Jitlada
Jitlada is one of the most celebrated Thai restaurants in the United States, operating out of a deceptively humble strip-mall space on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood since 1978. Chef Jazz Singsanong's southern Thai menu goes far beyond the Americanized pad thai found elsewhere — the house specialty is fiery, funky southern Thai cuisine: the Stir-Fried Crab in Yellow Curry is a revelatory dish layered with fresh turmeric, coconut milk, and sweet crab meat, while the Jungle Curry and the fermented sour sausage larb are for serious heat seekers who want an authentic experience. The dining room is covered floor-to-ceiling in celebrity photos, a testament to decades of devoted fans. Order one of the southern Thai specialties from the back pages of the enormous menu and prepare for flavors that are genuinely unlike anything you have had before.
