Cocksauce

Posted in Condiments on March 21st, 2007 by mei| | .

It’s salty. It’s spicy. And it usually leaves a pleasant aftertaste in my mouth.

Get your head out of the gutter, you.

I’m talking about the Mighty Rooster Brand Sriracha Chili Sauce. This hot sauce should be no stranger to pho noodle aficionados Stateside, as is its milder partner Hoisin sauce. Strangely enough, I’ve heard that you can’t find it in Vietnam. Nor Taipei.

What adds to the intrigue is that Sriracha is actually a town in Thailand. Yours truly spent many of her younger years in this latter country and has never once seen this sauce sold domestically. Okay. There’s something similar but similar just does not equate to the same.

This is my favorite mass produced hot sauce, bar none. It’s essential for good pho. I’ve had it with fried rice, pot stickers, what have you. I’ve even been known to smuggle a bottle to the Golden Arches to have with my fries. It’s that good.

Until some savvy distributor decides to import the stuff to Taiwan, Mei suggests that local Taipei-rens go visit this small Vietnamese sundry goods store next to the Chishan MRT (芝山捷運站). You can’t get the brand I’m raving about but I see similar products.

Vietnamese Store 越南商店 - It’s a Lotto store out front
No. 132, Fuhwa Road, Shilin
02 2834 6268
士林福華路132號

You can actually order food there as well. The service is a bit slow but the food is decent. The proprieters there know how to make one mean ‘namese sammich. Have it with cocksauce, of course.

Now, that’s something I’d gladly swallow.

Cocksauce

Before I forget, xie xies out to my friend Thao who kindly brought back this bottle of spicy lovin’. She makes awesome pho and spring rolls to boot.

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  1. Rose said,

    on March 21st, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody started a blogie!

  2. mei eats » The House of Hong said,

    on May 15th, 2007 at 2:31 am

    […] From top right clockwise: Vietnamese spring roll fillings, rice krispy treat, open spring roll spread, finished spring roll with a dollop of hoisin sauce and sriracha hot sauce mixture (aka cocksauce). […]

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