Everything You Know About Sriracha is a Lie.

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There are several "official" origin stories of sriracha, one of the world's fastest growing food products. So we went to the town of Si Racha in central Thailand to dig for ourselves, and followed the threads until we unraveled an incredible story that took us back through two revolutions and across an ocean, as we searched for- and found- the real and incredible history of sriracha sauce.
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0:00 - Introduction
2:45 - The "Chicken" Brand
4:49 - Si Racha Town
7:58 - Thailand's "Original" Sriracha
10:02 - Immigrant Stories
13:44 - Connecting the Dots
16:14 - The First Sriracha?
20:11 - Firsthand Evidence
23:33 - Conclusion
Restaurants featured:
Kasem Phochana
Mum Aroi
The Canton House
Da Shan
Hattakamamakarn
Suan Mali
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@OTRontheroad 11 ай бұрын

A couple of pins by request: Gold Medal Sriracha - goo.gl/maps/shWfyR67rAKDBEwK9 and the kuay teow khua gai noodle shop where we finish: goo.gl/maps/kijAnn8pNjRNuKNU7

@ocheesy 9 ай бұрын

Chili sauce was fairly common in South Vietnam (like in other S.E. Asia countries) prior to David Tran's escape out of Vietnam; it just wasn't as famous as he made it to be. According to one video documentary in Vietnamese, Mr David Tran recounted that, while serving in the South's army before '75, he first learned the recipe of the sauce from a local lady in a town where the troops stationed. When the war ended in '75, he came back home and started the business making the sauce and already made a lot of money from it. I remember of eating the sauce way before it became famous with the name Sriracha; it was an unknown brand in various Vietnamese Pho restaurants in the Bay Area back then in early '80s but the taste was already very identifiable. I think he opted the name Sriracha when he expanded the business at least partly because there was already a Thai sauce named Sriracha being sold in Asian markets in Southern Cal at the time. I don't recall him mentioning passing thru Thai's Si Racha town at any time in the documentary. At least Sriracha is easier to say than Tương Ớt if he had to label it in Vietnamese. A bit of irony is, while Pho restaurants made his sauce popular initially, pure Pho enthusiasts would disavow any use of any sauce, hot or not. The best Pho broth would not need any Hoisin sauce or Sriracha at all; they would be used if the broth served by the restaurant was not very good -- which is often the case with most of the Pho places, especially in the early days of the Vietnamese food scene in California. Consistency has always been a big problem with producing the best Pho broth.

@Baker413 Жыл бұрын

I'm Thai and l love this episode, we lost the name of this sauce which is very sad. So I'm glad that you tell the world about the truth.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

thank you!

@tookitogo Жыл бұрын

I don’t begrudge the California company its success - it’s high quality and people seem to like it. (It’s not my favorite.) But yeah, it would have been better if they’d chosen a different name!

@MattMJM08 Жыл бұрын

@@tookitogo agree, we cannot claim what we did not make it a success in the States. However, I have tried both, as my native tounge, objectively, I still Love the Sriraja Panich (Thai) Vesion😊

@tookitogo Жыл бұрын

@@MattMJM08 I need to try it! I’m going to see what the local Thai and Chinese shops carry.

@robertkelly6282 Жыл бұрын

Live in Thailand nothing compares to the original I’m from nyc originally

@tommypaget2294 Жыл бұрын

The real SriRacha sauce is made in Thailand, from an area called Sri Racha….about 90 KM southeast of Bangkok. I was eating this sauce since I was 4 years old, in 1972.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

That's what this video is about, you're right

@mynameisvisutinnadda Жыл бұрын

The real Sriracha is the friends we made along the way

@ole11able Жыл бұрын

Yes

@rabeltgoi6641 Жыл бұрын

...yap but U.S. market it better.

@oneviwatara9384 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: there's no such thing as ethnic Chinese or ethnic Vietnamese or ethnic Japanese, or ethnic Korea, or ethnic Thai...😂

@PaulS23 11 ай бұрын

As a Thai, I think the reason why the city isn't celebrating the sauce like you said is because we're pretty much unaware of US Sriracha's fame up until a few years ago - and even then Thai people consider Huy Fong's taste to be so different that, even with the borrowed name, it's not the same sauce.

@IloveElsaofArendelle 11 ай бұрын

A little too vinegary for my taste, I like Flying goose Sriracha

@Vinh616 10 ай бұрын

Thai's not celebrating because the sauce is not typcial Thai hot sauce...it's Chinese hot sauce been making chili garlic sauce for centuries, and Hong Kong company Lee Kum key have chili garlic sauce in their sauce line up for decades alteady... the crazy thing the Thai's used the hot sauce and bottle it under Sriracha, and allow of a sudden chili garlic sauce is from Thai?

@thastayapongsak4422 10 ай бұрын

@@Vinh616 Not typical? how? It's the most common form of hot sauce in Thailand.

@Vinh616 10 ай бұрын

@thastayapongsak4422 lmao so what it's "common" in Thailand, it doesn't make origin on the sauce from there.... have you been to China? Where this sauce is made at home... my uncle, aunt made their own hot sauce at home and they learned from there parents.... chili garlic sauce is NOTHING new... it's new to foreigners doesn't mean it's new to the Chinese people....SMH...

