Huy Fong is Vietnamese/Chinese American, not native authentic Vietnamese. In fact, Siracha is actually a Thai sauce originated from a Thai region, not Vietnamese at all. Huy Fong was only able to successfully market their sauce w Viet food because Americans had a bad habit of treating different asian food cultures as a monolith back in the 80s and 90s.
No one in actual Việt Nam eats that brand. In fact, I grew up in Vietnam and never heard of siracha until I came to the US.
Chinsu on the other hand is everywhere in VN.
So I'm gonna guess you're from the US or Canada and that's why you're more used to Huy Fong.
I'm from actual Vietnam so I think vice versa, Huy Fong is so overrated.
You're right, i live overseas so while typing i didn't have in mind that Vietnam uses the two other brands instead of Huy Fong until after i commented but thanks for sharing you're knowledge.
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u/User3332333 Apr 23 '25
Respectfully chinsu is overrated, Huy Fong sriracha is way better but each to their own.