Jitlada

Jitlada
Restaurant information
OwnerJazz Singsanong
Food typeSouthern Thai cuisine
Location5233 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]

References

  1. ↑ Burros, Marian (October 11, 1986). "DE GUSTIBUS; A Quest for the Hottest of the Hot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ Bush, Austin (March 12, 2024). The Food of Southern Thailand. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-54169-4.
  3. ↑ Andrews, Colman (July 8, 1990). "FARE OF THE COUNTRY; With Satay and Tiger Prawns, Fiery Thai Food Is a Hit in L.A." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ Virbila, S. Irene (April 8, 2009). "Jitlada restaurant in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ The Best Strip Mall Food in Hollywood, October 30, 2018, retrieved March 14, 2024
  6. 1 2 "Appreciation: Jitlada's Tui Sungkamee helped popularize the idea of regional cooking". Los Angeles Times. October 25, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ Shying, Frank (June 23, 2023). "At immigrant-run celebrity hot spots, Tinseltown, Thai Town and Koreatown collide". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jazz and Tui of Jitlada Thai restaurant". Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ Virbila, S. Irene (April 8, 2009). "Jitlada restaurant in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jazz and Tui Forever: The story of Jitlada, Original Southern Thai in East Hollywood ~ L.A. TACO". lataco.com. May 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Jonathan Gold on Jitlada | Good Food". KCRW. August 25, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  12. ↑ "My Last Bite finishes 300 dishes on Jitlada menu". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  13. 1 2 McGarry, Kevin (October 14, 2015). "In East Hollywood, a Tiny Restaurant Heavy on Experimentation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Thai chef Suthiporn 'Tui' Sungkamee dies at 66; his gift for spices turned Jitlada into a favorite". Los Angeles Times. October 20, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  15. ↑ Licata, Elizabeth (October 21, 2017). "Beloved chef Tui Sungkamee of LA's Jitlada dies at 66". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Food Paradise" Food on Fire (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb, retrieved March 14, 2024
  17. ↑ The Migrant Kitchen | Louis & Jazz | Season 3, retrieved March 14, 2024
  18. ↑ "Jitlada". Food & Wine. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
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