@user-uf9ys8tn5x 10 ай бұрын

ไม่ได้เถียงว่าใครทำ แต่เขามาตั้งชื่อแบบเดียวกันคือ"ซอสศรีราชา"ทำไมไม่ตั้งชื่ออื่นไปก็สิ้นเรื่องมาเอาแบรนด์เรามาใช้เพื่ออะไร

@littiudia Жыл бұрын

As a native to Chonburi province (Sriracha is a part of it), I grew up eating everything with Sriracha sauce including shumai, turnip paste or even fried rice. It was so popular in our family that other dipping sacues were virtually unknown to us.

@KellyKelly-qd7my 10 ай бұрын

American corporations are using xanthan gum as a thickener. The pathogenic bacteria's 💩 "Xanthan gum really doesn't sound that appetizing: The food additive is excreted by a strain of bacteria, Xanthomonas campestris, that is also responsible for the black slime that forms on broccoli and cauliflower when you leave them in the fridge too long." 💔💔💔

@releasethebogus8581 8 ай бұрын

@@KellyKelly-qd7my You'd be horrified if you found out where alcohol and vinegar come from.

@KellyKelly-qd7my 8 ай бұрын

@@releasethebogus8581 From pathogenic bacteria?

@blasianking4827 8 ай бұрын

@@KellyKelly-qd7my Nothing wrong with Xanthan gum. Lots of things are made from things that sound or are 'bad'.

@blasianking4827 8 ай бұрын

Literally anything fermented has bacteria in it. @@KellyKelly-qd7my

@tom4wlt Жыл бұрын

Growing up in Thailand, my parents sold the Sriracha Panich hot sauce by the case, where it was made not far from their store. I always knew that the Rooster brand hot sauce is not the same sauce I had growing up. The original sriracha sauce is sweeter-more rounded flavor you could say. My local Walmart has been selling the Panich brand. Another great video with lots of research.

@KJ-yises Жыл бұрын

I don’t like that very salty taste of sriracha. I look forward to Panich.

@poccoboy Жыл бұрын

Sriracha Panich is also my favorite Sriracha sauce

@GungaLaGunga Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory. Thank you for sharing that. Cheers from Florida United States.

@munashiinatsuo Жыл бұрын

When I first come to the US, I saw the Rooster Sriracha. I was excited to see that it has made its way into the US but then quickly disappointed because it doesn't taste the same. For a while, I just use it until I found there's Sriracha Panich here as well. Sriracha Panich is always my OG and go-to Sriracha sauce. I love my ground pork omelette (Kai jaew moo sub) and it's not complete without Sriracha Panich.

@fgfgdsrgtgertgertg7123 Жыл бұрын

This channel is criminally underrated

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Cheers and thanks.

@jnhkz Жыл бұрын

super high quality and well research documentary

@jayzieziezie Жыл бұрын

Finally I found the most accurate history of Sriracha sauce. You did an incredibly great research. I grew up in Sriracha. Still remember the former location of Sriracha Panich store just in front of Sriracha fresh market (near the clock tower).

@mr.cookie7308 Жыл бұрын

Chili sauce is eaten all over the world. There are regional differences and styles. This particular sauce has its origins in Sri Racha, Thailand. It in turn had its influence from Cantonese cooking, which the Chinese diaspora brought to Thailand when they migrated there. The owner of Hong Fuy Foods was a Vietnamese refugee who temporarily stayed in Sri Racha on his way to the US. He had it and liked it so replicated its flavors to produced the world renown rooster brand Sri Racha sauce. He did not say he invented it, but even named the sauce from town where he got the sauce from. Great story. It doesnt matter who invented it, but the Vietnamese refugee gave it to the rest of the world and paid his respects to the town of Sri Racha where he first had it.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

That sums it up nicely. Appreciate your opinion on it.

@lla1739 Жыл бұрын

Sriracha is a Thai brand of a chinese hot sauce, he should not copy the existing brand and make it as his own brand. In 1949, the.Thai family first created that hot sauce, and named it, Sriracha before.Mr.Tran did.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

@@lla1739 got your years and facts wrong, always easier if you watch the video before commenting

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi.

@tommylee4135 Жыл бұрын

@@jameshenrysmith no such thing as Chinese Kimchi lol

@bornonnovember Жыл бұрын

I was born, rise and now still live in Si Racha. The best Sriracha OG sauce that locals will recommend to you is the "Koh Loi" brand, the one with two chilies on a blue background label.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Did you watch the video? Is that the one that we purchased in Si Racha town? I believe it is- I still have a bottle of it at home and it's delicious.

@user-bp5gp4ju9s Жыл бұрын

@@OTRontheroad It's the one you holding at 6:23

@stevethea5250 Жыл бұрын

@@user-bp5gp4ju9s 24:15

@Siammedia Жыл бұрын

No matter what happen to Sriracha source. The true still the fact that Sriracha was originated in Thailand.

@vnxdragon Жыл бұрын

Yes the town sriracha originated in thailand but not the sauce u idiot

@RandomUserX99 Жыл бұрын

No it originated in China.

