blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:06:19 -0700, Arri London wrote:
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> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:44:21 -0500, pavane wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Arri London" > wrote in message ...
> >>>|
> >>>|
> >>> ......
> >>>| Ate at a Vietnamese restaurant today; TMU came into a bit of unexpected
> >>>| cash LOL. There was a brownish sauce (no chile) at the table, along with
> >>>| the Huy Fong sriracha and tuong ot toi. Any ideas what that was? In a
> >>>| squeezy bottle.
> >>> ......
> >>> Probably Hoisin sauce, the "ketchup of asia." Sweetish, goes
> >>> really well with the chili sauces.
> >>
> >> That's what I would guess, too. Depending on the area.
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > If it is hoisin, it's a very different formulation than I've had at
> > other Vietnamese restaurants. No trace of sweetness.
>
> i would say 'sweet' in the way ketchup is sweet. that is, not terribly,
> but not salty or hot, either.
>
> your pal,
> blake



But ketchup is *horribly* sweet for my taste LOL. Perhaps the
brown-squeezy-bottle sauce is a variant of hoisin sauce I've just not
had yet. Next time I go to the Asian supermarket will see what's on the
shelves. Always up for something new to try.