I was cooking this weekend and I bought a bottle of Golden Boy Brand Fish Sauce for $2 at the store. You would think opening a bottle would be the least of your worries when cooking. Clearly, I was wrong.
The top had no tab or twist cap that you would expect. Sometimes this happens with imported items, we’re just not used to how they do it there.
I tried pulling the tip, pushing it, twisting it, stabbing it, and pinching it. I spent a good 15 minutes trying to figure this out. I’ve never felt so dumb in my life. I graduated with a BBA and I can’t seem to open a bottle of fish sauce.
Take a sharp knife and carefully slice off the plastic top. I used a steak knife and slowly cut it. I was tempted to hack it up into pieces, but I had to control my rage so I don’t accidentally stab myself.
So simple, yet so complicated to figure out.
Now you know how to open a bottle of Golden Boy Brand Fish Sauce.
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Thank you so much!
I graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, and I had to come here to be shown how to open the damn thing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
2 post graduate degrees and yet not a clue…thank you!
I’m a member of Mensa and couldn’t figure it out either. Thank you for your help!
THANK U DIANA! Your post is MOST helpful.
Thank youuuuu. I love the internet !! You’ve done the world a great service 😛
Thanks for this! My mom handed me the bottle after she couldnt figure it out. Your post was the first I found. Definitely saved me a lot of time. Cheers!
THANK YOU!!! I have a PhD and am so glad I’m not the only one 😂
I have GREAT big brain but couldn’t open fish sauce!
You are golden.
Thank you foodology followers! Not only was I amused that so many other people struggled with this nottlwnofnfoah sauce, I am grateful for the guy that figured it out and posted how to open it! I’ve had a bottle in my fridge for over a year, cursing at it every time I needed fish sauce because I couldn’t get the damn sauce out! Will give this a shot and hope I don’t lose a finger in the process. This brand has to figure out a better way!
Lol me too..looked at it and tried to poke at it! Did I get a defective bottle!!! Alas it cannot just be me..
The miracle of google. THANK YOU
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering here, with my wife who has a B.Sc. in FOOD Engineering. We owe you. Big time!
I’m infinitely grateful this article exists. I was about to break my bottle from stabbing it.
I am a quantum physicist and this bottle baffled me. Thank you Diana.
Thank you! You saved me a lot of time. I had know idea what to do.
Thank you! You saved me a lot of time. I had no idea what to do.
I figured I wasn’t alone. Glad to see I’m in good company. I no longer spend more than a nanosecond trying to figure something out. I just Google it! 🙂
I came home to find my husband in pure frustration after trying to open a bottle for ages. (Trained professional scientist.) googled and found this piece. Thank you so much!
Diana, thank you so much for sharing this! Bought this brand since someone recommended it. Couldn’t figure it out after 5 minutes and decided to google it. I was so happy you had the Golden Boy brand and the picture. I wondered if it would be hard to cut through; but it came off easily. You are brilliant!
THANK you! We were confounded by this. We had the same bottle for years, and after switching to Golden Boy, we thought we got a dud bottle from the factory.
Thank you for this information. You may have saved countess others from the rage of being foiled by a plastic fish sauce lid! I know you saved me!