A traditional fermented fish sauce made in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia and Thailand, similar to Vietnamese fish sauce.
From Khmer 'គារោ' (gāro) and related languages in the region; related to Latin 'garum,' the ancient Roman fermented fish sauce, showing how this fermentation tradition spans millennia.
Garo is literally an ancient recipe—the Romans made almost identical fish sauce 2,000 years ago, and the technique traveled the Silk Road from Rome to Southeast Asia!
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