Looking for a Thai or Vietnamese sauce - not sure what it's called...?!
Does anyone know of a Thai or Vietnamese sauce that comes in a tall skinny brown bottle with a picture of a multicolored rooster on it!? My uncle has been trying to find this sauce which he said used to be on the table at a diner he went to a long time ago - he said that people would use it to put over their eggs and such!. I'm guessing it must have been a kind of hot sauce!. I know it's not Sriracha!. Anyone out there have any idea what it could be!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I believe what you are thinking of is called "nam bplah" in Thai, or literally "fish water," genuine fish sauce is the water, or juice, in the flesh of fish that is extracted in the process of prolonged salting and fermentation!. It is made from small fish that would otherwise have little value for consumption!. This can either be freshwater or saltwater fish, though today, most fish sauce is made from the latter as pollution and dams have drastically reduced the once plentiful supply of freshwater fish in the heartlands of Southeast Asia!.
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Ah yes! My mother owns an Asian food store!. We have it in stock at all times because it is indeed very popular!.
It's called Tuong Ot Toi Viet Nam Chili Garlic Sauce
Here's the picture! http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/sorrydad/26!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It's called Tuong Ot Toi Viet Nam Chili Garlic Sauce
Here's the picture! http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/sorrydad/26!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chili garlic paste!. It's delish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com