Fat Cat Caribbean Curry

Hello again friends with a fondness for the furnace! This week we'll be diving into a sauce that caught my eye during my weekly search for a fun review subject. The Caribbean Curry sauce by Fat Cat peaked my interest upon reading the subtitle "Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce". That's a pepper for which I have a soft spot and I love Caribbean curry food recipes. This one was an easy sell for me.
Fat Cat Gourmet Foods was born from husband and wife team Eyal Goldschmid and Deborah Moskowitz. Eyal has a love of cooking and would love cooking from wife Deborah's bevy of harvested goods from her garden. The name of the company stemmed from the couples' cat Tiggy. Tiggy loves to eat and her girth makes that apparent. Upon marveling at Tiggy's size one day, Deborah commented "Wow, that's one fat cat!" The rest, as they say, is history.
The label is simple yet whimsical. It features their logo, consisting of a stylized drawing of a cat's head wearing sunglasses with a single-lined mouth with a slight curve, possibly suggesting a smirk. The cute rid circular nose and slightly curved and uniform lines for whiskers are nice touches as well. Emblazoned below the image is the eye-roll-inducing "It's purr-fectly good." Ouch. The color is a slightly reddish yellow with very obvious sediment, so of which appears to be bits of pepper. The consistency is quite thin and, without a pour guard present, it's advised to pour cautiously.
The flavor starts out with a vegetable/pepper freshness that, combined with a slight vinegar presence, is refreshing. There is definite onion at the start too. Then comes a wave of richness with obvious curry powder and my safety warmth: garlic. This layered quality is quite nice but the notes didn't hit my taste buds as strongly and surely as I had hoped.
The heat here is underwhelming. A slight and notably delayed warmth is here that hits the tip of the tongue and will cause a very slight lip burn upon repeated samplings. After that quickly fades away the heat is honestly a bit disappointing.
This sauce excited me from the name and contents but I was left a bit deflated after having tried it. A note here on the flavor: upon trying this a few times, the aftertaste was actually fairly pleasant. I think I'll try and use this as a cooking ingredient. With that said, I'm not sure I can recommend this sauce, but I wouldn't dissuade someone from picking up a bottle. At $7.99, it's not a bad price. Until next time friends, keep enjoying the spice!