Megachef

First-Press Fish Sauce

500 ml

฿280

Anchovy and salt, eighteen months, nothing else.

First press from the fermentation vat, before any water or sugar goes in. Amber rather than brown, and it smells of the sea instead of a bin.

Once you cook with this the supermarket version becomes unusable, which is a warning as much as a recommendation.

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