I was randomly walking through the hot sauce section at Mustafa this morning when I noticed these bottles of hot sauce from Cambodia on sale for just S$1 (US$0.75). Of course the price made it a steal (their expiration date is approaching in a few weeks), but I was more curious to find out what this stuff tasted like. The box said that it was a 1000 year old recipe consisting of local sap vinegar and Kampot peppers, whatever those were.
It ended up tasting like a spicy Worcestershire sauce, especially since it was more sour than it was spicy. Granted, Tabasco sauce is more sour than it is spicy too, but this was earthy like Worcestershire sauce. And actually, it wasn't very spicy; it was at least several notches down from Tabasco. It thus won't be something I'll yearn for again, but one day I'd love to go to Cambodia to see what real Cambodian food is like.
1 comment:
hey BMA,
Kampot peppers are famous - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampot_(pepper)
They are AOP and considered the world's best pepper http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/04/how-the-worlds-best-pepper-is-grown-kampot-cambodia.html
as far as I know, one guy brings it into SG - https://www.facebook.com/HongSpices/
btw, been a long time stalker, love the blog! love the format, one image, short writeup.
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