Lava (working project name) is a condiment developed in collaboration with Pay Chen, one of Canada's best known food and travel writers, and a familiar face and voice on TV and radio stations across the country. Pay is Taiwanese-Canadian, and Lava is inspired in-part by her childhood memories of hot pot, where dipping sauces like a can of shāchá jiàng (or Shacha sauce) were always a feature at the dinner table.