Practically every bottle of garlic chilli sauce carries the name ‘Kampung Koh’, even those not made there. But if you want the original, then Ngo Kia Jong’s NGK is it, writes MEK ZHIN.

I like the bottle with its square shoulders ... favourite – deep and woody and strong on cumin and caraway. Thai sweet chilli sauce is the commercial sauce I like least as it’s so sweet ...

That changed, of course, when my sister-in-law gifted me a way-too-cute 2-ounce bottle of Melinda's Thai Sweet Chili Sauce (it's a great travel companion!). I've gotten a lot of mileage out of ...