The Secret to Sriracha Hot Sauce’s Success

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  • David Tran is the man to thank for the Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce you douse your scrambled eggs with every morning. You know the stuff. Red bottle with a green cap and a rooster on the front-plus five languages on the bottle-this simple sauce connects people from different cultures and backgrounds. “It never occurred to me that our hot sauce could get so much attention and acceptance from different people," said Tran. Today, Tran oversees a hot sauce empire, but he comes from humble beginnings. He arrived in the United States from Vietnam 40 years ago as a refugee. So how did the founder of Huy Fong Foods turn his fresh, homemade hot sauce into an internationally-recognized brand and household staple? We visited his factory in Irwindale, California, to learn the secret to his sauce.
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  • @walden6272
    @walden6272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10752

    Here is an extra bit of info for you fans: This man refuse to sell Sriracha to any vendor that jacks up the price. That is why Sriracha has remain cheap for so long. The founder want everyone to enjoy the sauce.

    • @Competitive_Antagonist
      @Competitive_Antagonist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +581

      Sriracha Socialism

    • @failed_K
      @failed_K 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      Legend

    • @samwoodley7625
      @samwoodley7625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +774

      Chriscom28 No, just a capitalist with very good morals. Socialism would have him reprimanded for his achievements and entrepreneurial spirit.

    • @tomato52
      @tomato52 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @@samwoodley7625 take a joke bud

    • @samwoodley7625
      @samwoodley7625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      TOM ATO Didn’t read like a joke.

  • @windykar3705
    @windykar3705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3659

    I like how he’s just wearing a t-shirt while his employees are wearing suits on this special occasion of eating dinner with the owner

    • @user-xi2if4tq2g
      @user-xi2if4tq2g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      Nobody can fire him so why not.

    • @ZetaVec
      @ZetaVec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      That’s how we Vietnamese do it

    • @MrLanzac
      @MrLanzac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      It's good to be the boss

    • @lizslp86
      @lizslp86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      windy kar He is very humble.

    • @giangsu3038
      @giangsu3038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@user-xi2if4tq2g can't "fire" him
      nice one

  • @banhkhaochannel9704
    @banhkhaochannel9704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3730

    So he was born in Vietnam, speaks Mandarin, got rich in America with a product named after a town in Thailand.
    Neat.

    • @simpleusername1820
      @simpleusername1820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      Asker Pie *M I S T E R W O R L D W I D E*

    • @conversations8095
      @conversations8095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Simple Username Pitbull who? We don’t know him

    • @whimsycottt
      @whimsycottt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I'm pretty sure he's speaking Teochow. Which sounds like a mix of mandarin and Cantonese

    • @starryphantasm
      @starryphantasm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      @@whimsycottt he is speaking mandarin, but with accent

    • @tuanle730
      @tuanle730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Chinese man flee from vietnam after republic of vietnam lost the war

  • @hekr0029
    @hekr0029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4945

    if he wore a green beanie, he would be complete

    • @madhat4090
      @madhat4090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Lmao

    • @swellyinmybelly1362
      @swellyinmybelly1362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      this has 100 likes but ill make it uneven so i can suffer for the rest of my spicy excistence

    • @sharalvu6302
      @sharalvu6302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😄😄👍

    • @caro7239
      @caro7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have a shirt like this that came with a green beanie! Got it at Target

    • @lemppe
      @lemppe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      in asian culture a green hat means infidelity

  • @andy-kai-chan
    @andy-kai-chan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4299

    I'd love to know more of his back story. He speaks mandarin yet fled from Vietnam.

    • @josephchan7040
      @josephchan7040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +793

      A lot of Chinese moved to Vietnam in order to get visas to move to the USA. It was faster than getting a visa in China.
      A lot of Chinese people in America still have their Vietnamese last names because they didn't change em.

    • @treismac
      @treismac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      I know of a large Chinese family that did the same thing, apart from keeping a Vietnamese last name.

    • @masterimbecile
      @masterimbecile 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I was about to say the same. Didn't expect to not need the subtitle.

    • @Sjalabais
      @Sjalabais 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      It is odd he isn't giving the interview in English by now.

    • @VeeBeeZee22
      @VeeBeeZee22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +388

      @Joseph Chan I don’t know where you pulled that from. Those refugees/boat people didn’t get US visas from Vietnam, it’s not that easy. They risked their lives to escape the country by boats and hundreds of thousands of them died at sea. Actually, the owner of Sriracha, David Tran was born in Vietnam and was a major in South Vietnamese army. There’re a lot of Chinese in Vietnam called Hoa people.

