Like many people, I love Sriracha. This story makes me love it even more. Via TechCrunch: The company name sounded Chinese – Huy Fong Foods. Was this the latest Chinese product to take off in the US? Turns out it is a family-owned business started by a refugee from Vietnam (of Vietnamese and Chinese roots) and named after a small village in Thailand Si Racha. So grateful was David Tran for the people who provided safe passage from Vietnam for him that he named his company after the Taiwanese ship that carried him away. Tran moved to Los Angeles and started his business in Chinatown with a need he personally had. He noticed that Americans didn’t have good hot sauce.
The Sriracha Story
