Showing posts with label North Hollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Hollywood. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Restaurant Review #146: Swan Thai, North Hollywood
Larb-ground meat tossed in lime vinaigrette mixed with ground toasted rice
Driving down Sherman Way, you're unlikely to be enticed to stop at Swan Thai, located across the street from the 99 cent store in a creamy orange strip mall where the mostly empty parking lot is strewn with trash. Swan Thai may do most of its business through delivery and takeout, because the food is very good, but at
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lunch,
North Hollywood,
Thai,
The Valley
Friday, April 21, 2006
Restaurant Review #127: Wat Thai Festival, North Hollywood
Last weekend, I went to the Songkran festival at Wat Thai temple in North Hollywood. The temple is on Coldwater Canyon, close to the end of the earth. The temple faces diagonally, so the view of it from the street isn't great, but it's so huge and different from everything that surrounds it that there's no way you'll miss it. Parking was difficult, but we found free parking on a residential
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North Hollywood,
Thai
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Restaurant Review #121: Sanamluang Cafe, North Hollywood
Indian curry noodles with beef
If you're never been to Sanamluang Cafe before, you may be thoroughly confused when you walk in. Do I seat myself? Do I order at the counter? Is there a real menu with words, or do I have to pick one of those numbered photos and hope for the best?
I read good things about Sanamluang Cafe on Chowhound. Anyone who maligns the Valley for not having good food has
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lunch,
North Hollywood,
Thai
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Restaurant Review #99: Krua Thai, North Hollywood
Pad Thai Krua Thai
I chose Krua Thai because it's one of Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential LA Restaurants, and because I'm trying to expand my foodie universe beyond the Westside orbit.
The restaurant's name means Thai Kitchen, which, though not very inventive, is a fitting name given that the dishes here are more authentic than they are at the plethora of Thai restaurants I am accustomed to eating
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lunch,
North Hollywood,
Thai
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