According to the experts at Red Boat (aka makers of the famous fish sauce), fish sauce begins with fresh anchovies that are then covered in copious amounts of salt and left to ferment in vats for at ...

Fish sauce - nước mắm, or literally ‘salted fish water’ - is a Vietnamese culinary icon, an indispensable national ingredient up there with olive oil or soy sauce. But it’s fair to say that the ...