For a moment, you might believe that you're getting the best version of this dish, but it's not until nuoc cham comes in ... Vietnamese cuisine. This dipping sauce is a mixture of fish sauce ...

One of nuoc mam's main applications is nuoc cham — an all-purpose dipping sauce made from ingredients similar to prik nam pla ...

After the vendor piled everything into a bowl, I expected her to add some nuoc cham (dipping sauce made up of fish sauce, lime juice, vinegar and sugar) but instead, she ladled a generous amount ...