  • @mikaelandpond9093
    @mikaelandpond9093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    This hot sauce in originally from Thailand ! Invented by a woman called Thanom Chakkapak ! She named it Sriraja Panich after her hometown Si Racha !

    • @priyadarshinibvk
      @priyadarshinibvk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The name Sriracha might definitely have Indian origins!

    • @TaiLe-ns6mf
      @TaiLe-ns6mf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      he took the name Siracha because Siracha is the name of the ship that brought him to America. Not the recipe of chutney. If the ship was named New Delhi, we would now have New Delhi chili sauce.

    • @priyadarshinibvk
      @priyadarshinibvk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TaiLe-ns6mf What I typed in was my opinion. I still need to research about it myself. Thank you for your sarcastic comment though!

    • @priyadarshinibvk
      @priyadarshinibvk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@opupkk4156 thank you for an insightful reply. It makes sense. Yes Raja means king in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and few more languages.

    • @mtha7796
      @mtha7796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@priyadarshinibvk Thai language is heavily influenced by Bali-Sanskrit (Dead languages). However, I don't think Sriracha in Thai and Hindi (Sri-Ra-JA) have the same pronunciation. Sriracha sauce pronunciation ---> sih-RAH-chə, of which same as pronunciation in Thai. The Sriracha sauce owner admitted that the sauce was named after the ship taking him from Thailand to America.

  • @Clarr0r404
    @Clarr0r404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +944

    Another piece of trivia: He refused to pay for any bit of advertising. The power is in the product sans marketing!

    • @deadfr0g
      @deadfr0g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Huh! That’s probably a big part of why they’ve been able to keep their prices down. Arizona Iced Tea comes to mind as another brand that has been massively successful and did the same thing.

  • @johnnylu5454
    @johnnylu5454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2884

    The “hottest” man in the world

    • @jademers88
      @jademers88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I once put Nair on my asshole, now that's spicy!

    • @adamwolf2535
      @adamwolf2535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@jademers88 we didn't need to know that

    • @LennyHobbiesUniverse
      @LennyHobbiesUniverse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jademers88 WTF!

    • @user-hr6lm9yp7g
      @user-hr6lm9yp7g 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      😏 Do it to me 😏

    • @musikkritik6316
      @musikkritik6316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@adamwolf2535 You don't have the right to speak for everybody, speak for yourself.
      I wanted to know that.

  • @wsdadasdawf8384
    @wsdadasdawf8384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    fun fact: some reviews actually have 4 starts because the bottle isnt big enough and they want a bigger bottle, the rest is ALL 5 starts

    • @katekat6379
      @katekat6379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can believe it😂 I go through a bottle in two weeks.

    • @patrickgotthardt8405
      @patrickgotthardt8405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kinda understandable, still rude :D Just Buy a Bottle every 4 Days and you´re good.

    • @nqh4393
      @nqh4393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stars*

    • @Neilos-sd6ti
      @Neilos-sd6ti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pro tip: buy two bottles

    • @ltlwatcher
      @ltlwatcher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The size Queens again.

  • @Aaron_Yeung
    @Aaron_Yeung 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2268

    It’s not just a sauce
    It’s a life style

    • @hmsdemolition8588
      @hmsdemolition8588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It fkn nasty food ewwwe

    • @inanefabas4402
      @inanefabas4402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@hmsdemolition8588 What do you eat all day? Literal clumps of cholesterol and pure diabetes?

    • @hmsdemolition8588
      @hmsdemolition8588 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@inanefabas4402 lot better than you I am a vegetarian for the last 27 years & it still don't change the fact that it's junk discusting food !!! I just drove by that factory today

    • @inanefabas4402
      @inanefabas4402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Same here, you argument is void. Our lifestyle doesn't work where David is from. Can't go vegetarian in Vietnam or in any country like it, so don't judge asians or people of "unhealthy cultures" because you have a option.

    • @Lazuley_
      @Lazuley_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hmsdemolition8588 go eat meat

  • @lolol9608
    @lolol9608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    The reason why he is speaking Chinese despite being from Vietnam, is that Vietnam had a large existing Chinese community that fled from China for a variety of reasons, opportunity, war, business, etc. These Chinese communities had existed for many years (decades if not hundreds) and were based mainly in South Vietnam.
    After the Communist take over, these Chinese communities were persecuted and forced to flee as refugees in the aftermaths of the war i.e. boat people. These communities while ethnically Chinese had adopted Vietnamese versions of their last names and spoke Mandarin, Vietnamese, and many other Chinese dialects most famously Cantonese. While some people have said that that Vietnam was used as a way to obtain a visa for the US, this was likely a very niche occurrence that would have happened many years after the war, and not the way David Tran came to America.
    The majority of the migration of Chinese-Vietnamese out of Vietnam were people leaving out of fear for their lives and family, who were then sponsored by institutions in the US/Canada/Hong Kong and other countries to allow them to obtain citizenship.

