Cantonese sauces for US and Canada kitchens
The Cantonese pantry, labeled and explained.
A short set of Cantonese staples, each with its origin, ingredients and the dish it makes.
- Shipping
- Ships from China to the US and Canada
- Price
- $9.9 a jar
The starter set
Three jars. One recipe card.
Light Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce and Fermented Black Bean Paste, each from Guangdong. Every jar is labeled with its origin, ingredients and allergens before it ships.
- Light Soy Sauce500 ml, Guangdong
- Oyster Sauce230 g, Guangdong
- Fermented Black Bean Paste200 g, Yangjiang, Guangdong
- Recipe cardOne dish for each jar
The shelf
Four jars to start the pantry.
Light soy sauce, oyster sauce, fermented black bean paste and chili oil. Read each label before you buy.
Light Soy Sauce
$9.90Light soy sauce from Guangdong. Use it for steaming fish and dressing greens.
Oyster Sauce
$9.90Oyster sauce for greens in oyster sauce, and for finishing a quick stir-fry.
Fermented Black Bean Paste
$9.90Fermented black bean paste. A savory, aromatic base for steamed fish and vegetables.
Chili Oil
$9.90Chili oil for congee, eggs and noodles. Heat on the side, not the headline.
Dried aromatics arriving next.
Star anise from Guangxi and dried scallop from Fujian. The hero of a proper congee broth, labeled and sourced the same way. Leave your email below and we will write when they are on the shelf.
Light Soy Sauce
Six fields, in the order you will find them on the jar.
We only print a value here once it is verified for that jar. The rest is on the label and confirmed before first shipment.
Dishes
Three jars, four dishes, one week.
Nothing here needs a special trip. Each dish is cooked at home, and each one points back to the jar that makes it.
01Steamed fish with scallion
Light soy sauce goes over the fish once it comes off the steam.
Uses this jar
Light Soy Sauce
02Greens in oyster sauce
Blanch the greens, then spoon the oyster sauce over. That's the dish.
Uses this jar
Oyster Sauce
03Congee
Plain and soft in the bowl. Chili oil on the side, so you set the heat.
Uses this jar
Chili Oil
04Steamed egg
A smooth custard with a little light soy sauce over the top.
Uses this jar
Light Soy Sauce
Why Cantonese
Why we start with Guangdong.
We would rather stock four jars we can explain than forty we can't. Other brands and other regions do good work. We just start here.
A narrow shelf, clearly sourced
We start with one region instead of ten. Four jars, each with its origin printed on the label.
The quieter side of Chinese cooking
Cantonese food leans aromatic and savory. Light soy, oyster sauce, black bean. Heat stays on the side.
Priced between the two shelves
Somewhere between supermarket and artisan jars. $9.9 a jar, and the label tells you what you paid for.
Before you order
Plain answers. Short ones, mostly.
Read the label first. Every jar page shows the same fields: region of origin, ingredients, what it contains, shelf life, net size and the dish it makes. Where a detail isn't verified yet, we say so plainly.
Something we didn't cover? Write to woeast@sogoodmail.co
First batch
Join the first batch.
Tell us where you are and which jar you want. We'll write when it's ready.
A small first batch
We'd rather count you in early than promise a jar we can't send.
Ships from China
We ship to the US and Canada. Timing comes in our email, not before.
We'll write when it's ready
Jars are $9.9 each. The starter set price is confirmed at launch.
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