Chau Doc fermented fish Mắm Châu Đốc
Mắm Châu Đốc is fish pickled with palm sugar, salt, chili, and garlic, stacked in the open at the market. It starts sweet and finishes salty, and you eat it with rice or carry a jar home.
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Mắm Châu Đốc carries two collective trademarks: đặc sản mắm Châu Đốc and đặc sản mắm thái Châu Đốc. The mắm lanes are busiest from December through July, when pilgrims come to Núi Sam.
Taste
Châu Đốc mắm leans sweet and finishes salty, which is why it goes with plain rice.
How to enjoy it
Walk the stacks and taste before you buy. Eat it with rice on the spot, or take it home.
The named jars are mắm cá lóc, cá linh, cá trèn, cá sặc, and mắm thái, plus ba khía. A 26 Apr 2024 list names cá trèn, cá lóc, cá linh, and cá sọc. Cá sặc and cá sọc are both named.
Each stall posts its own prices.
Mắm cá mè vinh belongs to Tân Châu, not Châu Đốc.
Where to try it
Chợ Châu Đốc, and the stalls at the foot of Núi Sam.