Spicymonkey

  Spicymonkey’s Ninja Monkey Sauce
By Darth Naga, August 4, 2010 2:00 pm

Right where do i begin talk­ing about this AMAZING sauce? I guess i should start by pointing out that “Ninja Monkey” is but one sauce in a trio of three made by Ian and Gemma over at “Spicymonkey Towers” and those sauces are made to cater for those of you like me out there who prefer their sauce that comes with a free kick up the arse in the jar/bottle and these three are no disappointment to that fact!
The jar alone is worth the asking price on my opin­ion, a nice sized 190ml jar, emblazond with a nice bright label that is simple, but to the point.

A rather nasty looking brown monkey standing against a rising sun background whilst holding a big green chilli (i say its a chilli but it could be a japanese horseradish!) is enough to make any­one truly believe that this sauce will kick you in the nuts..HARD! Along with the aforementioned ninja monkey, there is also the name of the sauce in green and of course the usual stuff like ingredients, website and actualy postal address too! Something i did note that you don’t see all the time is a good list of 6 different uses for this sauce, now i know alot of sauce makers put a couple of uses, but SIX??? now thats dedication!

I decided i’d had enough of this monkey taunting me and twisted off the lid, grabbing my spoon I dipped it in, noting the myriad of colours in a delightfully chunky sauce as I swirled my spoon around and pulled out a big enough dollop that was sure to test my mettle against this so called “Ninja Monkey”, holding it up to my nose I could smell the ginger, wasabi, soy sauce and habanero’s that were surely going to make this experience both painful and pleasureable at the same time, I bowed gracefully (well as gracefully as a fat bloke can!) and proceeded to consume the sauce!

Immediately the amazing flavour of ginger and habaneros hit me, coupled with a hint of avocado and then the soy sauce and sesame..but it was the next part i feared most, i could taste the Naga creeping up on me, this Ninja monkey was about to have its wicked way!! The back of my throat warmed up quite quickly followed by an INSANE burn on the tip of my tonuge and the roof of my mouth, and it kept going..not a stu­pidly over the top burn i might add but one that was enough to bring the sweat on!

So there you have it, my tryst with “Ninja Mon­key” was over and my mouth is still currently recovering as I write this review. It has such an amazing flavour, the wasabi really does set it apart from alot of sauces out there and the naga heat just gives it that little edge!

Flavour (9/10)
Heat (6/10)
Packaging (6/10)
Value (7/10)
Overall (8/10)