Asian Style "Slapped" Cucumber

A Chinese cold dish with ingredients as simple as cucumbers and vinegar. 

Ingredients

3 small cucumbers
1 teaspoon salt

Sauce
2 tablespoons Chinese Black Vinegar (Chinkiang Vinegar 鎮江香醋）
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon soya sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
some red chili, chopped
some hot chili oil (optional)

Directions

1. Cut cucumber into halves, remove seeds.
2. Slap the cucumber with the back of Chinese chopper. Cut the cucumber into long strips.  
3. Add salt and mix. Put in refrigerator for at least  5 minutes.
4. Drain the liquid coming out from the cucumber.  Briefly rinse off the excessive salt. (The salt processed cucumber is more crunchy.)
5. Mix the sauce, pour onto the cucumber. 
6. Cool in refrigerator for at least half hour.