I’m not wild about the smell of gapi, the fermented shrimp paste. My wife seems to love it. She won’t eat the “pla dak”, the rotten salty fish stuff that is is prevalent in the northeast of Thailand. My son loves sun-dried squid for some reason.
Shrimp paste by itself I can’t handle but it is used in soup and curry which I like. Pla dak I can’t eat but the dried salty fish is good with kao tum. Dried squid is ok with Chang beer but then enough beer and the salty pla dak might be approachable.