LA’s Favorite Authentic Northern Thai Spot

This tiny spot nestled in LA's Thai Town serves tantalizing Thai cuisine far from the Americanized versions found at most eateries in the area. Forget about pad Thai and spring rolls - this place is all about bold, spicy flavors hailing from northern Thailand. Their menu boasts mouthwatering dishes like jackfruit curry, bamboo shoot curry, kaeng kua curry, and spicy stir-fried catfish that will leave your taste buds singing. Sit down, let your mouth water while you watch this video, and be sure to visit next time you're in LA!
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[@aistis2701]

Northern Thai food is such a gift to the world and is hands-down my favourite cuisine. I ate at Northern Thai Food Club back in 2022 when visiting LA and it was sooooo good. I'm overjoyed to see the lovely and deserving folks doing well and getting even more recognition! Thank you for all the delicious food and love!

[@shlomovenezia101]

may god bless u💡

[@buuh7592]

their story about cooking food for each other on their days off and getting to know eachother through food, so beautiful and endearing (':

[@cd3121]

How i wish lol

[@gregmyers3420]

I cannot say enough how good this spot is! One of my favorite restaurants in LA and a great example of what, in my opinion, makes LA awesome: People from all over the world coming here and making amazing things. These people deserve all the success and I hope they get to take a day off soon.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

This is the type of Thai restaurant I want in my town. Not the the same food you can find in every Thai restaurant but food you would eat what they make in their own home.

[@miseentrope]

Same; however, sourcing certain ingredients just doesn't seem sustainable or profitable for a mid-west American Thai restaurant.

[@sayyanhmuong737]

@@miseentrope Facts

[@lilithgrrrl]

Yup, we in LA are so lucky to have a large enough population of Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, South/Central American, Korean people etc., that we can travel and enjoy incredible, authentic cuisines from all over without leaving home. Its so sad that tourists go to Rodeo Drive thinking that’s the most interesting thing about LA. Its these little mom and pop shops that truly represent what it means to be an Angeleno.

[@scarrylarry213]

There's a Thai restaurant on every other block in the yuppie parts of Brooklyn, and they're all the exact same.

[@suenoslucidos3899]

I freaking love living in Los Angeles, what other place can I get authentic fufu and eru for breakfast, than go to Thai town for some hot pot soup, then finish it off with the best Mexican street food that’s exists for dinner? A place like Los Angeles gives me a sense of true cultural diversity. I’ve had delicious foods I didn’t even know existed here.

[@dennislee8930]

Honestly, the best part about living in SoCal is the food, but man traffic on the freeways is getting out of hand

[@suenoslucidos3899]

@@dennislee8930 depending on where you live you never have to take a freeway, I would go from east LA to San Pedro beach just by going through south central and downtown, it’s possible, it will take more time but it’s so much more relaxing. You see so many sights as well.

[@smellypatel5272]

It's overpriced, feminized, and liberalized which automatically takes away from all of the pros you've listed

[@suenoslucidos3899]

@@smellypatel5272 no it doesn’t, lol 😂

[@theonlyalecazam2947]

⁠@@dennislee8930We’re building out our transit network

[@ThorS.W]

คนเจียงฮาย ชื่นชมอาหารบ้านเฮาที่ไปไกลถึง แอลเอ ❤😊❤ , I'm glad that NorthernThai cuisine taste successfully in LA 🎉

[@landrovalaius]

Why am I smelling the aroma in front of the screen? I’m a Taiwanese but Thai cuisines are my fav food ❤

[@vincentvanderbilt5598]

Wait til you get to try Indonesian food as well, please try Medan Kitchen in LA too

[@pinoyriot15]

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! My sister ok me here when I came to visit. The food was fantastic, and they were so nice and gave recommendations. That pork belly was soo good, and Khao Soi is always a must!

[@Harry_Eyeball]

Thai people and Indian people truly know how to make your dish nice n’ spicy!

[@sonic-factory]

Their food looks amazing. Nuff said.

[@sactownism]

I was at that restaurant in 2021 and probably one of my favorite thai restaurant I've ever been to. Mark Wiens had also visited that place before and also made a vudeo about it.

[@juliansegall8861]

So much to learn from them. I wish they did video's on their food I'd love to know more.

[@jeexbit]

Beautiful food, beautiful people - excellent video - keep it coming Munchies!

[@philiprobinson5647]

A lovely couple making outstanding food

[@revmaxproductions]

How about giving link or even address for the restaurant instead of selfishly listing half a dozen of your own links?

[@mattpatt199]

100%

[@OPTIC23100]

Name of restaurant you can see on 0:55 stop crying

[@revmaxproductions]

@@OPTIC23100 no duh, asshole. I live 5 min away. It's the point that Vice doesn't actually care.

