If you take to the Internet in search of a definitive version of mambo sauce, you won’t find it. It’s the most popular food item in the DC area, and it’s also the most mysterious. At Joy’s Mambo Sauce, we can’t give away all our secrets, but we want you to have a better idea of what you’re getting when you sink your teeth into our DC original.
It’s Not BBQ Sauce
It’s not BBQ sauce, but mambo sauce is sort of like BBQ sauce. Use it in all the places you use BBQ sauce, but prepare for more of a kick. It’s hard to explain, really. Mambo sauce is the:
- Sweet and sour
- Spicy
- Tangy
- Pourable
- Dipping
- Basting
- Marinating
- Sandwich topping
- Wing coating
- Supreme sauce
Is it red? Brown? Orange? Is it Polynesian? Maybe it has a touch of duck sauce, hot mustard, BBQ sauce? Every recipe is different, and everyone has their secret ingredients. We’re no different at Joy’s Mambo Sauce.
Did you know Joy’s Mambo Sauce is good on your fries and potato chips?
What Does Mambo Sauce Mean to DC?
Mambo sauce is the key that unlocks Washington DC’s food subculture. If you look deep enough, you’ll find that mambo sauce exploded in carryouts throughout the region. A sauce that grew up in the kitchens of DC locals gained its popularity when carryouts realized they could put mambo sauce on everything and they would have an instant customer base.
Mambo sauce is important to DC, and it’s not something that’s easily shared. Some locals have got to know you really well before they share it with you, and that’s why we want to share this little piece of DC with you. When you taste Joy’s Mambo Sauce, you can see the real people who live in DC every day, generations with mambo sauce in their blood.
When you buy Joy’s Mambo Sauce, you’re not just a customer — you’re family. Three wings and fried rice with mambo sauce? You can whip it up at home. This sauce matters. It’s our heritage. It’s our business. It’s our culture. Check out JoysMamboSauce.com or shop with us for a portrait of DC.
