Jean B. wrote:
> Arri London wrote:
>> We ate at the same Vietnamese restaurant that started the Sauce Mystery.
>> Mystery solved!
>>
>> It's plum sauce! Not something I've ever bought. But having looked at
>> sauces in the Asian supermarkets prior to lunch, the colour is correct
>> and it would be sweet enough. Given that it's dispensed in squeezy
>> bottles, guessing that it is supplied by the barrel full
>>
>> <cue up 'Who Are You?'>
>
> really! Was it brown, Arri? The sauce I had was brown--and the last
> time my daughter had [Chinese] plum sauce, it was clear, kind-of
> honey-colored. I am going to have to traipse through the markets
> again--and ask.
>
> You get a gold star!


If the restaurant was Vietnamese and the sauce was brown and sweet, it
was probably hoisin sauce. They usually serve soy sauce, sriracha and
hoisin sauce at the table.


Becca