    • @metallicbored5585
      @metallicbored5585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      as a vietnamese this accurate

    • @hoppinggnomethe4154
      @hoppinggnomethe4154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      correction: mainly for business
      they ARE very good at business

    • @wonnz1344
      @wonnz1344 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s kind of like being born in America but speaking idk spanish

    • @JewTube001
      @JewTube001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should also be noted he fled vietnam during the third indochina war when vietnam went to war with cambodia (who was allied with china, leading to a war with them too).

    • @canuck21
      @canuck21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One small correction. You said that ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam adopted Vietnamese version of their last name. Actually they normally change their FULL name into Vietnamese. It's actually quite easy since you can translate Chinese names into Vietnamese names word for word because most Vietnamese names are in fact of Chinese origins. It's similar in situation with European first names. Like for example the name Peter in English. In French it would be Pierre and Pedro in Spanish. Most of the Chinese-Vietnamese keep their Vietnamese name version even after emigrating.

  • @jfatsnorlax
    @jfatsnorlax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    Interesting. His chinese sounds a lot like Singaporean or Malaysian Chinese.

    • @JustMe-fg6mr
      @JustMe-fg6mr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      jfatsnorlax his ancestors immigrated from China to Vietnam where his last name “Tran = Trần in Vietnamese” came from. I respect this and his integrity by the way he spoke his Chinese even he could speak English or Vietnamese very well.

    • @heyjingxuan
      @heyjingxuan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought the same too!

    • @orcadork8091
      @orcadork8091 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      YASSS 😂 I love them both

    • @superhanfeng
      @superhanfeng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      At 1:19, if you read Chinese he is of Teochew descent, then his mother tongue must be Teochew, a Hokkien family dialect which is shared by most Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese.

    • @mad_max21
      @mad_max21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @yOuR dOg sPeAkS cHiNeSe?? LOL you'll have to stay for a lifetime to get that accent. He lived longer in the US.

  • @hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm6671
    @hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm6671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    *Expects area 51 level of secrecy
    The Secret: *_F R E S H_*

    • @Robloxchat123
      @Robloxchat123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *my boy got some of them fresh peppers*

    • @hmsdemolition8588
      @hmsdemolition8588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yuuuuik would not eat if they paid me

    • @Ok-ej2pq
      @Ok-ej2pq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Micheal attar stop over reacting

    • @suvamkumarsarangi6593
      @suvamkumarsarangi6593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👌

    • @Jorge-125
      @Jorge-125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      F.R.E.S.H what does it all mean though? It's a code bcus it can't be that simple 😂

  • @valentinehill6138
    @valentinehill6138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    He looks like those anime characters that just wanna be left alone to enjoy his tea

    • @YungTemmie
      @YungTemmie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like iroh from avatar

    • @xxogxx8061
      @xxogxx8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saitama

  • @jorgezamora7762
    @jorgezamora7762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    The only man that will never get lost in the sauce

  • @Usafpararescue96
    @Usafpararescue96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    This dudes gotta be sick of these interviews.

    • @iamf6641
      @iamf6641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      lmafo you can see it in his amface

    • @istudy9
      @istudy9 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      For real there is an entire documentary coulda just used excerpts

    • @plains12
      @plains12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      must get pretty heated

    • @J8den
      @J8den 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nah i do that face too when i eat to much siracha and about to drop a bomb
      Edit: sorry FBI i meant as in take a dump not a real explosive

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@J8den nice

  • @AcidGlow
    @AcidGlow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    *I put Sriracha on everything!* ✅😄

  • @korppi164
    @korppi164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    David is a straightforward man. Everything about his product is simple, in a very positive way.

  • @Helljumper7200
    @Helljumper7200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’d like to thank my Vietnam for introducing me to this hot sauce. As a Latino, I put it on everything and It’s freaking amazing.

  • @saharovadia9239
    @saharovadia9239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I honestly want him to know how much I, along with many, many, other people around the world, love this sauce, and everything he’s done to do it

  • @kingseekerbackup3085
    @kingseekerbackup3085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Subtitles: *[Speaks Foreign Language]*
    Deaf people: woah that really helped

    • @RenShin97
      @RenShin97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      underrated comment

  • @lonewolf31337
    @lonewolf31337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Once I had this as a kid I have never ate any other hot sauce since. Everything else taste like spicy vinegar.

    • @MistaGrim
      @MistaGrim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Tabasco is the worst. Just spicy, watery vinegar.

