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Jitlada
About
Jitlada, on Sunset Blvd in Thai Town, is a longtime Southern Thai restaurant famous for real Southern Thai heat and a very long menu. Signatures include Crying Tiger, khua kling dry curry and lots of seafood. The spice is no joke (try medium first), and the walls are covered in celebrity photos.
Jasmine says
Thai Town's temple of spice: a legendary Southern Thai restaurant and a pilgrimage for anyone brave with heat.
Insider tips
- The Southern Thai heat is no joke; start with medium
- Ask the staff for the day's recommended curry
- Order: Crying Tiger (the must-order opener)
- Order: Khua kling, Southern Thai dry curry (pick beef and get ready to sweat)
- Order: Soft-shell crab with wide noodles: you'll still be thinking about the crab and garlic sauce the next morning
Jasmine’s notes
- Thai Town（Sunset Blvd）Around since the late 1970s, and since 2007 siblings Jazz and her brother have turned it into fiery, aromatic Southern Thai food, with a menu of over four hundred dishes; reservations on Resy from 2026.Order: Crispy catfish salad, crying tiger pork neck, kua kling southern dry curry (very spicy); ask about the off-menu Jazz Burger
- Address
- 5233 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Where I wrote about it
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