Si Racha, Thailand is a seaside city famous for its eponymous seafood dipping sauce. However, the Huy Fong brand of Sriracha sauce, also known as 'rooster sauce', is not quite the same thing. VOA correspondent Steve Herman visited the Gulf of Thailand city to find out what Si Racha locals thought of the Huy Fong product.
Bringing Sriracha Sauce to Si Racha, Thailand
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Si Racha municipal government officer and art director Booncherd Nilsonthi glances at a bottle of American-made "Sriracha sauce." (Z. Aung/VOA)
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Food writer Wanvida Jiralertpaiboon tries the American Sriracha sauce. (Z. Aung/VOA)
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The town of Si Racha, Thailand is well known for its seafood dipping sauces. (Z. Aung/VOA)
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Nida Khajonrungruang, a purveyor of hot sauces in the Si Racha central food market, opines that the American sauce bearing the city's name is spicier and saltier than the local varieties. (Z. Aung/VOA)