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After reading Santos of Meet Me At the Corner of Third & Fairfax’s mouth-watering posting of Thai noodles, I had to go check it out. Coming from a Chinese & Thai influence, I was always exposed to fish sauce (nam pla) and shrimp paste odors as well as many delicious variations of noodles. For a [...]

So, I haven’t posted for a while because I’ve been pretty busy compiling a cookbook of treasured family recipes.
It’s taken a lot longer than I thought it would, to test and photograph about 20 recipes from my sisters, my Mum, her brother (Uncle Ray) and a couple of my cousins.
The sensational recipes I [...]

Check out the Talking Menu to learn Thai pronunciations.

I had lunch the other day at a little spot that I’ve always been meaning to tell folks here about: Thai Patio. Maybe you’ve seen it, you’ve definitely driven past it, it’s across the street from The Farmer’s Market/The Grove at 3rd & Fairfax. It’s that shopping center anchored by Whole Foods and [...]

This actually is quite a simple recipe to prepare. The biggest challenge, in fact, was locating the authentic ingredients…

On my way to a particular restaurant, I walked by a Malaysian restaurant in Pasadena. When I got to my destination, it looked rather dodgy. The menu, not that appealing. Not a diner in sight at 12pm. I turned right around and walked in Kuala Lumpur, a small restaurant that hold [...]

When my girlfriend first mentioned Palms Thai Restaurant, she told me that there was an Elvis crooning out tunes during her previous meal. Now usually I can’t take any restaurant with an Elvis impersonator seriously. However, for her recent birthday, I was obligated to try the restaurant and I must admit that I [...]

The rain had let up a bit, so in between downpours on my circuitous route home, I happened upon Los Angeles Thai Cafe. The most enticing thing about it from the outside was that I could make an easy left off of Fountain to get into the parking lot, where there were actual empty [...]