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Fanarg

I'm doing a term abroad in London right now and I can't find Sriracha Sauce anywhere! Where do you guys get it?

I've checked a few grocery stores (sainsburies, waitrose, whole food, and some local grocery stores) and a few convenience stores and stuff like that and can't seem to find it anywhere. I'm looking in the condiments aisle next to the other hot sauces like tabasco and red hot, should I be looking in another aisle or am I just looking at the wrong stores?

I'm living in Kensington, so keep that in mind when giving suggestions, I don't mind traveling a bit, for instance I imagine some store in Piccadilly must have it, but which one?

And if you have no idea where to find it, suggestions of where to find cheap alcohol, good pubs, and other fun stuff is just as welcome.

Posted Sep 12, 2011, 6:23 PM UTC

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thejpp•

Literally no idea what you are talking about.

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FanargOP•

[sarcasm]well thanks for commenting anyway[/sarcasm]

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thejpp•

Well you might try to explain what the hell it is? then maybe we'll know if we've seen it or where you might find it. You're assuming we know where to find something that you've demonstrated is not common

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FanargOP•

I'm assuming if you don't know what it is, you won't know where I can find it.

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thejpp•

having now gone to the effort of looking up a photo of it i can confidently say that this can be found in many places. You live in kensington? there's a good thai supermarket in putney, short ride on the 14 or the district line. or i found one not to far north: 16-20 Chepstow Road. Or China town would be a good crack if you are around central anyhoo. Now i know what it is/looks like I have definitely seen it a few places. Sometimes in the really large supermarkets that are further out of town.

Definitely can be found

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UnZesteDeCitron•

From now on referring to multiple Sainsbury's shops as Sainsburies.

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FanargOP•

In case you were wondering, yes, I am an idiot.

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[deleted]•

You could try the chinese supermarket on Gerrard st for the Thai stuff, I guess:

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Make sure to stock up on frozen Dim Sum!

In general you'll find more Jamaican/Caribbean hot sauces in supermarkets. There are some pretty hot ones, but they can be very variable.

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FanargOP•

Thanks, I'll check it out tomorrow.

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guitarromantic– Streatham Hill•

Yep, anywhere there will have it. Some of the more well-stocked supermarkets (Sainsburys, Tesco, etc) also sell it.

To anyone reading this thread who's unfamiliar with the glory of Sriracha: get some. Now.

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[deleted]•

I'm pretty sure it's on the tables in this place:

http://busaba.com/

which you might want to try anyway (although you may find the food less sweet if you're used to an American palette)

Although really, as you're in England, you should have what we have - we tend to use a mixture of Marmite, Bovril and Worcestershire sauce in place of Sriracha

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itoldyouiwouldeatyouSE13•

I have Sriracha sauce in the fridge right now from one of the supermarkets in Chinatown on Gerrard. It is good and I applaud your quest to obtain some of your own.

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[deleted]•

The queues in there were crazy when I went. There's a smaller store along Newport Place (at the end of Gerarrd Street) that sells genuine rooster brand. 740ml was £3.70. Also FWIW, just down from that shop, where Newport Ct. meets Newport Pl. on the corner, there's another shop that sells A&W root beer at 85p per can which is the cheapest I've found so far (Range: £1.30 - 85p), but still pricey obviously. They also sell Mtn. Dew.

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evrosl•

Amazon

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lamby•

Tesco on Wardour Street has it (a bit randomly), otherwise one of the supermarkets in Chinatown has it for like 30 pence.

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boomerxl•

There's a supermarket in Chinatown that sells it. Can't give you a name though. It's the one with the fresh vegetables outside, and directly inside the door they have A&W root beer in cans, made with real sugar too :)

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robotpanda•

Loon Fung?

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beavershaw•

This is hilarious to read as I was in this exact position about a year ago. I found a place on Shaftesbury ave called Golden Gate that sold the rooster brand.

The bad news is the place has now gone out of business. There are a few other shops in Chinatown that sell inferior brands, but I haven't been able to find the rooster one again.

If you do find some please let me know.

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lumpystumps•

There's a Mexican place called chipottle I think it's on tottenham court road and they have stacks of the stuff, we just steal some from there whenever we need it.

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xlevus•

Chipotle don't stock Sriracha Sauce. Chipotle are exclusively Tobasco.

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lumpystumps•

Yea that's the one I was thinking of sorry for the confusion, it's the smokey tobasco we get from there.

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Kaer - Crystal Palace•

Bayswater has the Impress Food Oriental Supermarket, http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/impress-food-oriental-supermarket-london which has it.

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just_blazeChiswick•

Chinatown

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justnit•

Wing Yup in Tottenham.

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imasickcunt•

This place on Queensway in Bayswater area should do it. It's not too far from Kensington.

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deeloves•

Tesco definitely does it. You have to go to a larger one though and maybe try one or two of them if the first doesn't stock it.

Chinatown also sells it. Just wander around the supermarkets there and you should be able to find it easily.

Oh, also if you're searching Tesco, it may be in the foreign food aisle.

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simonjp•

I can confirm that this place in Shoreditch sells it.

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qiba•

There's a Thai supermarket on Camden High Street. Get the tube to Mornington Crescent and walk north towards Camden Town. It's on the left hand side.

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