Jitlada
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| Jitlada | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Owner | Jazz Singsanong |
| Food type | Southern Thai cuisine |
| Location | 5233 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
Jitlada (Thai: จิตลดา) is a Thai restaurant in Thai Town, Los Angeles, notable for its spicy dishes.[1][2][3][4] Opened in a Sunset Boulevard strip mall in the 1970s, the restaurant was purchased in 2007 by siblings Suthiporn “Tui” Sungkamee (Thai: สุทธิพร "ตุ๋ย" สังขมี) and Sarintip “Jazz” Singsanong (Thai: ศรินทิพย์ "แจ๊ส" สิงห์สนอง).[5][6][7][8][9] Raised in Nakhon Si Thammarat province in Southern Thailand, Sungkamee and Singsanong specialized in Southern Thai cuisine, including dishes that emphasized turmeric, chili peppers, and Thai herbs.[10][11][12][13] Sungkamee died in 2017, age 67.[14][15]
Jitlada has been featured on two episodes of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the third season of Food Paradise, season two of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and The Migrant Kitchen.[16][17]
The restaurant has also been featured in Food & Wine, Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.[18][6][13]
