Mắm ruốc

Mắm nêm is a sauce made of fermented fish. Unlike the more familiar nước mắm (fish sauce), mắm nêm is powerfully pungent, similar to shrimp paste. Many

Vietnam's southward expansion. Another type of mắm that may have originally been a Cham product is mắm ruốc [vi], which has become a famous condiment in

flowers (hoa chuối), sparrows, doves, fermented fish and shrimp (mắm cá, mắm tôm, mắm tép) are not rare sights. Seasonal favorites include ragworms (rươi)

can be eaten as lunch and dinner. Banh beo is usually accompanied by nuoc mam (a clear sauce made from sugar, fish sauce, garlic, and Thai chili) and crunchy

pork and eggs”). Thịt kho tàu substitutes the light soy sauce with nước mắm/Vietnamese fish sauce and replaces the dark soy sauce with nước màu/Vietnamese