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Tom Chua

Small shrimp fermented whole with rice, galangal and chilli until sour and pink

Vietnam Fermented & pickled

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

A Hue speciality eaten with boiled pork, herbs and rice paper, sold in jars as a city souvenir.

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What is Tom Chua?

Tom Chua is a fermented & pickled from Vietnam: small shrimp fermented whole with rice, galangal and chilli until sour and pink. A Hue speciality eaten with boiled pork, herbs and rice paper, sold in jars as a city souvenir.

Made with

shellfishricechili

Cooked

fermented

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