Reddit reviews Thai Sriracha Sauce - Shark Brand 7oz.

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http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-bottle/dp/B000EISJXS

Note: Shark brand is actually thai, and made in the sriracha region of thailand, where rooster brand is american, it is thinner and less spicy than rooster brand, but it's better balanced and it's only ingredients are water, chilis, sugar, garlic, vinegar, and salt.

Yes. I see most people really like the popular Rooster Brand. However, I always try to get people to try pho with the original Thai sriracha which I call the Shark Brand.

The Shark brand is not as spicy, in fact, hardly spicy at all. But it's way less overpowering than the Rooster brand (especially when you add too much). It's a tangier and sweeter sauce which I think complements the broth better. But for anything other than pho, my goto is the Rooster brand.

Fun fact. A sriracha type sauce with seeds in it is actually called a Sambal. EG

The closest thing you can get to an authentic Sriracha in the western world is Kosol-Ampa. Most sriracha sauces are very smooth indeed.

I buy Shark brand because that's what most shops carry. Amazon has it.

http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-Shark-Brand/dp/B000EISJXS

Though, if you buy it from importfood.com (they sell lots of Thai ingredients, cooking supplies, and have hundreds of recipes) you can select between normal spiciness and medium spiciness. They also carry some other brands.

http://importfood.com/sriracha_sauce.html

Uni-Eagle and Shark brands are my favourites!

Nice my personal secret ingredient from the asian grocer is the "shark brand" hot sauce.

http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-Shark-Brand/dp/B000EISJXS

Rooster is decent, but it can't compare to the original, aka Shark brand.

http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-bottle/dp/B000EISJXS

Gotta switch it up with Shark Brand Sriracha from time to time. However, def don't buy it at this price. I get 7oz. bottles for $1.39 at my nearest Asian market. It's a little sweeter than the more famous "Rooster" brand. My father is from Thailand and says the shark brand tastes more like the sriracha where he grew up. I guess it's a regional thing.

Or you could always get shark brand sriracha if you want to be authentic about your Thai food.

This was a staple hot sauce when I was a kid along with Huy Fong's. It's a thinner and a little more vinegar based (but nothing like Tabasco). It's just a different kind of flavor.

http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-Shark-Brand/dp/B000EISJXS

I believe it's actually made in Thailand (where the name "Sriracha" originally came from)

I think you're right. I've always passed over anything that said "sriracha" on it, but it looks like it's probably a different flavor from the normal sriracha sauce.

I'm going to try ordering some from Amazon to see if this is actually what I was looking for.

That's the beauty of it. It retains the flavor of your food while adding heat. Oh and never get this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Roland-Sriracha-17-Ounce-Plastic-Bottles/dp/B001EO7HE8

This is the good one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LO40AG/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001EO7HE8&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1FXP4BEY9VY1CVW1JBHH

But I hear that this one is even better (unconfirmed):

http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Sriracha-Sauce-Shark-bottle/dp/B000EISJXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1318926014&sr=1-1