"There's something about Thai cuisine that is warm and welcoming. Perhaps it's the fire that bird's eye chili brings to a dish, or maybe the bold punchiness of tom yum soup. My colleague and food critic Bill Addison referred to Thai as "a pillar cuisine of Los Angeles." And why not? The city boasts the world's largest Thai population outside of Thailand. Those who open restaurants open our palates to a diverse range of flavors and sensations from their micro-regional cooking styles."
"That's when the menu crisscrosses fish tacos lit up by chili crisp and limey nam jim with wok-fragrant drunken noodles and Dungeness crab fried rice. Add what has become one of L.A.'s great wine lists, and the restaurant has catapulted into one of the city's great dining sensations. The restaurant closed for a couple of months over the summer for a renovation, revealing a brighter, significantly resituated interior - and introducing an open"
Los Angeles hosts a vibrant Thai food scene defined by heat, bright sourness and broad regional variety, supported by the largest Thai population outside Thailand. Bold flavors such as bird's eye chili and tom yum shape many dishes while micro-regional cooking styles expand the city's palate. A curated list highlights notable Thai restaurants across the city. Anajak Thai, founded in 1981 by chef Ricky Pichetrungsi and his wife Rattikorn, fuses Thai upbringing and Cantonese heritage. Their son Justin assumed leadership after a 2019 stroke, introducing creative touches like Thai Taco Tuesday, chili-crisp fish tacos, drunken noodles and Dungeness crab fried rice, alongside a renovated, brighter interior.
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