bamboo clam with garlic!

I've only tasted one bamboo clam which taste better than this.. and it's in China, Hainan.. =)

Some ppl at my table found the garlic too pungent. *that's what i mean by strong flavours.. but i found it very delectable. Garlic and chilli helped gif it the edge, that extra shot! the clam is chewy, chewy, chewy.. but not tough. love the taste of seafood.. and clam in shell juz yells at you that "this is seafood!". there is alot of clam, juz as there is alot of garlic and chilli.. ppl normalli dun eat parsley for some reason.. but parsley is a herb with lots of different levels of flavour. In this dish, it tied all the strong flavours together by toning them down... if you're into thai food, this is the dish for you.