SPICEography Currywurst sauce is the condiment for currywurst, a popular German street food. Currywurst consists of a regular grilled bratwurst over which currywurst sauce has been poured. Currywurst sauce is commonly described as ketchup with curry powder added to it and is sometimes referred to as curry ketchup; however, purists claim …
Prahok is a Cambodian staple. It is a paste typically made from the freshwater fish called trey riel. The fish has the same name as Cambodia’s currency, which is the Riel. The fish’s English name is mud carp. Records show that for much of its history, fresh and saltwater fish …
Anglesey sea salt is harvested from the Menai Strait in Anglesey. This salt is renowned for its purity and flavor. The purity of Anglesey sea salt is visible in that it is brilliantly white without being artificially bleached. Anglesey is a small island to the northwest of Wales with a …
Mentsuyu is a popular dipping sauce or broth for Japanese udon and soba noodles. This sauce is widely available in Japan but may not be as easy to find in other parts of the world. If you are out of this noodle sauce, here are some of the best mentsuyu …
Sweet bean sauce is also known as tianmianjiang and is one of the key sauces for Peking duck and is used in a variety of noodle dishes. Its unique blend of umami and sweet qualities makes it difficult (but not impossible) to replace. Here are some of the best sweet …
Sweet bean sauce or sweet soybean sauce is known in China as tianmianjiang — sometimes written in English as tian mian jiang. It is a Chinese sauce made from fermented wheat flour, fermented soybeans, and sugar. The Korean version of sweet bean sauce is called chunjang. Even though it is …
Mentsuyu is a Japanese sauce — sometimes described as a noodle stock — used on noodles and other dishes. The word mentsuyu is a Japanese word consisting of two shorter words: men means noodles and tsuyu means stock or sauce so mentsuyu translates literally to noodle sauce. Mentsuyu may have …
Gomasio and furikake are two dry condiments from Japanese cuisine. Even though you can sprinkle them onto many of the same kinds of dishes, the two have some important differences that keep them from being perfectly interchangeable. Here is a look at how they compare in this SPICEography Showdown. How …