Tabasco-ing Shells & Such!

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Dinner courtesy of Tourism Malaysia, New York in Orlando, Florida.
Dinner courtesy of Tourism Malaysia, New York.

Alighting your tastebuds only needs a dash from the little bottle that we are so accustomed to – TABASCO® Original Red. It adds zing & spice to succulent, raw oysters when added with a squeeze of zesty lemon especially when served with a platter of prawns & lobsters! It somehow brings out the flavour of the shellfish. Having a bottle with me when I travel is handy to spice up food from different cultures!

When I was in Bangkok, the oysters served were in a bed of salad, sweet basit & vermicelli. I added  TABASCO® Original Red sauce to spice things further as I like my oysters that way! In Hanoi, the street fare is usually exotic & consists of different kinds of shellfish from Tiger Prawns to clams & various other edible gastropods. Lime can also be a substitute for lemon & what I do is, combine crushed garlic, shallots, lime, bird-eye chilli, TABASCO® Original Red sauce & some sugar to make a condiment for my mollusks! Tastes absolutely fantastic!

Woman preparing shellfish & grilling over fire in the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam.
Woman preparing shellfish & grilling over fire in the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Select your own from the various kinds of mollusks offered in the streets of Hanoi, get it weighed & cooked on the spot!

Conch shells or better known as Gong-Gong Shells in Tawau, Sabah.

In Sabah, a different kind of shellfish is served at seafood restaurants. Like how I have other shellfish, I get the restaurant to make the same condiment with TABASCO® Original Red sauce but with ginger & honey added for extra zing!

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TABASCO® Original Red was the first sauce introduced by the McIlhenny family back in 1868 and continues to be their most popular sauce of 6 total sauces. Tabasco is not about heat for heat’s sake. It’s about what heat does to the flavour of food. The simple combination of salt, red pepper, and vinegar are perfected in a 3-year aging process that produces a hot sauce with the uncanny ability to bring the most out of your food. Other hot sauces add their own specific flavour to food. TABASCO® Original Red simply enhances the flavor of food.

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