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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Special thanks to Adam Maji, our host/driver/fixer. Thanks also to all of our guests for sharing their own stories, and to Chris & Steph from Chinese Cooking Demystified for their dogged help in this journey.

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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Video Credits:

The Real Reason Why Huy Fong Sriracha Doesn't Taste The Same Anymore - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_oPEK5eZE&ab_channel=Mashed

Old Saigon before 1975
https://youtu.be/qoz6By090pI

David Tran Flees Vietnam
https://youtu.be/pWs0n2QH0Tk

Chinatown Los Angeles CSUN GEOG 496F Spring 1985 VH 100
https://youtu.be/B5BBjxiIxqs

Sriracha Anthem.mp4
https://youtu.be/T9NYHfluxcY

8บ้านและสวน Make Series _ ศรีราชาพานิช
https://youtu.be/PayuJIIh5Ns

ชลบุรี บางละมุง ศรีราชา ในอดีต.
https://youtu.be/41yuu_STnIo

Hong Kong in 1930, the great Victoria harbour
https://youtu.be/oJXLalcQ_rQ

Canton, China 1930
https://youtu.be/20baNeSfyMs

company profile Thaitheparos 60th
https://youtu.be/FSSmkkntNmE

ASIA FILM ARCHIVE - 1900 - CHINA & JAPAN & KOREA & VIETNAM & INDONESIA & LAOS & MALAYSIA & SAMOA
https://youtu.be/al3lP8II9J0

A 0004 Old Bangkok Around 1931
https://youtu.be/HhynSchdRbg