Miranda Writes, Devil's Advocate wrote:

> Restaurant we like has one- seems to contain fish sauce (what a surprise,
> huh?) and it's sweet. Maybe has some tamarind in it, and the consistency
> is thicker than something made of just fish sauce and sugar. They top
> the container of sauce with chopped peanuts- it's excellent.
>
> We have tamarind, palm sugar, cane sugar, limes, two different brands
> of fish sauce ( 1 Filipino, 1 Thai) and peanuts to sprinkle on top but we
> haven't been able to come up with anything nearly as good as the
> restaurant makes. So, if you have a good recipe, we'd love it if you'd
> share.
>
> Gotta say we've been able to make spring rolls which are as good as any
> we've bought though.

I believe its a reduced sugar syrup. A Southeast Asian restaurant I know
makes their dipping sauce with sugar, garlic, fish sauce, and chili flake.
It's great for chao yow, gui cuon, and gyoza.

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Dan