jpinmaryland
Sous Chef
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- Sep 16, 2004
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Just started picking up a few of these at local trader Joes and I was really impressed with most of them...
Soyaki sauce. Sold under Trader Ming label. This is a nice combination of the sweetness of teriyaki balanced by ginger and soy elements. Very nicely balaced and versatile sauce. Grade A.
Serving suggestion: try stir frying hot dog pieces w/ peppers/onions The boldness of the teriyaki should prevail over any aftertaste you may get with hot dogs.
General Tsao's sauce. Sold as Trader Ming. A balance of sweet and sour w/ sesame and rice vinegar as the prevailing elements. I havent used it for the chicken but would be good with any sweet/sour dish. Really didnt strike me as all that bold or interesting but still fairly balanced. Grade B+.
Black Pepper sauce. sold under Trader Joes label. A very nice sauce, hard to tell much difference from traditional szechwan pepper sauces. Has a good strong bite that you need for a pepper sauce. Grade A.
Serving suggestion. Try making a creole or jambayala with this.
Fish sauce. Sold under Thai Kitchen. It's prett good but nothing special in relation to the stuff in asian markets. Grade B.
Gyoza sauce. Sold under Trader Mings. NIce balance of sweet and sour with rice vinegar and cilantro and ginger elements prevailing. Nice visauls as you can see bits of cilantro or green onions in there. Coulduse as adip with it or use for stir frying. Grade A-.
Serving suggestion. Try braising pork ribs using this w/ orange peel, sherry and maybe 5 spice.
Sweet Red chile sauce. Sold under Thai Kitchen label. This was kind of a dud there was nothing spicy to it and the sweetness seems off. Grade D.
Serving suggestion: substitute for hoisen, it's nothing more than that.
Overall I was really impressed by their stuff, two of these are outstanding, the pepper sauce and the soyaki and the gyoza is worth picking up as well. The only one to avoid is that sweet red chile sauce which doesnt deliver.
Soyaki sauce. Sold under Trader Ming label. This is a nice combination of the sweetness of teriyaki balanced by ginger and soy elements. Very nicely balaced and versatile sauce. Grade A.
Serving suggestion: try stir frying hot dog pieces w/ peppers/onions The boldness of the teriyaki should prevail over any aftertaste you may get with hot dogs.
General Tsao's sauce. Sold as Trader Ming. A balance of sweet and sour w/ sesame and rice vinegar as the prevailing elements. I havent used it for the chicken but would be good with any sweet/sour dish. Really didnt strike me as all that bold or interesting but still fairly balanced. Grade B+.
Black Pepper sauce. sold under Trader Joes label. A very nice sauce, hard to tell much difference from traditional szechwan pepper sauces. Has a good strong bite that you need for a pepper sauce. Grade A.
Serving suggestion. Try making a creole or jambayala with this.
Fish sauce. Sold under Thai Kitchen. It's prett good but nothing special in relation to the stuff in asian markets. Grade B.
Gyoza sauce. Sold under Trader Mings. NIce balance of sweet and sour with rice vinegar and cilantro and ginger elements prevailing. Nice visauls as you can see bits of cilantro or green onions in there. Coulduse as adip with it or use for stir frying. Grade A-.
Serving suggestion. Try braising pork ribs using this w/ orange peel, sherry and maybe 5 spice.
Sweet Red chile sauce. Sold under Thai Kitchen label. This was kind of a dud there was nothing spicy to it and the sweetness seems off. Grade D.
Serving suggestion: substitute for hoisen, it's nothing more than that.
Overall I was really impressed by their stuff, two of these are outstanding, the pepper sauce and the soyaki and the gyoza is worth picking up as well. The only one to avoid is that sweet red chile sauce which doesnt deliver.