The word Olokoi comes from Palau but is spelled differently, Funderburk said. She spent most of 2018 in research and development, creating a logo, prototypes and finally the first pitch for her new Olokoi sauce. She named her company 680 Foods after the Palauan international calling code. Her next call was to her parents who gave her their blessing. It was a tradition her mom learned while living in the Federated States of Micronesia.įunderburk realized she wanted the sauce to be a large part of her life and had the idea to bottle and sell it. She would always make this dipping sauce for us, and we would literally dip everything in it: steak, chicken, vegetables, and fish,” she said.
“It was always so special to me and my siblings, always bringing peace and comfort,” she said.Īt the center of that time together was a sauce. While searching for a more fulfilling career, she remembered her mom’s kitchen table. She worked as a technical writer for different companies but didn’t find corporate life satisfying. She took it as a challenge and left for California.įunderburk moved to the Costa Mesa area at 20 years old. “She essentially told me, ‘If you’re grown up and have not finished college, then you can take care of yourself financially.’” “I was ready to explore a little more, so I told my mom I was moving to California,” she said. INSIDER NEWSLETTER: Stay updated on important stories and news to know around Kingwood, Humble and Atascocitaįunderburk graduated from Kingwood High School in 1998 and went to Austin for college. Now she’s capitalizing on one of the family’s favorite traditions-the sauce on the kitchen table. Military father while he was stationed in Palau, afforded her familiarity with both cultures. The Micronesian heritage of her Palauan mother, who married her U.S. Julie Funderburk lived in two different worlds growing up.
The brown, citrusy sauce has a soy base with no sugar, is vegan, and has no monosodium glutamate in it. The Palauan named Olokoi sauce, bottled by Julie Funderburk and created by her Palauan mom, is on the table at every meal for the family. Julie Funderburk Show More Show Less 3 of3 Julie Funderburk Show More Show Less 2 of3
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