My mom bought a bottle of fish sauce a year ago and left it in the kitchen shelf.
Every time I go into the kitchen the fish sauce will be staring back at me. It’s like saying “You can’t touch me coz you don’t know how to use me!”. Very intimidating aiyoo! 
After much thinking, I decided to try using this sauce for my cooking. Aiyo I must tell you… my cooking suddenly taste a lot better leh. Hahaha! I no longer use salt and soy sauce. Fish sauce is all I need.
Fish sauce is a main condiment use mostly in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. It is made from anchovies, salt and sugar.
I asked my mom yesterday why she bought the fish sauce. Her answer: Beh ki liau loh (can’t remember) 
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xin Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 9:33 amVisit xin
is this the chinese calls it as ‘yu lu’?
cc Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 11:19 amVisit cc
Oh, I’ve always wondered about that. Will try it.
Yozoranitesky Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pmVisit Yozoranitesky
wonderful che-cheh.. as i also see a bottle in the kitchen cabinet but don’t know what to do with it… until now
Che-Cheh Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Xin, hi my dad said correct. Fish sauce is yu lu.
CC and Yozoranitesky, let’s try it then. If you smell the bottle it’s a bit disgusting but no worry there. Hehe.
hedonistics anonymous Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 6:07 pmVisit hedonistics anonymous
if you’re a fan of sauce, i recommend you try the Stew Sauce from Cosway. Damn good. I use it to fry my veggies (with a little Chinese cooking wine), and it smells exactly like the veggies cooked in the restaurant. Also ha, the stew sauce can be used to steam fish. Don’t need kicap or salt anymore. Just a few spoons of the sauce would do. So easy. It can also mask the fishy smell of the fish (previously I used to rub a little salt over the fish to do that).
Dawn Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 8:07 pmVisit Dawn
I learned about fish sauce from the Hmongs and Vietnames when I first came here. I use it for my cooking too but always discreetly becoz of the gwailo in the house, but once he eats the dish, no complains.
hcfoo Says:
July 14th, 2008 at 8:52 amVisit hcfoo
not sure if I’m going to like fish sauce. Don’t like vietnamese food. but i do like thai food.
Che-Cheh Says:
July 14th, 2008 at 9:00 amVisit Che-Cheh
Hedo, okie I will look into it. My mom’s a cosway member. hehe
Dawn, I think there’s no anchovies/fish smell after cooking right?
Hcfoo, it’s not smelly. Your dish will smell like a pro cooking. Hahaha Try buy a small bottle and see.
saoirse Says:
July 14th, 2008 at 4:09 pmVisit saoirse
Dawn Says:
July 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pmVisit Dawn
Nope not at all. It does smell “fishy” when you are cooking it tho, strong to those who are not used to the smell.
Che-Cheh Says:
July 15th, 2008 at 9:41 amVisit Che-Cheh
Saoirse, hahaha wahwah I haven’t try with soup yet. Will do.
Dawn, to us a heavenly smell! Hehe