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I live in Minneapolis, which has a ridiculous large number of Vietnamese restaurants. Pretty much every one of them has Huy Fong sriracha on the table.

I don't know how long it's been common here, but it's been a long time. Honestly, it never occurred to me that there are places where people don't know about sriracha. It'd be like not knowing about soy sauce.

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I live in Minneapolis, which has a ridiculous large number of Vietnamese restaurants. Pretty much every one of them has Huy Fong sriracha on the table.

Same here in Austin, though I do find I have to explain what it is on the rare occasion I meet someone that hasn't had Vietnamese food.

I'll admit to enjoying Vietnamese food much more if I have sriracha; it's not the same eating experience with out it.

Weird, I grew up in Minneapolis, but now am in NYC and live half the year in Vietnam. No Huy Fong brand sriracha in Vietnam though.

I've found some in import stores here but the Vietnamese I've shared it with here didn't like it. They prefer that sugary junk you get on the table everywhere.

It was created in the US by a Chinese Vietnamese American. It's jalapeno chiles. They don't have it in Vietnam.

It's actually a Thai sauce, so I'm not sure you'd expect to find it in Vietnam. It's just really common in Vietnamese restaurants in Minneapolis here.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce

They have jalapeno's in Vietnam. There are quite a few plantations there.

Some people don't know because they do not pay attention to the multitudes of hot sauces available. Like me. I did not know about Sriracha. And I have eaten in asian restaurants hundreds of time over the last decade. I just do not pay attention or remember all the condiments I have ever tried.

I've never heard of it or seen it anywhere here in the UK, but a quick sidetrip to Amazon has just fixed that. As a hot sauce fan, I'm looking forward to trying it -- though I have slight reservations about the sugar content.

I've bought it in Tesco's ethnic food aisle in the past. And my local Asian food shop.

I moved to Seattle from Minneapolis in 2003, and had never seen Sriracha before coming out here. Maybe I just ate at the wrong Vietnamese restaurants, or maybe it's been introduced in the last decade.

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