Tigre qui pleure d’amour pour la Saint-Valentin

What is “tigre qui pleure” (crying tiger)?

This Valentine’s recipe leans on a dish with an irresistible name: «la sauce du tigre qui pleure» (“the crying tiger sauce”). Le tigre qui pleure (“the crying tiger”) is a Thai grilled-beef dish, hugely popular in France, named for the fiery, tangy dipping sauce said to make even a tiger weep.

The video plays on the name for Valentine’s, a tiger “crying with love.” The marinade is pure French-Thai fusion: sauce soja, sauce huître, and nuoc-mâm (fish sauce), then a quick sear. France’s love of Thai food means dishes like this keep their evocative names untranslated, which is half the fun of the menu.