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I have been using Viet Huong 3 Crabs brand for years on the recommendation of a Vietnamese employee.
Is there something better out there?

Tried 'Squid' and 'Baby', like 3 Crabs better.

Looking for something with more anchovy taste but less salt, if that's possible.

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Red boat is the best I've had by far. 2nd would be tiparos. 3 crabs is popular with the Vietnamese because it's cheap as hell, it tastes pretty crappy

It's also best to store it in the fridge since it oxidizes over time

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3 Crabs is a really good brand, and very popular. So much so, that there are copies, with pictures of 4 crabs and 5 crabs on the label-LOL.

A lot of it is regional, like I know a lot of Filipinos that like Tiparos, but that's what they grew up with. It's a bit watery for my liking.

Top of the line is generally considered to be Red Boat....it's fermented for over a year.

Good Timing....Seattle Times Magazine just did a story on this a week ago, and talked about how Red Boat is thicker and has a higher protein count, but is also more expensive.

It's also a choice for a lot of Chef's, and is a big secret -lol

http://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw- ... ngredient/

Put a few drops in your Bolognese, stew, etc., whatever, and it gives it a bit more depth of flavor.

By the way, white people have been using fish sauce (fermented anchovies) since the 1830's.....

It's called Worcestershire Sauce.


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Thanks guys.
I read an article that said Red Boat 40 is the Shiznit.
I'll see if they have it at H Mart tomorrow.
Just made some fried rice and it's missing something (ran out of 3 crabs).

Ya, last time I went there I grabbed some sauce, was ....4 crabs. WTF?
Took it back and bought the 3 crabs.

Worcestershire sauce was an interesting story.
Tasted horrible, so the inventor threw it out but forgot about a bottle.
Tasted it a few years later and it actually tasted good.
I'd sip it and fish sauce out of the bottle. Hahahaha

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Guntrader wrote:
Thanks guys.
I read an article that said Red Boat 40 is the Shiznit.
I'll see if they have it at H Mart tomorrow.
Just made some fried rice and it's missing something (ran out of 3 crabs).

Ya, last time I went there I grabbed some sauce, was ....4 crabs. WTF?
Took it back and bought the 3 crabs.

Worcestershire sauce was an interesting story.
Tasted horrible, so the inventor threw it out but forgot about a bottle.
Tasted it a few years later and it actually tasted good.
I'd sip it and fish sauce out of the bottle. Hahahaha

H mart has it for sure that's where I got mine

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H-Mart is the best.. I love going into a store and not being able to read labels. I pick random things based off the pictures and label design.

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Hahahaha. Had some Squid brand above the stove, evaporated enough so I had some big lumps of salt floating in it. Saturated slurry.
Dated a Vietnamese gal who said her mom told her not to use 3 Crabs because it had hydrolyzed vegetable protein added.
But compared to rotten anchovies soaked in brine for a year, seemed to be a wash.

I stored my last couple bottles in the fridge (quart lasts me a maybe 3 months).



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It's also best to store it in the fridge since it oxidizes over time

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Hahahaha. Had some Squid brand above the stove, evaporated enough so I had some big lumps of salt floating in it. Saturated slurry.
Dated a Vietnamese gal who said her mom told her not to use 3 Crabs because it had hydrolyzed vegetable protein added.
But compared to rotten anchovies soaked in brine for a year, seemed to be a wash.

I stored my last couple bottles in the fridge (quart lasts me a maybe 3 months).



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It's also best to store it in the fridge since it oxidizes over time


Okay, I was trying not to be to geeky about this, but your girlfriends mom is right. It also has fructose, and the anchovy is anchovy extract. Both of which lend a sweetness to it. That's partly why some love it & some hate it.

Red Boat has only 2 ingredients...wild caught black anchovies,and sea salt. It's also, like olive oil, 'first press'. Yes, they repress anchovies. Some of the 3 Crab, 4 Crab, 5 Crab is actually the same company, with different pressings of the same anchovies to create the extract.

TMI, I know, sorry :cheers2:


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H-Mart is the best.. I love going into a store and not being able to read labels. I pick random things based off the pictures and label design.


You are braver than I.

I try to find authentic recipes from certain websites, then I Google something like 'best Gochujang', and study up on it, then I take a picture of the label of the one I want, & then go look for it.

I want to make sure we'll eat what I bought :ROFLMAO:


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3 Crabs........Tiparos........ Red Boat.......

By the way, white people......


Hahahaha I had to check. Shit my wife has all three! Knowing how she cooks (I am almost a fat guy) she would use the appropriate fish sauce for the dish.

What do you mean; "White People" ? :ROFLMAO: :rofl9: :bigsmile:

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Pablo wrote:
NWGunner wrote:

Hahahaha I had to check. Shit my wife has all three! Knowing how she cooks (I am almost a fat guy) she would use the appropriate fish sauce for the dish.

What do you mean; "White People" ? :ROFLMAO: :rofl9: :bigsmile:


Lol! I have all three for the same reason, but once I got the Red Boat, I pretty much stopped using any other, unless I'm trying to replicate a specific dish for my wife's family.....

I said white people because, invariably, whenever someone asks for a recipe, and then says "ooh, fish sauce, I don't eat that", it's a white person.

They are usually surprised when they learn the Worcestershire Sauce they've used for years has anchovies :bigsmile:

Asian folks smile and want to debate which is better :ROFLMAO:

(edit: for reference, my wife is Asian, and I'm a big, dumb, white boy :bigsmile: )


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That was in reference to the infamous "you people" comments.

Yeah my wife is Asian as well. I can cook a few selected Asian dishes, but hers are so much better! I love fish sauce, I just don't like the cheapie varieties with salt as the first, second and third taste profile.

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Picked up a 500ml bottle of Red Boat at H Mart for $8.99
Excellent! Best I've ever tasted.
Thanks.

P.S. Maybe next time I'll buy the jars at Stars Fruit and Vegetables with the rotten fish still packed in it. Or maybe not.

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I love the grilled fish tacos at Scuttlebutts Brewery on the Everett waterfront. They use rubio sauce on theirs and it's pretty dang good!


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I like their fish and chips.

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