Good Food
Still the Hottest Restaurant in Town
Jonathan Gold revisits an old favorite. Jitlada has long been a place to go for good Thai food, but in 2007 the restaurant changed hands and a Southern Thai family took over the menu. Southern Thai cuisine is known for being some of the spiciest food in the world.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readJonathan Gold revisits an old favorite. Jitlada has long been a place to go for good Thai food, but in 2007 the restaurant changed hands and a Southern Thai family took over the menu. Southern Thai cuisine is known for being some of the spiciest food in the world. Jonathan's favorite dishes are the specialty the (spicy) beef curry, wild tea leaf curry with catfish, Southern Thai rice salad and the mussels steamed in hot broth with lemongrass.
Jitlada Thai
5233 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-663-3104
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6 of 9Celebrating 15 Years of Evan Kleiman and 'Good Food'- 0:00Market Report
- 6:59Julia Child
- 13:28Anthony Bourdain before 'No Reservations'
- 20:02Ruth Reichl on the Anonymity of a Restaurant Critic
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- 45:35The History of the Toothpick
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