    • @ishmaelm1932
      @ishmaelm1932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MistaGrim
      Frank's red hot is great.
      Louisiana is so disgusting. Way too salty.

    • @Ibrahim-fs5dj
      @Ibrahim-fs5dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trueeeeeeeeeee

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funny enough, I just started making a jalapeno pineapple hot sauce at home. The recipe called for WAY too much vinegar, so it pretty much tastes like spicy vinegar with a hint of sweetness, despite having a number of ingredients. Next time I'm gonna reduce it by half and see what happens..

    • @dinh6327
      @dinh6327 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ishmael Moh I bet you dont have the best Cajun crawfish

  • @andreyka64
    @andreyka64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I put Sriracha on EVERYTHING

    • @khalidhenry3857
      @khalidhenry3857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So do I

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!

    • @nickeman132
      @nickeman132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ah yes

    • @EinkOLED
      @EinkOLED 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're not popular in the UK, and they're pretty expensive. I always thought they were Mexican.

    • @daisybunks8031
      @daisybunks8031 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrey Kitsen same

  • @ebinecksdee9872
    @ebinecksdee9872 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first encounter with Sriracha was at USAF basic training. I put that stuff on everything when it was chow time. I still put Sriracha on everything. I've pretty much become immune to the spice, I just like it for the taste now. Thank you Mr. Tran

  • @grazryan
    @grazryan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just love it that he is just wearing a Tshirt of his company. Proud and tied up to his humble beginnings

  • @wildatheart8894
    @wildatheart8894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I was born in South Vietnam. I can still remember the village next to mine was full of Chinese speaking people who spoke fluently in both Vietnamese and Chinese.
    The parents and grand parents only can READ Chinese. Their kids(my age) can speak both languages but CAN ONLY READ Vietnamese since they went to Vietnamese school systems.
    The Chinese tradition of their ancestors were well embedded in them. So they had all types of festivals and celebrations that were different from my back ground, which is Vietnamese traditional Catholic.
    These people cook the most awesome food.
    That scenario is not uncommon.
    Good to see this man on the news. He really wanted Great Hot sauce for affordable price. And he did it. We all benefited from that generous belief.

    • @playingtowin6148
      @playingtowin6148 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everything Vietnam imitate thailand !!!

  • @steve410
    @steve410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This man deserves every penny he made with his product, wish other products were like this

    • @nolangimpel39
      @nolangimpel39 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell yeah this is the dream right here you know? Like doesn't it make you feel just a little bit better that, in light of all the bad shit going on, people like this man are still able to make it in the world?

    • @steve410
      @steve410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nolangimpel39 hell to the mother trucking yes!!!

    • @okayzerofourzerofivefoureight
      @okayzerofourzerofivefoureight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Deserve????? Copy it from Thailand?

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boopydoopty Loser mentality.

    • @jeffrey2326
      @jeffrey2326 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@okayzerofourzerofivefoureight
      Never said he invented it, tho did take the name
      Sriracha isn’t trademarked

  • @MattFirdous
    @MattFirdous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    He speaks Chinese mandarin but he has a Vietnamese last name. Interesting.

    • @zephyrisrecording3653
      @zephyrisrecording3653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Hes vietnamese some parts of vietnam have people of Chinese descent and they get taught both languages
      I'm american and full viet just know about some that are

    • @malifor2210
      @malifor2210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It’s not that uncommon. My father is exactly like that born and raised in Vietnam but speaks mandarin, Cantonese, English and Vietnamese. I’m an Asian American and I have a Vietnamese style last name “Khuu” but I speak English and Chinese, come to think of it my whole dads side speaks Chinese

    • @taingo3324
      @taingo3324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@malifor2210 you are a Hoa( Chinese-Vietnamese). Hoa came and live in South Vietnam since 18th Century under Nguyen Lords dynasty. It's not like oversea Chinese who came South East Asia countries during the WW2. David born in Soc Trang, a southern provine of Viet Nam.

    • @taingo3324
      @taingo3324 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @XDranzer000 maybe it's Khưu?

    • @klarissa1967
      @klarissa1967 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @XDranzer000 I could be wrong but I think it's because Khuu is not a native Vietnamese last name, it's just adapted to our language. It comes from Chinese "Qiu".

  • @kruel2bkind588
    @kruel2bkind588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I searched all my life for the perfect hot sauce and when I found Sriracha sauce I fell in love.
    Any conversation I have about food, I always recommend Sriracha sauce..
    I am eating right now on my spaghetti 🤩
    Thank you Mr Tran, you do positive things..

  • @Jackaldev
    @Jackaldev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    He seems like a really cool dude. Props to him for doing so well in such hard times.

