This riverine fish is called by different names by different people - the supermarket that sold it alive call it Ikan Batik because of the scale pattern, the chinese call it ikan paloi and yet they love to ieat it! The Iban call it ikan kedebu. The fish is best steamed. At most restaurants it cost RM70 per kilo but I bought it alive and fresh for RM45/kg . The fish weighed 3.2kg, pricey but it makes the wife happy, she has been wanting to eat kedebu for quite sometime. I used to eat this fish in Selangau on my weekly trip home - it's available at the kedai makai across the road from the shell station.
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