@THAILANDSPACE Жыл бұрын

@@RandomUserX99 In China not have Sriracha and the chilli sauce from China doesn't taste the same. Don't forget that the story is focusing on Sriracha sauce. The point is, Mr. David, he probably came up with our own recipe. But why not use his own name (Vietnamese), or Chinese name. why use the name of Thailand? Because they know that names from Thailand can be sold? and inspired by Thailand.

@RandomUserX99 Жыл бұрын

@@THAILANDSPACE Did you even watch this video, SMFH. The sauce is a copy of a Chinese sauce, and the Thai version taste the same as the original version. It's the US version that tastes different.

@THAILANDSPACE Жыл бұрын

@@RandomUserX99 Have you ever eaten Chinese Chili Sauce and Sriracha Chili Sauce and compared them? You should try it first. In Thailand, there are many brands of chili sauce. It also doesn't taste the same. But now we're talking about sriracha chili sauce.

@apichaipunnahitananda8408 Жыл бұрын

No matter where the origin of the sauce itself could be, Sri-racha is still the only one speific place in the world and the world knows it now. Thanks for your dedication persuing Sriracha sauce history. 👍🤟

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@fletchoid Жыл бұрын

In 2022 there was a jalapeno crop failure due to drought conditions. This caused Huy Fong Foods to pause production of Sriracha for a time. As soon as news of this got out, people here in Canada started buying and hoarding Sriracha. I remember buying the ONLY bottle on a grocery store shelf, and feeling the relief that only an addict can understand. I love pretty much all variations of this sauce. Without it, life is just bland.

@tomevers6670 11 ай бұрын

That was a lie, he actually had a disagreement with his chili supplier …. Then he had to find another one.. I guess his life is filled with lies.

@BSIII 10 ай бұрын

Imagine how I feel when my favorite hot sauce (Crazy Gringa Ghost sauce) stopped being made because the lady retired and I didn't find out until it was impossible to find a single bottle. Nothing even comes close to it. Never got the chance to stock up.

@chiclett 9 ай бұрын

No, it was that Huy Foods refused to respect the agreement with Underwood farms. They were supplying Huy Foods with the jalapenos needed. Huy Foods didn't want to pay the prices as agreed to as they got greedy. Underwood Farms now however started to make their own siriacha and actually need to import jalapenos from Mexico to meet demand.

@memetv5051 8 ай бұрын

@@chiclett Tran the owner of Huy Foods, formed a side company to bring other suppliers, essentially getting rid of Underwood Farms, and tried to Poach the right hand man of Underwood Farms for the new Company Huy foods formed.

@whatevvaarr9602 5 ай бұрын

I heard that Underwood demanded a share of Huy Fong as they had a verbal promise of partnership and Underwood tried to take ownership of part of the company. In retaliation, Huy Fong looked for new suppliers. @@chiclett

@agsags4122 Жыл бұрын

I’m really impressed by your work. You definitely deserve more attention.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@waytothewill Жыл бұрын

This was by far the best example of investigative food journalism I have watched in a long, long time. Kudos!

@Janek.mallorca 11 ай бұрын

Exactly! I just wanted to write this comments. One of the best food doc, showing how complicated origins might be. I'm impressed how deep you went that rabbit hole. Now only question left is where it came from in 19th century. As a european i knew the story about the rooster one, but i'm surprised how everyone on the way back claims the sauce as theirs.

@simonk5571 Жыл бұрын

I live in thailand and this is probable the most in depth video about the history of Sri Racha

@bodyno3158 Жыл бұрын

When you mentioned "chili sauce with pickled garlic and vinegar" everything instantly connected in my head, that's the Cantonese sauce I knew and love! Chili, garlic, salt and vinegar is the golden quartet, a flavor profile that tune your appetite straight to the eleven, just think about kimchi and Tabasco.

@benpuppanont4765 Жыл бұрын

Actually, in Thailand we did not just call it "Sri Racha Sauce" but "Sri Racha Chili Sauce" (ซอสพริกศรีราชา - sauce prik Sri Racha) which refer to a recipe originating "Sri Racha Panich Brand" I don't know about other hot sauce or chili sauce out there that claim their "Sri Racha Sauce" is authentic but I believe that authentic "Sri Racha Sauce" is named after the store called "Sri Racha Panich" (Panich means Trade, Business or Commerce) not a Sri Racha town but the brand name. Just like many homemade versions of "Nutella" they might call their a "Nutella" too. What I'm going to say is that "Sri Racha" is not a type of sauce. But it's the brand of the aforementioned chili sauce. which may have other similar recipe that older than this one that were cooked at home or sold widly at that time but no brand is as famous and popular as Sri Racha Panich.

@NoName-qf8iu Жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought. It’s just a kind of chili sauce, which sour and sweet but not too spicy, but the most famous one accidentally called Sriracha. However, there are some people who just called it “Sri racha sauce” like me and my friends.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@lcfatima Жыл бұрын

This origin story makes so much sense. Great sleuthing. I will look for Sri Racha Panich next time I go to the store.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah this was one where we honestly had no idea what we'd find. There's actually even another layer to the story that we've found since completing this video- working on taping that one soon as a follow-up.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@thanaang1455 Жыл бұрын

This is really the original of Siracha sauce that most of the world do not know.

