Sriracha factory visit

It’s just a hot sauce to me but the Sriracha sauce has a cult following. Huy Fong Foods has free tours of their factory in Azusa east of Los Angeles, so you can see how it’s made.

The people living around the factory doesn’t like it so much because it polluts the air with spice and it makes your eyes dry up and sting. I could feel a little tickle as soon as I stepped out of the car, it was kind of a cool experience, but I can see how it gets old quick if you live around it.

We showed up at the factory and got seated in a big room in front of a small TV with crappy audio. It felt a bit like a fail, but the tour was free, so who am I to complain?

Soon a lady came around to showed us out to the shuttle and drive us around the factory. They had a lot of chillies.

As we walked through this room of crushed pepper I really had difficulties breathing, I don’t understand how the workers does it every day.

I love this kind of thing so much! I should probably work in a factory so I can watch things being made every day.

I didn’t know, but Huy Fong Foods are super cool and really eco friendly. They buy from local farms, makes everything in house (even the printing on the bottles) and try to reuse and recycle as much as possible. The wholesale price of the sauce has never changed either in 35 years!

Went for Hai Di Lao hot pot after, thought we should stock to the asian theme.