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Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces As Seen on Dragons’ Den

November 10, 2016 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

As soon as I saw Little Saigon sauces on Dragons’ Den I knew I wanted to product test them. They retail for $6 in over 150 locations in western Canada and are made in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

The Show

Little Saigon Sauces

I think they had one of the most dramatic and lovely presentations I have ever seen on Dragons’ Den. They came on the show with their family and even brought a boat that was like the one their mother used to sell products from in Vietnam. That symbol is on all the packaging of all of their sauces. 

Little Saigon Sauces

Nghia Tran and Jenny Ferguson’s story is one of refugees in the ’80s. The recipes from the product came from Tran’s mother-in-law and are all MSG-free. That is right. MSG-free! 

Little Saigon Sauces

Their projection for 2016 was $150K and they asked for 100K for 20%. Despite loving the taste of the sauces, all of the Dragons said no. Most of them cited that there was nothing unique about them so they were out. I guess they forgot that they are all MSG-FREE???!!! 

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Do you know how rare it is to be able to eat Asian food without MSG? I am constantly having to cook Asian food from scratch because of Reg’s sensitivity to it. It is in absolutely everything, including non-Asian food. It is a blight in the food market. What Little Saigon has done is extraordinary! But… Would I like the sauces? 

The Product

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

From top to left and bottom to right you have their fish sauce, hoisin sauce, chili oil and peanut sauce. 

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I thought the perfect tool for testing all of these sauces would be some spring rolls for dipping.

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Little Saigon has the only open-and-eat fish sauce! A dunkable fish sauce? I know, crazy right?!

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

But I did it and it was tasty without being overpowering!

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Their hoisin sauce is dark and luscious.

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Absolutely beautiful! 

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I had heard good things about their peanut sauce from people who had bought their products.

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I can totally see why, it is AMAZING!!! So creamy, nutty, savoury and tasty. Damn! This one was my favourite.

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I left the chili oil until last because I was worried it would burn off my tastebuds. 

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Holy crap it was hot! I wish I had read this first: “Warning: our chili oil is a lot spicier than the average chili oil because we only use whole fresh chilies in our production process… Using whole chilies allows us to curate a spicy taste like no other.” No kidding!!!

Reg tried everything but the fish sauce since he is not a fan and he liked everything! 

The Comparison

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I did not want to stop there so I decided to compare my store-bought fish sauce and hoisin sauce to theirs. OMG, they were right, you should not dunk a spring roll into regular fish sauce. Blech!!! But theirs? Lovely.

Their hoisin was so much better than the stuff I had too. Mine had an acidic edge and bite to it that was not pleasant but theirs was rich and smooth. Absolutely perfection.

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

I tried putting the chili oil to the test with my spicy noodles. 

Product Review of Little Saigon Sauces

Unfortunately it did not work well as a Sriracha replacement but did add a lovely kick to my navy bean soup the other day.

Foodie Conclusion

Little Saigon Sauces

You can absolutely tell that Little Saigon sauces are made with TLC and not MSG. These are superior sauces to what you buy off the shelf, proving that you do not need all that MSG crap to have fantastic Asian food. I wish the Dragons had seen that. I truly feel like they missed out on a great foodie opportunity.

I give these sauces five out of five wooden spoons and wish this family a ton of foodie success! They deserve it.

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Comments

  1. Vicky Ma says

    November 10, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    I can’t believe there are Asian sauces without MSG! Can’t wait to try them! Thanks for the tip, Suzie the Foodie!

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      November 11, 2016 at 12:07 am

      Exactly Vicky! It is so rare. I don’t think anyone’s doing it and they are even better than most sauces out there. So happy to help!

      Reply
  2. Heidi S says

    November 10, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    These sound fantastic. Thank you for the descriptive review. I’ll give them a try if I see them locally. It’s awesome that Reg can have them too.

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      November 11, 2016 at 12:08 am

      My pleasure Heidi, I hope you can find them! Yes, Reg liked them too and can enjoy them without fear.

      Reply
  3. Thiên nga(Tina) says

    July 14, 2017 at 1:01 am

    I would love one of each bottle. I am at this time learning to speak Vietnamese. And i embrace my self in the food and culture.

    Reply
  4. Suzie the Foodie says

    July 14, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    Sounds perfect for you then Tina!

    Reply
  5. Melody KUrtz says

    September 6, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    I loved the spicy hoisin sauce however have been unable to locate any of the 5 sauces at the stores

    claiming on line to carry them. Lucky’s asian market and Save on Foods were listed but they were
    out of stock. Will this be corrected and if not can I order these on-line?

    Reply

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