@Vinh616 11 ай бұрын

The sauce is quite different...SMH the only reason yall think its the same sauce because of they use the name "sriracha".

@chaserbundit43 10 ай бұрын

@@Vinh616Yes. And he took the name of Sriracha sauce to a patent in the US to claim and eliminate the original sauce manufacturer from competing with his product in the US.

@standard-carrier-wo-chan 9 ай бұрын

I love people like you who are extremely enthusiastic about wildly specific and obscure topics like this.

@kelvz7 Жыл бұрын

Love the content you're putting out guys ! So insightful and well thought out with great soundbites from the locals. Kudos guys !

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@mickbotcast Жыл бұрын

The one and only for Thai fried omelets, everything else is just not it compares to Sriracha. it turns any plain omelets into a 10/10 breakfast.

@TaeWooKim-ee9pt Жыл бұрын

You need to be on food channel or history . This is some amazing documentary

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@calvinsbnb76 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Really seminal, and great detective work! Can't believe you were able to piece all this together. Fortune smiles on you!

@JazLiDaywalker Жыл бұрын

As a Hongkonger with a Thai-Chinese wife, this video made us very proud of our intertwined heritage. A sincere thank you, you do the justice long due to this famous sauce!

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Cheers and thanks! I can't wait to get back to HK. Been more than a year- I desperately miss proper charsiu and roast goose.

@valaphag6545 Жыл бұрын

Yes as a child I lived next door to the man who poured his heart and soul into hand grinding chillies to make the original Sriratcha Thai chilli sauce. I remembered hating it so much because I remembered that it my eyes and nose use to burn from the snell permeated from his house. I felt so sad when the Sriracha sauce name no longer use by Thais as he had never trademarked it.

@fortniteismid3402 Жыл бұрын

Wildly underrated. This is a really cool documentary style video. One piece of constructive criticism is that at points in your commentary your mic pops.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Yep- we’re doing the best we can on the ultimate shoestring budget. I did get a pop filter though, which we’ve used in the last couple videos (I don’t remember which one we started using it for- maybe Khlong Toei). It should be a pretty clear difference

@ktktktktktktkt 10 ай бұрын

I didn't realize Sriracha was based on a cantonese sauce. Now that I think about it, it really does look like the sauce you get at the fancy cantonese banquet halls. However, the taste is very different. I find sriracha to be way too sweet and yet the spiciness is also very harsh. The cantonese sauce i think tastes a bit fermented and i just think it tastes really good. The spice level may sting depending on the restaurant but it's worth it for the flavour.

@teaanjay Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh, great documentary! The food history is really cool-how long had it came. Thank you doe exploring this.

@mchaisoccer Жыл бұрын

Wow. I am so impressed with the amount of work you have put on this documentary. Top notch. I really enjoy this type of content.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the rest of our channel too.

@douangphanthavong5366 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for such careful and detailed story of Sriracha sources. I learned quite a bit from your video. Related to the story, we have been going back to the Sriracha town for the past few years. We just love the town so much.

@pauljh6478 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating video! Keep up the good work!!

@ThriftySteve Жыл бұрын

I love sriracha and was excited to visit Si Racha a few years ago to discover the original stuff... as you might guess I was underwhelmed, but thankfully you have persisted to uncover much of the history! This was great

@freedmen123 4 ай бұрын

You don't love Sri Racha Sauce, you like being overwhelmed with obnoxious, unsubtle americanisms.

@natsumittra6001 Жыл бұрын

Thais know the story of SriRacha sauce and we known that we make a mistake don’t get the patent or trademark of it. We just let it go. It’s the same story as Thai jasmine rice. But now we knew …we try to protect the rest “Muay Thai “ “Khon” “songkran” etc And you know redbull also come from Thais

@nadiavanrooyen4994 Жыл бұрын

Okay Thai is my favourite cuisine and now I find out that my favourite energy drink is also from there. I just bought a coffee mug with redbull logo on. 😊

@kanokwanevers2347 Жыл бұрын

Actually redbull still own share with the original founder, 30% I think. It's became famous because of the Australian and Austria share holder are smart invest in extreme sports

@TONDAVIDTON Жыл бұрын

@@kanokwanevers2347 Thai 51% Austrian 49%

@micheltibon6552 3 ай бұрын

Love your concept. Food and its history. Subscribed!

@davidgraham9577 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great tale, so many twists and bends! Great work from you with, as you said, some significant luck in learning the many connections. Thank you.

@recom273 Жыл бұрын

This is a cool documentary - finding it on KZfaq app was a nightmare as there are so many videos that pretend to know the history of the sauce but really they are just regurgitating Huy Fung story. Well done! It looks like you landed lucky, but I imagine there was a little more research and knowledge. So, other than restaurant scene, there was little to shoot in Sri Ratcha? The taxi driver was another find, he’s a gem.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Ha- I'll pass that along to Adam (the driver)...and yeah actually I'm planning to post a supplemental video tomorrow from the last stop in this one (the noodle shop)...will run the mostly-unedited taste test of all 11 of them, in large part to give more screen time to Adam. And really appreciate the kind words, thanks for taking the time.

