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I've heard about some fancy small-batch microbrew soy sauces that are better than kikkoman, but I've never had them. I went to a Japanese market once and they had a whole aisle of soy sauces, many of which were expensive and came in glass bottles wrapped with paper and ribbon. All the names were in japanese and I couldn't tell what any of them were, so I didn't buy one but I should have.

>literally putting SOY on your food
jfc the absolute state of this board

>>15465234
Kikkoman is to soy sauce what Captain Morgan is to rum.

It's aight, but you can get better. Lee Kum Kee is pretty damn good.

Japanese cookin' : your pic
chinese cookin': pearl river bridge

if you only want one then go with your pic.
I've never heard of gourmet asian anything.

>>15465234
This is.

>>15465234
Kikkoman is what the japs use
I don't trust chinese shit, and Kikkoman tastes fine so I use it too.

>>15465234
I just buy own-brand at whatever store I'm shopping at, Kikkoman has a weird flavour that I don't really like.

Light: Pearl River Bridge
Dark: Lee Kum Kee

>>15465234
the one that's not made in china

>>15465256
fermentation breaks down the things you might want to avoid from soy. I also assume you know nothing about soy, and in your mind you think you'll become the soyjak if you even look at a bean

For general uses, PRB gold label.
There are certain applications where Kikkoman (Japan) Usukuchi is better yet.

If you can't tell the difference, you'll be happy with Kikkoman (Wisconsin) products, or maybe even La Choy.

>>15465316
this is what I generally get, it's pretty widely available and good. I haven't had a wide variety of soy sauces to actually have an opinion on what is the best brand though

>>15466130
Ok chud

>>15465234
Yamasa is pretty good, it's Jap and strangely enough I found it in a Korean restaurant.

This stuff is really good, much better than kikkoman

>>15466161
I'd try it but I don't know all the moon runes.

>>15466168
I just got it at my japanese market so it might be near you so if you see it then try it

>>15465234

>>15466185
What's the name of it in English?

Dis

>>15466194
You're gonna get it now!

>>15466192
There is no name for it in English, you're going to have to learn the Moon Runes

>>15466206
Ok chud

>>15466206
I can deal with that, I memorized the bottle so can go from there.

>>15466192
The brand is Fundokin Shoyu and the type is Yuki Usukuchi Shoyu

Is it a leaf thing to call it soya sauce? That's all I ever saw growing up

>>15466211
Ok chud

Kikkoman every time for me. I used to think it was expensive but then I realised that it was the taste I want and I don't want to use a lot of it and every other soy sauce I used was like... Soy sauce extract sugar salt vinegar msg caramel colour etc so I was using three times as much anyway.

>>15465234

>>15465234
Thai soy sauces are less salty than most Japanese ones. Pic related is good and it's cheap at the local Asian markets.

>>15465269
If Kikkoman is the Captain Morgan, Lee Kum Kee is the prison toilet rum.

Never tried Korean or Thai soy sauce, somehow feels uncanny. I'll buy anything that isn't made in fucking mainland China though. Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Singspore are all prima in my book. There are even soy sauce producers popping up around Europe, real exclusive shit. Haven't tried it yet, but it's only a matter of time till my curiosity gets the better of me and I pay out the ass for one of those bottles.

I'm pretty sure I've literally only had Kikkoman. what flavor profiles should I expect from higher quality nip sauces

>>15466788
lol Lee Kee Kum

>>15466905
lel

>>15466238
Not just a leaf thing. I've heard many farmers call them soya beans. I was raised in Indiana so I grew up surrounded by bean fields.

>>15465666
Also not a fan of kikkoman

>>15465234
Kimlan, but just for Chinese

Is here an easy way to tell apart different colored kikkoman bottles at the grocery store?

yall niggers are missing out

>>15465234
>pic related
Also Maggi seasoning is good

i don't hate kikkoman but i don't like the taste as much as other brands. I don't think i have the correct vocabulary but it almost tastes more fermented and less umami than other brands.

anyome agree with what i've said?

>>15467713
>Fagg

>>15465234
my dad bought some from a chinese store and it had an alcohol burn to it. i liked it.

>>15467755
kikkoman just tastes like salt. it doesn’t have the nice flavor from a good soy sauce

>>15466185
but it looks like it's from china

kikkoman

>>15468212
chinese soy> japanese

absolutely scrumptious

>>15468166

>>15465234
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>Drink walking around Shibuya
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She wasn't cute but damn...

>>15465234

Chinese sauces cost like a third but the hell I trust anything made in that country not to give me lead poisoning. Kikkoman all the way.

I've always just used kikkoman, and apparently so do the japs.

