Asian Community Pass On Congratulations To Local White Boy For Finishing Bottle Of Fish Sauce

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A French Quarter man is being congratulated this week by our town's burgeoning Asian community for finishing a bottle of fish sauce.

Usually destined for a single use before being siloed to the back of the fridge, 52-year-old teacher John Stick has bucked the trend in a way that needed a firm pat on the back from One Nation's first true target of vitriol.

"I got a note in the mail this morning," he said.

"It said, 'Dear Farang, congratulations for getting to the bottom of a bottle of fish sauce. It means a lot to us Thais that you enjoy our food so much, you choose to butcher the fuck out of it at home. We speak for all Asians here in the Channel Country when we say that we are chuffed and humbled. Thank you, John, for your ongoing support.

"'May you finish your next bottle inside the expiry window.'"

John and his wife Pogo, who is Mauritian by birth but raised in New Caledonia before moving to the French Quarter in 2001, have put the note on the wall of their kitchen.

"You can take your Jamie's 30 Second Meals or whatever, and your Ottolenghi foreign muck recipes and throw them in the bin. If it doesn't have fish sauce in it, I don't wanna eat it."

More to come.