@recom273 Жыл бұрын

@@OTRontheroad just one minuscule thing - panich is said “panit”

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

@@recom273 Yeah I'm pretty brutal with my spoken Thai. Noted. Also I forgot to respond to the first point also about where we went in Si Racha- no, there were several other stops, but nothing that made the final cut of the video. Most of the "noted" places in town seem catered towards tourists, and other places we stopped didn't fit into the edit without pushing this to like an hour long video

@recom273 Жыл бұрын

@@OTRontheroad it’s ok .. no one would notice - long story .. I was seeing a girl, i thought her name was ‘nush’, but it was ‘nut’ .. I only found out until after, felt like a right dick. OK .. so next time some one posts on Reddit about making a pilgrimage to Sri Ratcha - better to send them to China town.

@minnieizmine Жыл бұрын

This video is very well made. It's like a craft. Congrats to the creator! I'm very sure the channel will be very well noticed soon. Pairing the sauce with Dim Sum reminds me so much of when I went to Indonesia. They also have their version of chili sauce that's very unique and goes so well with everything! I really wish the channel goes even further to explore the chili sauce in other parts of the region like Indonesia, Malaysia and even in Singapore.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

100%. I actually know more about Indonesian food than Thai- by far- or at least I did before moving to thailand, as I used to cook in Indonesia and have spent a lot of years on-and-off in sumatra. All three places you referenced are definitely on our list.

@minnieizmine Жыл бұрын

@@OTRontheroad Wow! Looking forward!

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@licustoms 7 ай бұрын

That... was an amazing video! Well done finding the information that you did. Now there's only one thing left for me to do... go and track down all of the sauces shown in this video and try them all!

@rikspector Жыл бұрын

Great story, well produced and fascinating! Cheers, Rik Spector

@pantitapalittapongarnpim1581 Жыл бұрын

This content goes DEEP! I love it. It's also kinda funny how this kind of stuff works sometimes because this is by all means a Chinese sauce in origin, but the name that made it famous is from a small town in Thailand where the people immigrated to instead of where it came from. It's just fascinating.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!

@eldenjim Жыл бұрын

Your videos make me appreciate being Thai so much more, and you deserve way more views! ขอให้ได้ล้านวิวนะค้าบ 🙏

@Teelit Жыл бұрын

Very informative video. Thx for your hard work!

@timenswijtink Жыл бұрын

Great video! Loving the quality content. Keep it up!

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@pishetshotisak1379 11 ай бұрын

Such a great documentary. Very in depth of intricated chinese - thai - vietnamese cultures. I would like to give you more than 3 thumbs up if I have. Cheers!🎉🎉

@jts1702a Жыл бұрын

Thanks to your work, you've completed a history of a food product that'd put it to one of the most well-researched and documented items on the list, right with ketchup (in all its genealogical variations). Well done!

@Riocynn Жыл бұрын

I got your channel recommended by youtube. Instant sub. I was laughing out loud when you namedropped Chinese Cooking Demystified. I love their channel! I love how deep you went this rabbit hole. Subbed. Stay awesome ❤

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You’ll see plenty of Chris and Steph on the channel when you start exploring some of the videos we’ve done. Very close friends and lovely people.

@MrKiNgJSA Жыл бұрын

Wow! I salute to this VDO clip. This is the first documentary VDO I have ever watched, which is dedicated to chilli sauce. I never know history of Sriracha Panich's chilli sauce. As a Thai, I have eaten Sriracha Panich's chilli sauce since I was a child. In a restaurant, whenever I order Thai omelet, fried oyster pancake, dim sum and other fried food, I would ask for Sriracha Panich's chilli sauce. I immediately hit "Subscribe" button after watching this VDO.

@user-qo6pn5gp3c Жыл бұрын

Years ago when I knew Sriracha sauce was patented by Vietnamese American tycoon I fell out of chair laughing. But yes that is the way business works. I still prefer Sriracha sauce of Sriracha town. It goes so well with soft-shell crab in fried garlic.

@lostboy8084 Жыл бұрын

The name isn't patented the recipe is.

@tl1533 Жыл бұрын

It was not patented because everyone can use Sirancha on the label.

@ohreallyandthen189 Жыл бұрын

@@lostboy8084 Vietnamese has nothing to do with Sriracha

@QuockaFlocka Жыл бұрын

@@ohreallyandthen189 Vietnamese modified their recipe to go well with their traditional food, Phở, and they knew the sauce only as Sriracha so they kept calling it sriracha. David Tran changed the less vinegary vietnamese Phở version when he came to the United States because thai chilis were not available in abundance but Jalapeno peppers were. Let's just accept that food and culture can evolve through time and not all be so stubborn about it.

@ohreallyandthen189 Жыл бұрын

@@QuockaFlocka It doesn't change what I'm saying.

@isakatagintoki Жыл бұрын

Thank you for creating this story! It's time for the world to know that the original is from Thailand. ❤

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@acudaican 8 ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video? It says that the original is from China...

@jeanbenoit4288 10 ай бұрын

Hello, thank you so much for sharing this fascinating story with us.