    • @ricardocampos8437
      @ricardocampos8437 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah go work for him you'll see how cool he is he runs the company like communist China 🇨🇳

    • @Jackaldev
      @Jackaldev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ricardocampos8437 Do you work for him?

    • @yumiamiyumi4181
      @yumiamiyumi4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ricardocampos8437 ??

  • @iRecordRandomVids
    @iRecordRandomVids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m glad he’s here long enough to see his product come to full fruition!

  • @yobitchcantfindme5288
    @yobitchcantfindme5288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    The​ sauce​ name​ sound​ like​ Thai.
    Is​ come​ from​ Vietnam.
    Speak​ Chinese.
    The​ sub is​ English.
    The​ world​ is​ getting​ weirder​ nowadays.

    • @patrickallenpimentel3062
      @patrickallenpimentel3062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What

    • @Peerapolzz
      @Peerapolzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      A sauce that came from thailand
      Owned by a dude from vietnam
      Who speak madarin
      Who lived in America
      😂

    • @Losshe
      @Losshe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Peerapolzz Hey maybe that's why it's so successful in North America. Because of its multicultural background

    • @Cocacolucarasol869
      @Cocacolucarasol869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      MR.WORLDWIDE

    • @tynshjt
      @tynshjt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pitbull has joined the conversation

  • @289pinto
    @289pinto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This story was short and sweet. Happy to see his success and humbleness.

  • @Sergeantpaprika
    @Sergeantpaprika 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This man’s a business and design genius, I love the all the thought he put into making the bottle that’s so awesome

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What I find amazing about his Sriracha is that it's like a chameleon. It can go into practically any cuisine and still blend in, if that culture had some form of hot pepper sauce. Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Indian, Cajun... it never feels out of place.

  • @stellaallets3473
    @stellaallets3473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He's very humble that's one way to becoming successful. Profit didnt get up to his head just to his pockets .. thank you sir

  • @林靖熙-n5o
    @林靖熙-n5o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Me: knows Chinese
    Also me: uses Subtitles

    • @yannickjulien154
      @yannickjulien154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was wondering the same thing, I only had 4 years of standard highschool level Mandarin lessons.
      It's already been 3 years I haven't practiced the language, I've already forgotten everything but will still recognize and understand the speech a little bit.
      I'm quite surprised that the Vietnamese and Chinese language are very similar to each other.

    • @tonysmith3701
      @tonysmith3701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Lê Sơn it is mandarin

    • @tonysmith3701
      @tonysmith3701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yannick Julien it is mandarin, not vietnamese

    • @yannickjulien154
      @yannickjulien154 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonysmith3701 Is Cantonese popular in Vietnam?

    • @mikeandroi2698
      @mikeandroi2698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @Le Son - he is NOT speaking Cantonese. He is speaking Mandarin (with an accent). *Source* My family and I also fled Vietnam. We are ethnic Chinese. My family speaks both Canontese and Mandarin as well as Vietnamese (Hanoi dialect). Please educate yourself before making incorrect statements

  • @123youtue1
    @123youtue1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I always thought the bottle cap was green because it looks like a pepper, given that the bottle is transparent and you can see the red sauce 🌶
    EDIT: thank you for all the likes guys. My most before this was 16

    • @aricgoss
      @aricgoss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🍆?

    • @thuanho2950
      @thuanho2950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes a fresh pepper

    • @aliss_m
      @aliss_m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @Tgrjye
    @Tgrjye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man didnt like Hot sauce in America so he made his own. what a legend

  • @Sunflowernugget
    @Sunflowernugget 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been wanting someone to make a video on his success! He’s incredible! Thank you!

  • @skeptical_playz6142
    @skeptical_playz6142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible how he designed the bottle and the factory’s operations without any studies. Absolutely shockingly amazing.

  • @D0NDIDO
    @D0NDIDO ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fuck youtube for recommending this knowing I can’t find it anywhere! I’ve resorted to tobasco siracha…

  • @shnyfan6609
    @shnyfan6609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    From Vietnam, speak Chinese, made a Thailand sauce, start business in America, is known around the world.
    Let's be honest, he is the embodiment of multiculturalism

    • @patchprety5844
      @patchprety5844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He is just thieves.

    • @blueskyalchemist623
      @blueskyalchemist623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      French Jesus communism in reality has never support multiculturalism. Soviet Union under Stalin purged Jews too, but no one bothers because everyone is too busy with Holocaust

    • @PunjiThePlayer
      @PunjiThePlayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mr. Worldwide

    • @Ricardowieringa
      @Ricardowieringa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blue Sky Alchemist they kept it under wraps a lot better as well

  • @allenamenbesetzt
    @allenamenbesetzt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Sriracha: exists
    [everyone liked that]

    • @CantEscapeFlorida
      @CantEscapeFlorida 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not after he changed it from vinegar to acetic acid.

