To be clear, that substitution will not mimic the taste of fish sauce, it's just an option that I think is tasty. But no non-fish seasoning will mimic the taste of fish sauce.

I haven't used it, but nothing Cock Brand makes is particularly great as it's a generic brand that doesn't actually produce anything themselves, they just white label it.

This sounds like the garum fermented fish sauce the Romans used to use in their recipes.

I am curious if (Perhaps since production) it has happened to cross your palette.

Sounds good :), and Squid is her regular go to, so you're pretty much covered there. Have fun in Vancouver!! Adam

Hi Adam, thanks, only me, so can't do Costco. The ones on the map for Edmonton don't carry Red Boat, but I think I have seen 'Squid". Tbh when I am stuck, I often use a little anchovy paste. But am going to Vancouver next month so will take a look around.

Hi Adam here and they actually have it in Costco on Vancouver 🙂 - otherwise here's a map re shopping for Thai ingredients https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/locate-a-thai-grocer/ Cheers!

My brother uses it in his homemade marinara sauce with amazing results

Red Boat is a personal favourite but it is not for sale in Vietnam or Thailand and I couldn't even find their factory for 4 or 5 years during my getaways to phu quoc. Now it is marked on google map and is located next door to my absolute favourite fish sauce Thinh Phat. But Red Boat is not open to the public. Thinh Phat makes their nuoc mam in wooden vats about 12k liters each. It's very good, as good as Red Boat I think and they have 30° 40° and 43° versions. I personally find the 43 a bit sharp except for cooking

In Thailand, I buy nampla from an artisan producer in Rayong for cooking and for finishing I'm a big fan of the premium product made by the Squid Brand guys (labelled Squid Brand Premium Fish Sauce - 1st extract) or another single barrel type called Dragon's Cuisine.
I do have pics of a few of these but don't know how to share or even if anyone is actually interested.

Anyway, thank you for this article it fills in a few of the gaps in my knowledge base.

Aha! Thanks for clarifying!

You mention two different salt/sodium levels for 3 Crabs. You are actually dealing with the fact that 3 Crabs was reformulated a few years back with less salt. That was, in my humble opinion, a good thing...

Thank you soo much for your excellent videos and sharing of knowledge!

~R.

Hi! Yes Red Boat has definitely become much more widely available now than it used to be when the video was produced, even for me here! Glad you enjoy the video!