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Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront. (Mắm has plans to open a bánh mi shop there.) The energy fits the food, which includes stuffed snails, fertilized quail eggs, grilled intestines, chicken cartilage, frog sausage with the tiny bones crushed in and a basket-tray feast centered on mắm tôm, the funkiest fermented shrimp paste there is.
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Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront. (Mắm has plans to open a bánh mi shop there.) The energy fits the food, which includes stuffed snails, fertilized quail eggs, grilled intestines, chicken cartilage, frog sausage with the tiny bones crushed in and a basket-tray feast centered on mắm tôm, the funkiest fermented shrimp paste there is.
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