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Thái stream fish split along the back, stuffed, and grilled, eaten with sticky rice. It carries the hot smell of mắc khén and a fat, sweet fish; one account also calls the taste hot, sour, and sweet.

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Taste

Báo Sơn La, on 4 September 2020, names the hot smell of mắc khén and the fat, sweet fish. Vietnamnet, on 16 March 2019, calls the taste hot, sour, and sweet, and says the fish’s own taste stays. The museum handbook does not print sour.

How to enjoy it

From the grill. The museum handbook pairs it with xôi nếp. Báo Sơn La, on 16 July 2026, pairs wet chẩm chéo with stream fish.

Where to try it

Bản Mòng, xã Hua La, and the town table. A price is ask locally.