boiled, when the mouth just opens, the mud clam is cooked and eaten. Meat is very tasty. For a long time, Ca Mau mud clam has become a famous specialty and a favorite dish of many people here.

In Ca Mau, mud clam is sold in many farmers' markets, district markets, markets in the mangrove forests of Ca Mau.