@PTEC3D Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I've finally found this video. We moved to Bahrain island when I was young, they had a slim bottle of a really lovely chilli/garlic sauce with a rooster on the label. I was only about six at the time but really loved it, when we moved on again I lost the name. There were two kinds, one with a white/green label and one with a whire/red label but I never really found them again until I came across sriracha sauce in a Vietnames restaurant in Australia. Thirty plus years later the flavour brought back every memory from back then. I *thinkl* Johnsons or something may have been on the label...

@oatkungar Жыл бұрын

It's so beautiful how food spread through out the world. I would definitely try grandpa's Sriracha.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@Aaackermann Жыл бұрын

I was so confused in the beginning and thought this must be chinese food demistified, because Adam has a very similar way of speaking and I was smiling when he mentions them and met with Steph.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@pinkcatbluecatt6607 11 ай бұрын

Funny of you

@snegik 11 ай бұрын

@jameshenrysmith does that have anything to do with this comment? You've replied the same thing on almost every comment here.

@Munchmores Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this episode and helping set the record straight.

@marrrtin Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up. Story of this sauce told in unexpected depth. For me, omelette and Sri Racha is a kind of comfort food.

@nnf9431 Жыл бұрын

Very well researched! Interesting to note that David Tran is of Teochew descent as well

@nickchung8961 11 ай бұрын

Crazy how KZfaq knows I know you guys from Shenzhen and put your vid in my feed -subscribed! Keep it up!

@OTRontheroad 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Nick! Hope you're well.

@lilac_hem 7 ай бұрын

i just found your channel and omg i am so excited

@gloriagloria5377 Жыл бұрын

This is also the kind of chilli that is eaten in Hainanese chicken rice except it is not sweet. Chilli sauce is usually made at home as an enhencer to the food. This chilli sauce can come in versions that is created for certain types of dish. The sweet version is particularly prefered by the cantonese and Teochews.

@harunenji2629 Жыл бұрын

I am Thai studying in the US. I wanted to use a chilli sauce (Sriracha) like in my country for my omelette. Found out that they have Sriracha sauce (Plastic bottle) exactly like in the video. It tastes so different from what I used to have. I thought I got scammed Lol, then I found out this video. Thanks for information :)

@heyha-asean1184 Жыл бұрын

ผมว่าคนที่เอาชิ้อ ศรีราชาไปใช้ควรต้องมีความรับผิดชอบ ไม่ใช่มาอ้างว่าตนทำประโยชนฺ์โดยช่วยเผยแพร่ชื่อ ถ้าไม่ต้องการให้สินค่าของตัวเองขายดีเพราะหลอกลูกค้าได้ ทำไมไม่เอาชื่ออื่นๆมีเป็นล้านๆชิ่้ือนะครับ

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@bucknasty69 8 ай бұрын

Walmart sells Panich brand Sriracha sauce!

@w1s86 Жыл бұрын

Sri Racha WAS a resort town. Several of my friends, all born and raised in Bangkok, have fond memories of summering in Sri Racha. I grew up in the rural north and so never vacationed in Sri Racha, but the Sriraja Panich sauce was a staple of my childhood and I still love it.

@disectingfactualism2348 10 ай бұрын

Great video and quite a bit of new info for me, I make my own hot sauce based on the Sri Racha recipes but I'm still working on perfecting it, but, I've read a lot of different articles about the origin. One thing you missed is the original name for the sauce by the grandfather was "Three Mountains". Some have suggested this alludes to 3 people being involved but I think he had a different meaning. In one of the articles interviewing some of his relatives, they mentioned he was trying to capture and balance 3 of the 5 flavors of Thai cuisine in one bottle so he didn't have to have so many bottles on the table for each meal. The 5 flavors are Hot(spicy), Sour, Sweet, Salty, and Savory(creamy). Sweet and Salty are easy to add in the cooking process which would be salt or fish sauce for the salty part and sugar, honey, or oyster sauce for the sweet part. Then all he needed was one bottle to perfectly balance his meal. I think when he finally perfected it he called it Three Mountains. Three for the 3 flavors and mountain which is the translation of their Chinese family name. Anyway, that's my two cents. Thanks for a great video. Anyone that knows more details please share.

@simplebudd Жыл бұрын

Cheers. The report is very well researched. I am Thai born in 1957 and Sriracha sauce has been with me since I can remember. I also lived in the US and I am happy for the success of the Rooster Sriracha. The name Sriracha as a sauce identifies the taste of the sauce with slight variations of course. There are younger brands that appeal to eaters today. But that should not be an issue. I like Kosol brand from the town of Sriracha which you included in the video for the beautiful chili fragrance as well as its moderate hotness. In Thai, the name is pronounced "See-Rah-Cha" . The letter 'r' in Sri is silent. But my American friends tend to pronounce "Shree" the way they say Sri Lanka.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@keithklickstein7102 11 ай бұрын

@@jameshenrysmith since the Sri Racha shortage, I have been trying some versions of gochujang, a Korean style of hot sauce used as the base for many dishes. It has a bit of miso in it , I believe

@jameshenrysmith 11 ай бұрын

@@keithklickstein7102 i don't think there is a sri racha shortage

@papapakill Жыл бұрын

thanks for making it right🥲 I'm about to cryyyyyy,

@smiledevil21 Жыл бұрын

Great video with a lot of facts and research. Nice!