[@enjoisk8a911]

Google is your friend

[@revmaxproductions]

@@enjoisk8a911 reading the previous comments isn't yours

[@aoedemontague1489]

Thai food is my favorite, hole-in-the-wall restaurants are hiding gems.

[@Gigaamped]

These stories featured on here bring a tear to my eye 🥲

[@wreckx50]

7:10 Mark Wiens was here!

[@eddietorres5655]

I just finished eating here for the first time a few minutes ago. I didn’t recognize the dishes from usual Thai spots, but I knew it was going to good when I was welcomed by the strong smell of fish sauce. Boy, was I right. Bomb…

[@GlitterGuru]

Went here for lunch a year ago on a whim and it’s amazing!

[@bobthebuilder8570]

แกงฮังเล, แกงโฮะและข้าวซอยคือที่สุดของความอร่อยของอาหารเหนือ แล้วจะแวะไปอุดหนุนนะคะ

[@MsBirdTalk]

I love that restaurant.

[@CJ-mt6zd]

I would love to try that place

[@daddymcpapi7520]

Nothing better than Issan cooking.

[@8v8n]

YES!

[@tsurugi5]

Isaan is north east

[@enjoisk8a911]

Restaurant is an absolute banger and sleeper in LA's Thai Town. Very spicy but its worth it.

[@mon6745]

What an interesting back story - they have such a beautiful friendship

[@bbbt8090]

Will try this spot next time I stop by PA Ord

[@Malini108]

Hopefully more and more places like this will come to the west!!

[@mallyndab]

I ate here a week ago not knowing it was so popular. The food was DELICIOUS and Ioved dining there. I'm already looking forward to eating there soon.

[@natalievue794]

Went here last year after watching Mark Wein’s video! So bomb! Coming back for it again this year :D

[@ankur313]

My mouth is salivating !!! 😋

[@lewisc9959]

Damn! That looks so good!

[@demetriaduma6218]

LA always has the restaurants I wanna try :(

[@finests6636]

น่ากินมากกกกกก This is amazing! Northern Thai food is unique and flavorful

[@tompraisan7642]

Look authentic to me, must try next time I'm in LA.

[@Babyfacelocc]

This is beautiful

[@ph1ogic]

props to all the Asian OGz working everyday for their kids !!

[@fhgu8051]

Looks so good and miss a little thai place run mostly by just one thai lady that made some delicious stuff.

[@gh8066]

this duo and their restaurant is a hol vibe

[@Youknowmeozone]

😢 we need this in my city .. excellent episode

[@3973555]

If you don't know what to get, get the Lao/Thai sausage, papaya salad and sticky rice🤌

[@crazyskiier1000]

Why is the name not in the description so people can easily look up and go?

[@davidlittle7072]

อยากไปชิมที่ร้านเลยครับ

[@ABC-americanbornchinese]

I love Thai northern food ❤️🤍❤️ #ขนมจีนน้ำเงี้ยว

[@philiq18]

The food looks great -- less "fast foody" and more authentic-homemadesque. All the very best to them.

[@startpage717]

Beautiful Stories (even though it sounds to be a lot of work) Keep moving forward!

[@coltonvanessa5096]

"We have a small menu" Shows off like 30 completely unique dishes

[@zyrf1167]

never been here but i would like to see kanom jeen nam ngiaow on the menu if it exists.

[@AditiNath1234]

Yummy😋

[@CHIEF_420]

@Futura 💋 Clic canal. Jugar listas.

[@charleydring3543]

BEST THAI RESTAURANT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. hands down

[@Bay510Area]

Saap Sap Ly. 🤤

[@knlei1]

This is the real thai spot, not that fake americanized version of thai food

[@chikanojuarez816]

😋🍽️👏💯 Saludos desde #KansasCity

[@mallyndab]

I don't get it. Is this place called Amphai, or Northern Thai Food Club?

[@ayyachris]

If Gordon comes here he would be like. Gordon: Finally something good. Gordon would get scold by the owner instead.

[@HatoBumpkin]

Wow your video is 6 seconds longer than the threshold where you get more ad revenue. Das cray.

[@meej6452]

Didn’t Mark Wiens eat here and said it’s the most authentic Northern style outside of Thailand he’s had?

[@Takoda20]

*0*)คนไทยๆ ยอดๆ

[@accordiongordon]

Why does nobody ever talk about Southern Thai food? It’s always Northern/Isan

[@senecavermeulen8110]

isn't regular "thai food" in america just southern thai food? it's the most densely populated and influential part of the country. i think people just specify when they have "northern thai" food, while people selling southern thai food don't have to

[@mad_max21]

This is like complaining nobody talks about Texas BBQ when people are talking about less well-known BBQ regions.

