Spice It Up!

Most restaurants, even the street vendors will have plenty of spices ready to spice up whatever you order. It's common to find fish sauce, soy sauce with diced peppers in it, dry diced peppers, diced pepper mashed in oil, a sour sauce, vinegar, and sugar. Depending on the dish, you also might add chopped peanuts, basil, orange spicy/sour/sweat sauce, or ketchup. It's actually a lot of fun to find the right balance between everything...almost like cooking your own personal dish without the mess and prep time.