I think the closest thing is probably fish sauce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum#Legacy Example: Tiparos (on t

I think the closest thing is probably fish sauce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum#Legacy Example: Tiparos (on the left) https://importfood.com/products/thai-sauces-condiments/item/mae-noy-fish-sauce-tiparos https://importfood.com/products/thai-sauces-condiments/item/... Happens I can recommend tiparos as it's not brutally salty like others I've met. My guess is that this modern kind of fish sauce is useful (and I've heard it highly spoken of by a semi-professional chef) because it's high in glutamates which taste meaty (umami) but that's just a guess.