With dozens of celebrity photos and "best of" lists on the walls, chef Jazz Singsanong’s Thai Town restaurant is one of the city’s cult favorites—and serves Angelenos in memory of her brother, L.A. Thai-food legend chef-owner Tui Sungkamee, who passed away in 2017. The Crispy Morning Glory Salad is an obligatory dish: a flavorful mix of crunchy, deep-fried Chinese watercress, plump shrimp, red onions, cilantro, cabbage and bell peppers marinated in the spicy house dressing. If perusing the lengthy menu leaves you dazed and confused, the green mussel curry—succulent New Zealand mussels piled high and bathed in an aromatic Southern curry flavored with lemongrass, sweet pineapples and chiles—is a good place to start on the extensive list of fiery Northern and Southern Thai specialties.
Hollywood may be known for its star-studded walkways, tourist traps and over-the-top movie premieres, but the enormous neighborhood stretching from the city of West Hollywood to Silver Lake also happens to be home to some of the best food in Los Angeles. If you take into account Thai Town, East Hollywood and the newly crowned Melrose Hill, the area's restaurants—yes, inevitably filled with a celeb or two—include many of L.A.'s best Thai restaurants, plenty of stylish date spots and Michelin stars. No matter what you're looking for, or what time of day you arrive, you’ll find something to enjoy the next time you find yourself around Tinseltown.
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