@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741 10 ай бұрын

This was surprisingly super interesting. Very well made!

@atIonxp Жыл бұрын

Thank you for disclosing the true story. When I was in the UK, I was shock that our chili sauce (the rooster band ones) were not made in Thailand (instead the Vietnam). I really hope this video would spread out the true story of our Sri Racha sauce.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@theblackrose3130 7 ай бұрын

The most common Sriracha in the UK isn't Huy Fong its Thai Dragon which advertises themselves as Thai, though I have no idea if they actually do have any thai connections. I've never seen the Rooster stuff here.

@ImGonnaOilYouUp 7 ай бұрын

Did you even watch the video? The sauce is of Chinese origin, and Huy Fong is also of Chinese ancestry lmao

@serg661 Жыл бұрын

I love that theirs a new substitute for the well known Sriracha sauce we all love in this Sriracha shortage!

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Yeah- we didn't have time (without making this a crazy long video) to cover the Sriracha shortage, but that's crazy as well

@MrBenjigee 4 ай бұрын

Outstanding work, well done!

@lalida6432 8 ай бұрын

Great work! Thanks for getting the truth out there!😊

@james_kun96 Жыл бұрын

let try Sriracha panich Chilli Sauce. You will see What is real Chilli sauce. i am 47 years old Thai- Chinese . we ate Sriracha panich chilli sauce since we were a child. no another Chilli sauce could compare with it. unless you love a copy ones.

@PoomerXP Жыл бұрын

As a Thai, I always have a local Sriraja bottle at home all the time. Thank you for making this story to be more known!

@plum89 Жыл бұрын

We don’t need to know whether you’re a Thai or not. Quite absurd to see tons of comments of Thai people commenting on videos that they’re “Thai” when nobody asked.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@ultimatesheep Жыл бұрын

@@plum89 Because we are proud of our country like everyone else

@Irissxy 11 ай бұрын

@@plum89 no one ask you to read lol

@Elecjester 9 ай бұрын

This was a fantastic episode, thanks so much =)

@user-ln8uz9xt5b Жыл бұрын

The Name of Sriracha Sauce originally be famous in Thailand The First. It tastes differ from Chili Sauce. It came be famous before Kasem Pochana which be famous in Duck Noodle and Sriracha brand in America. We insists because we started to work at Sriracha Feedmill in 1981, which came before Kasem Pochana. At that time, my staff also pour a lot of Sriracha Sauce in Ladna ( Heavy thicken Gravy of Pork or Chicken or Seafood Noodle that also be popular food in Thailand)

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Kasem Phochana was most definitely not the first, it's been served since way before they opened. We visited them for this show because they still make their own, which is rare now.

@ThePeninsula.J Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your work!!! Thank you to let the world know the true. Original is the best as always.🎉🎉

@kirksulu Жыл бұрын

Best documentary on Sriracha sauce so far.

@reddskii Жыл бұрын

Original Sriracha chili sauce is a old brand of Thailand. Best taste of Sriracha sauce in the world ❤ thanks for telling the truth of the real story 🇹🇭

@WorldReserveCurrency 11 ай бұрын

Incredible story.. thank you for this!! Now I can sound smart when I talk about it.

@thanapojwipoovanich5172 9 ай бұрын

"Pood Dang Dang" from background crack me so hard hahaha. impressive video

@1weerayut Жыл бұрын

เป็นสารคดีที่ดี จากผู้ชมชาวไทย ซอสศรีราชา เป็นของคู่ครัวคนไทยมายาวนานตั้งแต่ฉันเกิด is a good documentary From the Thai audience, Sriracha sauce has been a staple in Thai cuisine since I was born.

@tanapontux6242 Жыл бұрын

Know what I love most about this video? Its the 21:56 when the auntie came in (and of course how you kept it there)! Just captured the life of some 50% of Thai married men in one stroke dude.

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Haha! I didn't catch it while we were doing the interview, but Jaspar (the videographer) is Thai and when he sent me the translation, it was just perfect. I'd say it could be anyone's grandparents- not just Thai

@max14719 Жыл бұрын

This is too accurate 😂

@pluanant Жыл бұрын

Yes, Sriracha is my home town. And your video is dig deeper than what I expected, good work!! For me, they are just difference sauce.

@hectormonclova7563 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s real journalism! Great and thorough research. Thank you. Five chilis to you... 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

@kencchen Жыл бұрын

Nice documentary. Sriracha sauce will always conjure up the Huy Fong bottle for me. It put the sauce on the map. The orange chili sauce they put on the oyster omelets in Taiwan, where Chiang Kai Shek ended up, will just be chili garlic sauce.

@williamparker8318 Жыл бұрын

Great story, thank you for your travels. Cheers

@andym3799 11 ай бұрын

Great food history being told here. I am Thai and live & eat both version of this sauce. Like many other food recipe there is another origin where it’s all begin. Thank You for this great story.

