Condiment
Thai Sweet Chilli
S tier
Thai sweet chilli is the clear-red, garlic-flecked dip for fish cakes and spring rolls: sugar, vinegar, mild chilli, the restaurant default. Heat is modest; shine is the point. A dip, a glaze at the end. Extra-hot is the fire leaf. It is not nam phrik.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
End GlazeFish CakeSpring Roll
Traits
DipFlecked GarlicMild HeatModest HeatNot Nam PhrikShineSugar VinegarTourist Classic
History
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Sweet chilli sauce became the tourist-restaurant dip of Thai fried snacks.
Bottled Thai sweet chilli filled Western fridges.
Thai sweet chilli stayed the default; extra-hot and garlic-heavy variants split.