Welcome to our Saucy Southeast Asian Cuisine Tour. Contrary to popular belief, Southeast Asian cuisine is about more than just coconut milk, soy sauce, spice and heat. It is rather about the delicate balance of flavours. The sweet, the spicy, the sour, the salty, the bitter and umami. These are the key flavour points that the entirety of the diverse Southeast Asian cuisine is built on. At Chenab Gourmet, we’re Southeast Asian food fanatics. We have been working tirelessly to bring our customers the choicest Southeast Asian flavours and ingredients. With this in mind our brand Meishi, has scoured the continent and have we come back fully loaded with treasures of flavour? Let’s introduce you to what we have in store for you!
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Sambal Oelek
Sambal Oelek is a cooking paste traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisines, including Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai cuisines. Made with the choicest red chillies, garlic, sugar and vinegar, Sambal Oelek adds more than just spice and heat to preparations. It adds a depth and layering of complex flavours that bring richness to any and all dishes. Meishi Sambal Oelek cooking paste is ideal for meat marinades, in sea foods, proteins like paneer and tofu and even as a dip for the adventurous.
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Katsu Sauce
Katsu is to Japanese BBQ, what molasses based barbecue sauce is to barbeque of the deep American South. Sweet and tangy, it can be used both as a marinade or a dipping sauce. For the adventurous, Meishi Katsu Sauce is the perfect introduction to Southeast Asian BBQ. Why stop at BBQ, use this tangy and sweet sauce as a dip in snacks. The sky is literally the limit.
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Yakitori Sauce
Yakitori sauce is the perfect glaze or marinade for meat, grilled veggies and tofu. Made with soy sauce, sugar and a hint of vinegar, this sauce is perfect as a dipping sauce as well. Japanese in origin, yakitori sauce is the perfect condiment to have at your disposal, especially for Oriental food night! Meishi Yakitori Sauce is also the perfect entry point into Japanese and Southeast Asian food!
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Hoisin Sauce
Hoisin Sauce is a Cantonese creation that is sweet, salty and with oodles of garlicky goodness. Perfect as a glaze for meats, in stir fries to add umami goodness, or as a rich, thick dipping sauce, this is definitely a condiment to up your Asian cooking game. Meishi Hoisin Sauce is vegan and vegetarian friendly, and a unique flavour bomb that is going to leave your friends and family wanting more!
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Yakisoba Sauce
Yakisoba noodles are a popular Japanese Ramen Noodle. The perfect accompaniment to these noodles is the Meishi Yakisoba Sauce, which is the perfect combination of sweet and savoury. Adding this sauce to ramen bowls and stir fries adds another dimension of flavour and umami to your cooking. Finally you can have the perfect Japanese inspired menu, in the comfort of your own home.
We hope you have enjoyed the first part of our Saucy Southeast Asian Cuisine Tour. We will return shortly with more interesting tidbits about the fascinating world of sauces. Until then feel free to explore the wonderful world of condiments in our shop.