Why this sauce earns its place
The smaller bottle is the right one when the sauce is not the one everyone reaches for. A house dressing, a chilli sauce, an oil, an aïoli — over-fill a bottle of it for a quiet table and most of what went out comes back at the end of the week to be thrown away. 230 ml matches the bottle to the demand, which keeps what goes out fresher and cuts what goes in the bin.
Being clear, it takes whatever the kitchen is running rather than being tied to one sauce by its colour, and the level reads from across the room. That matters more on a small bottle than a large one: a 230 ml bottle empties faster on a good day, so the pre-service walk and the check between covers are what stop a table being caught short.
The shorter body is also easier to place. It fits a caddy holding several sauces, sits on a crowded two-top without pushing the cutlery out, and stores in less depth behind the bar or in a prep fridge. Plastic keeps it viable in front of house — guests handle these bottles, and one that goes over on a tiled floor needs to bounce rather than break.