[@jc3drums916]

Jitlada, a Southern Thai restaurant in LA has been arguably the best Thai restaurant in the U.S. for >20 years now.

[@jc3drums916]

@@senecavermeulen8110 I always thought the "standard" Thai food in the U.S. was from around Bangkok, i.e. central Thailand.

[@accordiongordon]

@@senecavermeulen8110 well, I wish somebody would have explained that to me. I and most other Americans are not that familiar with the intricacies of Thai cuisine, and to hear food writers and videographers talk about Northern Thai cuisine without first explaining its presence in contrast to what you mention as the more prevalent Southern Thai cuisine in the US is frustrating

[@FunkyChild718]

SriPraPhai in Queens, NY is still #1 in the USA. In fact I just came back from a 6 month stay in Thailand and SriPraPhai is better than anything I had in Thailand, which is still fresh on my mind.

[@Ma89644]

You know the food is good when the chefs don’t speak English

[@brandofhero]

More importantly, they cook it out of authenticity.

[@krnpowr]

I wanna try this real bad. All I've had is American Thai food, and it sucks! It's the only "Asian" food that I don't like. But maybe something authentic like this place would change my mind about Thai food.

[@diggingmystyle]

Food is good but parking is impossible on most days. Hollywood is worse than Pasadena when it comes to parking.

[@jims.7063]

This place looks great but how do you not even have the name of the restaurant in the description?? lol No excuse for this type of content.

[@HoneyLemonDrops25]

Awwww....they should give themselves one day off to rest.

[@chefs_food]

❤❤es

[@csong9940]

So they’re not married? 😅

[@tonehawke]

Not enough love for Lao food in the world.

[@wegotit2587]

Not enough people promoting Lao food for what it really is…instead they would rather insecurely promote as Northern Thai or Isaan Thai.

[@ไม่สวยเลยหน้าเหมียนหมา]

Because this is not laos food it north thai food different area different erthic group I think tou confused with north east thai food which look more like laos because they're same group.

[@coolv70]

Northern Thai food AKA Laos Food.

[@kindercool5917]

Lao food 😋 😍

[@kev4850]

yesssiiiirrrr

[@nuniis]

How is it Laos food though? I don’t think Laos has Khao soi?

[@coolv70]

@@nuniis I have a lot of family in Khon Kaen and Udon Thani there are a lot of Laos people that live in those regions and yes we do have that dish here is a link kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqnQl6FndrqpbbM

[@fatesteyneit2990]

look at those hard workers.. and some future doctors and lawyers just want reparations for something they've never experienced

[@Goldone99]

Ain't no brainwashing me 👓

[@saml643]

Basically Lao food

[@tishw4576]

My husband loves a good curry. I wish I did but I don't.

[@bry3699]

Is it just me or does this woman got it going on?

[@PhatlineProduction]

All Thai Food is Laotian Food

[@aa-ij5gm]

so basically lao food.

[@rmendoza720]

OMG.....these foreigners want to work hard and start a business.....we gotta stop them from coming here!!!!! They took merjurb!

[@js858sd]

So basically Lao food!

[@ไม่สวยเลยหน้าเหมียนหมา]

No not laos. laos people don't have curry type food most of north thai food are different from laos and north east thai food. Most laos food are more smelly and more have more raw prepared dished while north thai food need to take time to prepare a lot you can see many curry menu in here.

[@mcdugg]

Made me want some pad Thai 🔥

[@sharifnasser7635]

They said they dont serve it there lol

[@sharifnasser7635]

0:08

[@JusGarc1981]

💀

[@ashleylala4293]

They liked America enough to move their whole life here but not enough to learn English. 🙄

[@nuniis]

Surely they do but not take it that seriously, but why are you mad at them though?? It’s their choice. Isn’t America a country of freedom?

[@angryhalfasian3651]

There's a ton of Western expats in Thailand who do the same thing - they refuse to learn Thai and have lived there for decades. They live in their own English-speaking bubble. Some won't even eat Thai food.

[@VagaBumAdventures]

This video is recommending my channel! I'm honored!

[@brendasays2324]

Nothing compares to traditional Lao and Thai cusine… grew up eating and cooking it. I love my cultures with my parents coming from south East Asian… 🫶🏽 sap sap

[@TeddyFreddy94]

Yum

[@CHIEF_420]

@segway Las damas y niños del mundo necesitan transportación económico 🗺 💋 = 💰💰💰...

[@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340]

yeah, last thing you want to do is give people want they want and what's popular - brilliant strategy