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Thai Food Los Angeles

Jitlada: Building Spicy Southern Thai Encyclopedia in L.A.

When Chef Tui Sungkamee introduces new southern Thai dishes at the Hollywood restaurant he owns with sister Jazz Singsanong, it’s an event. Based on two January visits, I didn’t think Jitlada had very much...
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Thai Restaurant Los Angeles

Spicy BBQ by Nong & Family: Northern Thailand via Strip Mall

Chiang Mai native Nong Sriyana opened her tiny Thai restaurant four years ago in an East Hollywood strip mall. Nong’s sister Noi runs a similar restaurant in Northridge called Top Thai, but the food...
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Thai Food Los Angeles

Jitlada: Translating Southern Thai Vision to East Hollywood

Jitlada was the talk of Thai Town for almost two decades. The restaurant suffered from a culinary coma in the years leading up to March 2006, when Chef Tui Sungkamee and younger sister Jazz...
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Restaurant Bangkok

Le Lys: Fitting Intro to Thailand with French Flair [CLOSED]

After surviving an all-night flight across the Pacific, complete with a painful layover in Taipei, I was excited to experience my first full day in Bangkok. Armed with John Powers’ Gourmet restaurant round-up, I...
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Restaurant Las Vegas

Lotus of Siam: Leaving Las Vegas Strip for Northern Thai

It’s easy to spend a weekend in Vegas confined to the Strip, drawn to the array of restaurants with celebrity chefs, shockingly creative designs and the highest of high end ingredients. Kobe beef tasting...
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Restaurant Bangkok

You & Mee: So Happy Together at Subterranean Bangkok Buffet

During my first-day walkthrough of the sumptuous Grand Hyatt Erawan, I couldn’t find this You & Mee noodle café. The magazine article I had that listed it was six years old, so I figured...
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