One of the silver linings of the pandemic was seeing how restaurants were so resilient in pivoting their business model to incorporate market and pantry goods. Many of them started bottling and selling their house-made hot sauces, and it has been great stocking my fridge with small-batch-lacto-fermented-chef’ed-up-sauce instead of whatever was on supermarket shelves.
Here are some of my favorites:
Bar Ama’s Bus Driver Sauce
Smokey and vinegary, with a touch of heat—I find myself using this very liberally.
Non-hot sauce related discourse but Eszett is probs the place im most excited to eat at in the next few months. I love their dining room and their food is so tasty and fun.
Slightly different kind of hot sauce we love - Izakaya Hero’s Devil Miso
“is an exciting delicious spicy miso. It is a great match for fresh vegetable and tofu. Try it on eggs, pizza, noddles, any other foods to boost of flavor that will tantalize your taste buds.”
