What is another name for the shrimp sauce that comes with your sushi at a Japanese steakhouse?

Question

This sauce is almost a light pink whitish color it varies depending on the restaurant and you usually have two small dipping dishes in front of you one for soy sauce and one for shrimp sauce. I just recently moved from Florida to California and apparently NOBODY has this sauce or knows what I am talking about. This sauce is all over the East Coast how can there not be any on the west coast? There has to be another name for it out here. Please help I don't even want to eat sushi anymore without it

Answer 1

Yum yum sauce?

Answer 2

The tempura dipping sauce is tentsuyu. I am not sure if that is what you're thinking of.

Answer 3

ummmm coctail sauce?

Answer 4

Because you asked, here it is:

Japanese Shrimp Sauce

This is the shrimp sauce found in Japanese steakhouses. It is sweet and pinkish-orange in color. You can substitute fat-free mayo, butter, and 0-calorie sugar, and it still tastes great.

PREP TIME  5 Min  

READY IN  5 Min  

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 1 1/4 cups

    

INGREDIENTS

1 cup mayonnaise

3 tablespoons white sugar

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons melted butter

3/4 teaspoon paprika

3/8 teaspoon garlic powder

DIRECTIONS

In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, white sugar, rice vinegar, melted butter, paprika and garlic powder. Mix well, cover and refrigerate.