Not only in Japan do they enjoy teriyaki sauce , it is also quite common in the area of Thailand and somewhat less so in southern Asia.
And they are quite imaginative, as with sweet chili sauce or sweet chilli sauce, they love to combine the base with other ingredients to create a wider range of flavors: lemongrass, galangal, pineapple or, as in this case, with garlic .
The advantage it offers is that you can marinate what you are going to cook and then, there is no need to add the sliced garlic as would be usual, this way, if we do not have much practice with this type of cooking, it does not burn. the garlic that usually happens.
We discovered the most surprising possibility recently, it gives a sensational touch to the homemade onion soup , it shocks at first but if you dare, it gives it a very interesting flavor.