Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- U-David Tran, indoda engemuva kwebhodlela lesoso eshisayo ku-pantry yakho, manje usephenduke usozigidi.
- I-Sriracha isiphenduke isisekelo somndeni esishisekayo amashumi eminyaka kusukela yasungulwa – izalwa umbaleki waseVietnam.
- Inkampani ye-condiment edumile iqanjwe ngomkhumbi ahamba ngawo ebalekela eVietnam. Lena indaba kaMnu Tran.
I-Sriracha yaziwa kabanzi emhlabeni wonke njenge-condiment yehlelo obekuyinsika emakhaya amashumi eminyaka, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abazi ngombaleki waseVietnam olethe isoso ematafuleni abo esidlo sakusihlwa.
Pho wakwenza kanjani?
Kusukela ekubalekeni kuya engcebweni
Umbono womndeni wakhe wokuguqula upelepele ube usoso wafinyezwa ngesikhathi uhulumeni wamaKhomanisi waseVietnam ehlasela abantu bohlanga lwamaShayina ngo-1978.
Ngemva kokuhlala izinyanga eziyisithupha ekamu lababaleki laseHong Kong, wanikezwa indawo yokukhosela e-United States eBoston, eMassachusetts ngaphambi kokuba azinze eLos Angeles.

Amabhodlela e-Sriracha e-hot sauce asephenduke into yasendlini emhlabeni jikelele. Umthombo: I-AAP / AP / Nick Ut
“Ngifike phansi [in LA] ngesonto lokuqala likaJanuwari ngo-1980,” kusho uMnu Tran etshela iNew York Times.
“Ngangazi, ngemva kokuba abaseVietnam sebezinze kabusha lapha, ukuthi bazofuna isoso yabo eshisayo ye-pho yabo … Kodwa ngangifuna into engangingayithengisa ngaphezu kweVietnam.”

U-David Tran usebenzisa upelepele omusha ostakiwe efekthri yakhe ese-LA – futhi kuncane kakhulu – ukuze akhe isoso yakhe ayintandokazi emhlabeni wonke, i-Sriracha. Umthombo: U-Getty / Gina Ferazzi
Yini ekusoso?
Kodwa naphezu kwesidingo esikhulu kanye nesifiso sokwenza inzuzo ethe xaxa, uMnu Tran utshele i-Vice Munchies eshicilelwe ukuthi akakaze nangelilodwa ilanga akhuphule inani lentengo ye-Sriracha.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi akuyona i-Thai Sriracha,” kuphendula uMnu Tran. “YiSriracha yami.”
Idume kangakanani?
Ngenkathi ukukhiqizwa kwaqala esakhiweni esincane e-LA’s Chinatown, inkampani kaMnu Tran yagcina isingumdondoshiya ngokwayo, ingenazo izikhangiso futhi ithembele kuphela emlonyeni ukuze ibe isoso lesithathu elithandwa kakhulu e-US.