XO Sauce (2.8 Oz - 1 Pack), All-Purpose Condiment, Umami Flavor, Perfect for Stir-Frying, Seafood, Fried Rice, Dim Sum, and Dumplings

The best tasting flavour enhancer on the planet. Mix it through your cereal, or add some to your smoothies! A little goes a long way so easy does it. Yumm

I believe this product gets more negative reviews than it deserves. I can understand quality-control and shipping complaints, like "pop up lid popped" or "only received one bottle". What irks me is negative reviews from people who don't like the fermented character of the product. That is what it is supposed to taste like, people.. One reviewer claimed their friend was a cook at a high-end Italian restaurant and didn't like it - but Italians use fermented fish products like Colatura di Alici (buy on Amazon). Others said there was too much oil. The cook should control the oil ratio. Depending on your application, use some flavored oil and some solids. For example, reduce low-sodium chicken bone broth by half, add XO solids, add some of the XO oil, add some tarragon. Makes great sauce for skate, scallops, shrimp, fish.. Excess XO oil can be used for coating pasta, or in a vinaigrette. Just dumping the whole jar, mindlessly, into your dish is a reflection of poor culinary skill, not the product itself. Also, the product is not excessively salty.

Asian food never tasted better!

It was really nice, however price raised from $13 to $20 just within 6 months

This adds so much umami flavor to stir fries, fried rice, fried noodle. it's pricey since the ingredients are not cheap, but a little bit goes a long way in dishes. our favorite ways of using this is in fried rice or adding some to our hot sauce for dipping dim sum. the only con was that only one bottle came in my order instead of 6, but i contacted customer service and this issue was resolved.