Geoduck Fritters With Sweet Chili Sauce

Name: Geoduck Fritters With Sweet Chili Sauce
Ingredients: 6 T rice vinegar; 4 T water; 3 T sugar; 1 t garlic, peeled & minced; 0.5 t thai bird chile, seeded & minced (or more to taste); 0.25 t salt; 3 c all-purpose flour; 4 t baking powder; 2 T orange mint, thai basil or regular mint; 1 T lemongrass, white tender parts only, minced; 1 T fresh ginger, minced; 0.5 t shichimi togarashi; 1 c clam juice; 3 large eggs; 1.5 c milk; 1 geoduck clam, cleaned, prepped and very thinly sliced; 0 oil as needed for frying; 0 kosher salt, to taste; 0 lemon wedges, to taste