One of our discoveries from Nancy cooking Thai food all the time is how much better Shark brand sriracha sauce is than the "rooster sauce" that's so common in restaurants and in the grocery store. Most of the sriracha (pronounced sreeracha) consumed in America is the brand made by Huy Fong in Rosemead, California pictured to the right above. If your into Thai food or looking for a hot sauce go with Shark brand pictured to the left.
The thai food web site www.importfood.com says it well:
This is our favorite sriracha sauce because it's one of the original classics that's been sold for years in Thailand. Made in the Sriracha region of Thailand. It's the real thing--what the Thai people eat--and it's all natural without preservatives or artificial colors. Shark brand has a good mix of chile heat, and sugar/garlic/vinegar overtones to make it tangy and a bit sweet.
You can buy it at the Importfood site or it's available at Oriental Market in Spokane. It will make those winter dishes of beans and squash soar with flavor and those boring burritos will come alive. Seriously, don't waste one more day eating average chili sauce.
And if you're feeling adventurous try sweet chili sauce. It's amazing with chicken and rice and is our top secret basting sauce for BBQ salmon.
The rooster sauce has a more smokey, intense flavor than the shark sriracha. Many Thais say the rooster sauce overpowers the true flavors of the Thai food. Sounds funny to talk about a Thai product in the midst of the conversations about local food, but it sure is a good find. Same w/ the sweet chili sauce, but now that we're eating less chicken, out of solidarity w/ our chickens:), we haven't had it in a while! FYI: The Thai Oriental Market on Trent is cheaper than importfood.com and it's local.
Posted by: nancy | November 25, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Well, if you're getting too bored with "plain" chili sauce, Flying Goose brand also has "flavour-added" sauces like garlic, onion, lemongrass and stuff.
Have a look: http://www.thai-deli.de/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=sriracha+AND+455&x=0&y=0
Posted by: Aroon | January 04, 2010 at 05:08 AM
Wow, I love the internet. I just moved to Cheney and was on the internet desperately trying to find a place to buy Shark sauce locally. I found importfood.com but it was just too expensive. Thank you craig!
Posted by: Andy Murphy | March 17, 2010 at 06:20 PM
Welcome to the Inland Northwest and glad to be of assistance. You've got good taste in Chili sauce.
Posted by: craig | March 17, 2010 at 08:23 PM