>>15467573
yeah they're different colors

Kikkoman, but we buy the square tin jug instead if a bottle.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HYV1N8

This shit, or Silver Swan.
Not a single poster mentioned Filipino brands. I buy it because its cheap.
Have a made a huge mistake? Someone please change my mind, or tell me that its okay.
I dont know how you can possibly rate this shit when it takes a year to go through a bottle and try a new one. Do you attend tastings where you can try 20 brands side by side?
Honest question, exactly how did you all come to the conclusion of your favorite brand?

>>15466718
>>15467626
ABC boys got yo back nigga

my mother always cooked food with pic related, and up until the age of 19 I always assumed that it was soy sauce. I always thought that real soy sauces were just flavored differently or something.

>>15465234
Yamasa is my preference. Good color, has alcohol as preservative, made in my state so it's served in restaurants here.

>>15469821
I wouldn't buy canadian tacos, you know what I mean?

>>15469821

Why would you buy food products from a country known for dumpster diving grills, balut and fried pig entrails?

>>15469982
Balut is delicious though. Don’t knock it till you try it.

I'm using Healthy Boy. Mainstream Thai one.

Maggi is good, if you understand it's basically MSG disguised as a sauce

>>15465234
The cheapest one I can find.

>>15469970
>>15469982
Its bad because a majority of tasters hated it?
Or its bad because you have a negative opinion of the country?
There actually are situations where extremely poor people can produce a superior product, simply because they have both time and expendable labor to invest real effort. A richer country like Japan is not going to do that, but just maybe flips would. What else do they have to do?

I'm a soy sauce enthusiast

I'm using a non-expert translator, so I'm sorry if I make a mistake

Let's introduce the recommended soy sauce
Yuasa Soy Sauce

Lucian soy sauce
200ml 1,512 yen
http://www.rosanjin-club.jp/en/activity/syouyu/

Yuasa Soy Sauce Kitaoji Soy Sauce Raw Material Natural Fruit Orikasa Farm
https://youtu.be/WddugLEv3KI
There is no rich taste such as gentle tofu or tofu or steak that goes well with thin plates.

Yuasa Soy Sauce
http://www.yuasasyouyu.co.jp/multilang/en/

Yuasa Soy Sauce (Making) Press # 04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-vUVMMwe

I made a template of soy sauce

Q Kikkoman's soy sauce is not very tasty

A Kikkoman's soy sauce is the main for selling at supermarkets Cost performance is good, but the taste is inferior to high-quality soy sauce

Q Where can I buy delicious soy sauce?

A Soy sauce specialty store (seasoning specialty store) Manufacturer's directly managed store Mail order sales Overseas Amazon

Q I have allergies to wheat, soybeans and rice, how about soy sauce? A There is soy sauce that does not respond to Japanese allergies It is soy sauce that does not use wheat, soybean and rice.

Soy sauce that has been aged for a long time has allergies broken down But if it is untrustworthy It would be better to check allergic reactions at hospital

Q retention period of soy sauce. How?

A In case of unopened, it is half year to 3 years Half year to 1 year when opening In case of unopened, cool dark place When opening it surely refrigerator

Q Is there any soy sauce that Halal is OK?

A Yes.

Halal soy sauce http://chiba-soysauce.com/news/article/Chiba_Shoyu_participated_in_the_Halal_Market_Fair..

Chiba soy sauce http://chiba-soysauce.com/

It would be appreciated if grammar mistakes and misspellings were corrected

Ask question

Let's introduce the recommended soy sauce

The finest soy sauce presented at the soy sauce competition exhibition.

Jyu-nen saishi komi namashibori i-gou shoyu
Decade ten years ago Squeezing raw soy sauce

100ml 540yen
http://www.andojyozo.co.jp/products/100-ja-6/
360 ml 1400 yen
http://www.andojyozo.co.jp/products/360/

This soy sauce takes ten years to make
It fits a dish like Toro or steak
It is a maker called the Ando brewing in Akita

There is no English site
http://www.andojyozo.co.jp/

>>15469821
>how did you all come to the conclusion of your favorite brand?
I bought tasted them until I found ones I liked.

Sometimes at restaurants, sometimes buying bottles for home, sometimes at friends.

Maybe I need to find one of these infamous sauce tasting parties.

>>15470376
What's the best way to enjoy fine soy sauce? Do you drink it straight from the bottle?

>>15465234
Literally no difference.
Even the sythetic hydrolized soy protein ones are fine.

>>15468365
Isn't that shit full of sugar?

>>15472216
i just looked into it and it does appear to have significantly more sugar than other brands.

to be fair, i've never really read a soy sauce nutritional label before since it is generally just bad for you.

i'm canadian and china lily in particular is quite popular over here. i grew up on the stuff. i recommend trying it if you have the opportunity.