@keithklickstein7102 11 ай бұрын

great video... the US Rooster Sri Racha shortage has forced me to turn to other alternatives and I have found each of them delicious in their own way. Certainly, the Thai version most common in the US is Shark Brand, which is much sweeter than Huy Fong. I used to live in Thailand, so I know Thais prefer sweet stuff. The best product that Huy Fong made, was their garlic chili sauce, which is really hard to find now. Hopefully, things will get back to normal soon

@garethpotter Жыл бұрын

Superb! Last time I was in Thailand, I brought home a few bottles of Three Mountains Siracha. Is that still around? I’d love to see you do a collab with Gary Butler btw. This is a great channel 🌶

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. And yeah, three mountains is still a big brand here....I think it's made by the same company (Thai Theparos) that makes Sriracha Panich but I need to double check that

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

And yeah, I like Gary's stuff, he does a really nice job with some actual "authentic" food content here. Would be good to meet up at some point

@kaizerkoala Жыл бұрын

@OTR I think you confuse with the Golden Mountain. Three mountains is from a different maker (Bangkok Sauce). It was very similar to "Shark" before rebranding and was popular in Phra Pradaeng Area (happen to be my hometown lol).

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

@@kaizerkoala ah that's the second time I mixed up Golden Mountain with Three Mountains. Probably not the last time either

@GigiStar01 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I learned a lot. I'm heading to the Asian market to see if I can find some different brands to compare. I'm from Falls Church, VA. Cheers to a fellow Virginian!

@multi-stanforever2761 Жыл бұрын

Great episode, very informative thank you

@wailingalen 9 ай бұрын

Great digging!!! American born vietnamese here. And spicy food and hot sauce connoisseur. Thank you!

@chutimagoogijwatana9267 Жыл бұрын

I just learnt that the sauce recipe of Sriracha could be originally from Cantonese and it really makes sense because the history of real Thai food didn't really relate to this chili sauce, and nothing was served with the sauce back in the day. I just realized that most food that are served with chili sauce are chinese related, even the omelette too. Thanks for researching and making this video.

@testicool013 Жыл бұрын

The Portuguese bought chilli to Asia

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@thasu6890 10 ай бұрын

@@testicool013 Birds bought chilli to Portugal. Thus, Thanks the bird.😆

@warodomthamrongthanyawong691 Жыл бұрын

Great documentary! Sriracha sauce has existed in Thailand well before 1975 (the inception of Vietnamese version). My family ran a grocery in northern Thailand and had sold dozen and dozen of such sauce in the early 70s. I still use Sriracha today and the 'extremely hot' version is my favorite.

@DaKeXing 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful video!

@Trgn Жыл бұрын

This is a great travel documentary, fascinating story telling style.

@Airline1995 Жыл бұрын

To be honest I prefer Thai sriracha than the other one, the test are totally different. I’ve living in Australia right now and it hard to find the Thai sriracha. It’s go very well with Thai omelet with rice and some deep-fried food.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@canuck21 11 ай бұрын

Well if you eat Thai food, then of course Thai sriracha fits better, but it may not be good for Chinese food or Vietnamese food.

@warrenwilliams6535 Жыл бұрын

My wife and I loved the episode! Well done. Her preference is the HK brand but ... your two favourite, especially the spicier one, we'd love to know the brand (and link?). Also, more importantly, where you ate, as the Butler had been there before, I'd love to pin that one in Google Maps. The Butler tsumani is coming! lol

@OTRontheroad Жыл бұрын

So those are both from the old man's shop (the guy in the very beginning of the video). The name on Google Maps is Hattakamamakarn and it's in the old Rattanakosin district and only open from like 9-noon or something. Brand is called Gold Medal sriracha and I don't know if it's sold outside that shop? Re: where we ate, which place are you referring to specifically? I'll put a map link here.

@warrenwilliams6535 10 ай бұрын

@@OTRontheroad Adam, we recently returned from Bangkok. Owing to your review, we were determined to purchase the Gold Medal brand. On our second attempt the front doors were again shut. As it was before midday, I knocked. The doors opened and I was moved as Lakut stood there. A gentle, beautiful man. We purchased 4 bottles. Two of each. Thanks for the heads-up. For those interested, if the doors are closed, gently knock. Many thanks for another great episode and good luck on the anniversary episode. (Oh, and sorry Lakut didn't quite remember you when I showed a clip from your siracha episode!)

@hathairatjongsermtrakoon5226 Жыл бұрын

I saw Sriracha sauce in Thai bottle and ate it when I was young, before other international brands got a major market. I went to usa in 1999 and found Sriracha in different bottle and still thought that it was the same company. I knew many years later that it was registered the brand by a Vietnamese. Thank you to make this video. ❤❤❤

@dbadagna 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant investigative reporting. I learned a lot.

@yamasaer Жыл бұрын

Different between David Tran Sriracha and Thai Sriracha is that Thai people don’t claim it as a Thai authentic sauce because it wasn’t since the beginning. That explain why there is no Sriracha sauce statue in town.

@jameshenrysmith Жыл бұрын

The video traced sriracha sauce to China, which suggests the sauce is related to Korean and Chinese kimchi, which is made with red pepper and onion sauce on seafood and vegetables.

@testicool013 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but they named the sauce after a town in Thailand so that sounds like claiming it to me