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But is Sriracha actually a type of sauce in Thailand, or is it just the name of a city? If it's the latter I don't think this would apply.
by tlrobinson 12y ago
But is Sriracha actually a type of sauce in Thailand, or is it just the name of a city? If it's the latter I don't think this would apply.
- aroch 12y agoBoth, but only because the US-made Sriracha sauce is imported by the ton.
- jahewson 12y agoNo... read the Wikipedia article linked to above, Siracha is believed to have been created in Si Racha in the 1930s.
- coralreef 12y agoTheres a documentary about Sriracha which looks into the origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOAx58LBDo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOAx58LBDo Basically its not clear where the origin is.
- sirn 12y agoIt is a type of sauce in Thailand with somewhat complex origin. The sauce was created and is popular locally in Sriracha for long (originally known as Nam Prik Sriracha) but the sauce was popularize across the country by Sriraja Panich, who is the first to produce the sauce commercially as Sriraja Sauce. Sriraja Panich couldn't trademark the brand due to law in Thailand disallowing region name to be used as a trademark. This fact spawn several brand using the name Sriracha sauce and caused the name Sriracha sauce to become a type of a sauce here in Thailand. Sriracha city even put the "town of delicious sauce" as their official motto. Many Thais still consider Sriraja Panich as the only genuine Sriracha sauce maker (even though they're now own by Thai Theparos), and do not have a good impression of the US-made Sriracha sauce brand.