  • @chayap7984
    @chayap7984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    David had worked at the chili sauce company at Thailand before he moved to USA. that's why he knows how to make it.

  • @scottarmstrong5607
    @scottarmstrong5607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The astronauts on the ISS love this guy's sauce! such an honor! His sauce will go to the moon and mars I bet!

  • @tristanfaze3230
    @tristanfaze3230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I felt a special connection to this video because I have this Sriracha in my house

    • @iamf6641
      @iamf6641 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too it tast good with pizza and basically anything that needs some dipping

    • @ArkhBaegor
      @ArkhBaegor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So do millions of people

    • @valkyrie273
      @valkyrie273 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ^^^^^ MILLIONS....

    • @tristanfaze3230
      @tristanfaze3230 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArkhBaegor I didn't say I was the only one so I don't know what your problem is

  • @hossbeki9266
    @hossbeki9266 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any big brand would say the secret ingredient but this Man kept it simple, Fresh pepper

  • @iamdavidtheking
    @iamdavidtheking 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For those who wonder, his last name is 陳, same as mine. It has many different spellings. Chen in Mandarin, Chan in Cantonese, Tan in Hokkien, Jin in Korean, and Tran in Vietnamese.

  • @Empiricist14
    @Empiricist14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man will forever have my love amd gratitude 😍😍😍

  • @chrysllerryu4171
    @chrysllerryu4171 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this guy is the legend, our food would not be complete without him

  • @hirirojrojchaimongkol3103
    @hirirojrojchaimongkol3103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sriracha sauce started from Thailand in the province called sriracha it started from one family in the province starting bigger and the it go to Vietnam. I live in Sriracha

  • @pedro6277
    @pedro6277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i love this stories and i always use siracha is my favourite sauce

  • @Fobat
    @Fobat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When your Chinese and understand every word he says but still read the subtitle

  • @veotic2728
    @veotic2728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank goodness this guy was born!

  • @bruhollie
    @bruhollie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We must protect this man at all costs

  • @foodiepiglet5298
    @foodiepiglet5298 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm big fan of Sriracha, I have to have one on my dining table and extra bottle of Sriracha in cabinet also one in my work locker so I can use it when I'm eating at work lunch

  • @arrozconpollo118
    @arrozconpollo118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The real 🐐 🙏🏼

  • @demonwolf1994
    @demonwolf1994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You would think after being in America for 40 years he would have learn English by now. But it is my second favorite hot sauce right behind the O.G. Tabasco

  • @yao1070
    @yao1070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To those wondering why David Tran can speak in mandarin, it's because he was a Vietnamese of Chinese descent (越南华侨). Think of him as a Vietnamese Chinese, or Vietnamese-Chinese American since he is already an US national.

  • @jx1x152
    @jx1x152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Vietnamese
    Knows chinese
    Made the best hotsauce
    I want him to be my grandpa

    • @kryslam5567
      @kryslam5567 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he is actually Vietnamese background Chinese

    • @mattchang7165
      @mattchang7165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kryslam5567 his grandfather and great grandfather from Hong kong and came to viet nam for living then they moved to america after war with viet cong

    • @canuck21
      @canuck21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No. Chinese who lived in Vietnam knows Chinese.

  • @JosephRomano
    @JosephRomano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is anyone watching this while eating something with “Sriracha”???!!! (I know I am:)

  • @green7woodtriangle883
    @green7woodtriangle883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:57 why did that get so loud

  • @maknachu7682
    @maknachu7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We need more people like him in the world

  • @zeruszephuros5419
    @zeruszephuros5419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    First time I tasted Sriracha sauce outside of Thailand and was pretty surprised on how it's different xD (unique in every of its own culture) and yay, legit real Sriracha sauce from Thailand in its sample pictures~

    • @larswesterhausen7262
      @larswesterhausen7262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Real Sriracha sauce for Sri Racha, Thailand can't be beaten.

  • @__._1
    @__._1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a humble man! Admirable! 👌🔥

  • @bearxray856
    @bearxray856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Kinda sucks that they had to switch where they get their peppers 🌶 to me it doesn’t really taste exactly the same :(

  • @rabinraj15
    @rabinraj15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man of principle with high values 🙌🏽 🙏🏽

  • @adriansmith2743
    @adriansmith2743 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    He's speaking Mandarin but he's from Vietnam... Interesting

    • @filthygarbage
      @filthygarbage 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      he fled to hong kong after the vietnam war

    • @Alamak2070
      @Alamak2070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are many Chinese Vietname in Vietnam for generations

    • @kiettran9677
      @kiettran9677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think there is no person to translate VietNamese,so he has to speak Chinese

    • @8wheelsracing
      @8wheelsracing 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting how many people have repeated the initial conversation about this and how likely the repeats have progressively less understanding of the language and history. Hm

    • @canuck21
      @canuck21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is from Vietnam, but he is of Chinese origins. Either his parents or grand-parents emigrated from China.

