On June 12, Taste of the Nation gathered chefs from nearly 50 top L.A. restaurants at Culver City’s Media Park to help combat childhood hunger. As expected, Jitlada co-owner Jazz Singsanong and her family brought the heat, serving two spicy pork dishes from their fierce southern Thai restaurant in Thai Town.

On the “Hot & Spicy” episode of a Food Network series called “The Best Thing I Ever Ate,” chef Curtis Stone singled out Jitlada crying tiger pork as his favorite spicy dish. This was indeed good, featuring marinated and grilled pork that they blasted with pepper and Thai chilies. Still, it’s debatable whether crying tiger even achieved pork supremacy on the paper plate. Fiery chile sauce coated thin-sliced pork belly, which appeared with crunchy green beans. Ultimately, it didn’t matter which pork preparation was better. Taste of the Nation attendees got to enjoy both tastes.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.