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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