  • @ttam8790
    @ttam8790 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not doubt this brand is famous. But Sriracha sauce originated from Thailand, from a town called Si Racha in 1930s, recipe from a lady called Thanom Chakkapak, and established a brand called Sriraja Panich.

  • @stevenesquivel1778
    @stevenesquivel1778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man got screwed by a greedy supplier that tried to overcharge him for the price of the chiles. Truly a man of honor that made siracha available to everyone to enjoy at the best price possible.

  • @andreeric175
    @andreeric175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sriracha is better than Tabasco and that’s a fact

  • @andrewtran7580
    @andrewtran7580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So we gonna act like this man didn’t create our tastebuds

  • @elizabethharttley4073
    @elizabethharttley4073 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I discovered sriracha in the mid 90s while living in Hawaii. Shared with all my friends. We have taken it camping and it has a home in the kitchen. I have relocated back to the mainland and still enjoy the chicken sauce.

  • @eldoc6394
    @eldoc6394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    He lost a lawsuit for 20 million dollars For not paying his Jalapeno supplier

    • @michaellopez112
      @michaellopez112 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok.

    • @dinh6327
      @dinh6327 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s prob nothing cause he’s prob rich

    • @LordMaximusUmulius
      @LordMaximusUmulius 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the context? The context is important.

    • @CantEscapeFlorida
      @CantEscapeFlorida 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep

    • @CantEscapeFlorida
      @CantEscapeFlorida 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LordMaximusUmulius the context is he is a greedy capitalist that fled Vietnam because they refuse to allow greed to run the country.

  • @davidcobb7446
    @davidcobb7446 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My refrigerator feels naked if it doesn't have a bottle of his Sriracha at the ready. I use it on so many different food items too many to list. Great success story for a very smart man, with a fantastic product.

  • @cherreline
    @cherreline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sriracha is my literally fav sauce of all time no joke

  • @akiraakiraakiraakira
    @akiraakiraakiraakira 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    still my favorite video of great big stories channel

  • @indyrakthabut2441
    @indyrakthabut2441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This sauce actually originated in Thailand not China or Vietnam.

    • @professorx8212
      @professorx8212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      did you watch the entire video? plus, he made the name for himself. No one had ever heard of the sauce before his sauce. So what is the point of claiming it when you cannot promote it yourself? don’t be petty.

    • @ole11able
      @ole11able 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes sir

    • @patchprety5844
      @patchprety5844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He rob thai product and thai name. He is legend of Thieves.

    • @LittleBlacksheep1995
      @LittleBlacksheep1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@patchprety5844 didn't know some Thai are this pitiful. Hey we just discovered a Vietnamese bronze drum in Thailand, that means we can claim your land, can we?
      Of fucking course we can't, so why are you here crying out loud for a hot sauce somebody else developed?

    • @sam510938764
      @sam510938764 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patchprety5844 The name Sriracha is not a patent or intellectual property owned by any entity. You are free to make your own hot sauce and call it Sriracha too.

  • @Tracydot3
    @Tracydot3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best sauce in the world. I live in Thailand which has lots of brands of Sriracha, but Huy Fong is the best. Glad it's finally sold here!

  • @roba.6419
    @roba.6419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as a Hispanic in America and for most Latino homes too damn sure you can find a siracha bottle inside

  • @irishharmon
    @irishharmon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One more interesting fact I didn't see mentioned in the video but shown in a picture his company Huy Fong Foods is named after the ship that brought him to America.

  • @gumbo64
    @gumbo64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watched this vid a few weeks back and now I bought some. I'm excited to try it!

  • @juicerll
    @juicerll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    famous hot sauce named Chinese but actually born in America.

    • @toxiccheetah8303
      @toxiccheetah8303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And person who created it born in Viet Nam
      Damn

    • @thitiusanakul395
      @thitiusanakul395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the name + sauce originated in Thailand

    • @cHemon
      @cHemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sriracha is a Thai word derived from Sanskrit.

  • @babynathz5093
    @babynathz5093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So sad, The original one "Sriracha Panich" by the Thai woman hasn't gotten any credit for many decades I hope someone is reading this please try to tastes our Sriracha Panich and you would know how yummy it is.

  • @sori4ever
    @sori4ever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing! He seems so humble!

