In my current cooking retreat experiment using fish sauce, I learned something. A great fish sauce can really change the game. Not just for Vietnamese food, but for other cuisines too. It adds so much flavor and balance. I’m not saying you can’t make yummy Vietnamese food with just okay or not-so-great fish sauce. If you’re a good cook, you can do anything. But I just realized that using a really good fish sauce actually makes Vietnamese cooking easier. The flavors just come together. And of cou