When Anajak Thai opened in 1981, most people who walked into the Los Angeles restaurant weren’t familiar with Thai cuisine. They just thought it was spicy Chinese food, said Justin Pichetrungsi, the ...

A government campaign drove the popularity and similarity of Thai menus, but they left out an ingredient: the experiences of actual Thai people. Growing up in the American South, I was usually the ...

Pad thai is made by stir frying thin flat rice noodles in garlic, chai poh (Chinese sweet-salty preserved radish), dried shrimp and tofu, with a sauce made of fish sauce, tamarind paste and palm sugar ...

Every weekend, plumes of smoke billow up from the parking lot of the Wat Thai in Sun Valley. The aromas of meat grilling on an open flame, banana fritters frying in vats of roiling oil and pungent ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Anything can happen in Hollywood, including a lively Thai night market being plucked straight out of Bangkok and ...