  • @nonozebra4196
    @nonozebra4196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There's a shortage of this product these days, store made siriacha don't even come close to it, hopefully we will see it back on the shelves

    • @marksprinkle
      @marksprinkle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Buy Underwood Ranch Sriracha instead. It's made by the jalapeno grower Huy Fong screwed over.

  • @GeneseChannel
    @GeneseChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the most wholesome video ever. Be right back, making a sandwich and slapping some sriracha on in, like i do with virtually any food i eat

  • @khalidhenry3857
    @khalidhenry3857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I keep a secret bottle in my room

  • @bradleywilliams2401
    @bradleywilliams2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have Bought & Used this Product 4 Yrs Now & It's The ONLY Hot Sauce I Will Ever Purchase !!
    It was my turn 2 cook & I Added about (bottle) an Inch & a half fr the top in2 the Spaghetti sauce & Well, Everybody Was Sweating from the Heat of the SPIRACHA sauce !!
    😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
    I Told them I Put a "Little" Spiracha in & Showed them how much & they Said it was Way 2 Much, Man We Laughed While Sweating !
    😂😂😂😂Good Times...
    🇨🇦

  • @zeropan
    @zeropan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    But Sriracha is originally from Thailand 🤔

    • @khaidangduy6825
      @khaidangduy6825 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think all South East Asia countries have their own variety of hot sauce, just like fish paste or fish sauce. In Vietnam we have "tuong ot", which have quite similar ingredients and I don't think it come from Thailand, since people in my hometown have made it for centuries. He just named his product Sriracha, I have never tasted the sauce in Thailand but I think it's not the same.

    • @ol_fortune9474
      @ol_fortune9474 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@khaidangduy6825 they also made sriracha sauce in Thailand for centuries too, yes it was first produced from Sriracha town, they even got the story how it was invented there.

    • @traaotuong6107
      @traaotuong6107 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ol_fortune9474 sriracha sauce is quitr different than Viet's sauce is used to eat Phở, Bún. I had tasted it before, and it is so spicy.

    • @davidle994
      @davidle994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huge difference, chili sauce in Vietnam is sweet, not as spicy as Siracha from Thailand

  • @euni99
    @euni99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God bless this men!!

  • @d35trvct08
    @d35trvct08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to be homeless and had no money and I would put this sauce on my food to make it taste good

  • @Somsomzzz
    @Somsomzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is Thai chili sauce. That the Vietnamese man stole It is a shame for the Vietnamese and many others to think that this is the Vietnamese chili sauce.

    • @StringedGuitar17
      @StringedGuitar17 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      well duh, it’s named after a place in thailand

  • @smorelax8608
    @smorelax8608 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sauce is *legendary*, the man behind it more so. Don't judge a man by how he treats his equals, but by how he treats his subordinates.

  • @rigobertogarza7945
    @rigobertogarza7945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sriracha, I put that s*** on everything

  • @kingape1572
    @kingape1572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the sauce it's amazing! Hate getting up all times during the night because my bowls are flowing like the Nile!

  • @1aaronle
    @1aaronle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Im confused, hes viet but speaks chinese. America, explain

    • @hoodis9744
      @hoodis9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aaron Le He is chinese and he moved to Vietnam

    • @lolol9608
      @lolol9608 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vietnam had a large existing Chinese community that fled from China for a variety of reasons, opportunity, war, business, etc. These Chinese communities had existed for many years (decades if not hundreds) and were based mainly in South Vietnam.
      After the Communist take over, these Chinese communities were persecuted and forced to flee as refugees in the aftermaths of the war i.e. boat people. These communities while ethnically Chinese had adopted Vietnamese versions of their last names and spoke Mandarin, Vietnamese, and many other Chinese dialects most famously Cantonese. While some people have said that that Vietnam was used as a way to obtain a visa for the US, this was likely a very niche occurrence that would have happened many years after the war, and not the way David Tran came to America.
      The majority of the migration of Chinese-Vietnamese out of Vietnam were people leaving out of fear for their lives and family, who were then sponsored by institutions in the US/Canada/Hong Kong and other countries to allow them to obtain citizenship.

    • @hoodis9744
      @hoodis9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sandwichplz Ye, all of the above is what i wanted to say but i didnt

    • @davidle994
      @davidle994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reason: real free estate, they move to South Vietnam for business, opportunity

  • @stanthurman9008
    @stanthurman9008 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw it at Walmart few years ago and started buying it , love it , thank you . I use it with other peppers and never noticed the change . Diced up Serrano . I call your hot sauce , Rooster Sauce . Thank you.

  • @jasonkim3320
    @jasonkim3320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect to the man