LA’s Favorite Authentic Northern Thai Spot

My restaurant doesn't serve Thai food. We don't have noodles, Pad Thai, or Ladma. We don't want to cook like other restaurants. It's a small restaurant, but we have 3 tables. Most of the customers speak to each other. Our food is delicious. It's authentic Northern food. There's nothing like it here. If it's the first time a customer comes to eat with us, we'll ask if they like spicy food. If they like spicy food, we'll be happy to serve them. I don't like her the most. She always complains. If I don't complain, I won't have to work. We can work together. If it's hot, it's cold. My name is Amphai. My nickname is Nancy. My name is Jira. My nickname is Wajin. My nickname is Tu. My nickname is Jai. I'm a Northerner. If it's Northern food, I like to eat Northern food. I like to cook Northern food. I make Kanun curry, bamboo shoot curry, crab curry, chicken stew, chicken stew with bamboo shoots. I make curry and coconut milk. I make stir-fried dishes. I like to make stir-fried Thai dishes. I make stir-fried chilli paste. It was opened in 2019. At the end of the year, I started to gain more fans. more people know about us. At first, I was a Thai news reporter. I used social media, my personal Facebook page. They probably didn't think that foreigners would eat Northern food. Especially the people in LA. They were surprised that there were so many foreigners in the restaurant. I'm glad that foreigners came to eat our Northern food. Most of the time, we used to sell food in the morning at the market. It was Northern food. For 2-3 years. A lot of customers knew us. I had a friend, the owner of the restaurant. But this place couldn't do it. So they offered us. We discussed if we should do it or not. It cost a lot of money. Many tens of thousands. But we did it. In the first month, we didn't have a lot of success. The number of customers kept increasing. In the first 2 months, we had a lot of customers. They came to try our food. They came alone. But they ordered a lot. They tried everything. Then they left. I didn't know how to read English. But my friends told me that I was lucky. I was so lucky. I got the first L.A. magazine. I didn't have to pay anything. I was shocked. I didn't know how to do anything. It was beyond my expectation. Everyone wanted to try our food. There were some ingredients. They were Northern food. They were from Thailand. But there was no one here. The smell and taste were all the same. I didn't know much about Northern food. But Nancy was very good. She made it. She made a successful recipe. Everyone in the kitchen could do it. Our kitchen is small. But my favorite curry is cooked in 3 hours. It takes time to cook 3 hours. This is the best chicken rice in the Northern restaurant. It's very popular. We don't have a lot of restaurants here. We only have a few orders. We don't have a lot of special dishes. For example, when Nancy went to Phra Khet, she found something strange. So she made it again. She made raw fish salad. She found fish. She made fish. She found frog. She found clam. She found oyster. She made it again. It's not the same. Today, we have stir-fried basil. We have Northern curry. Chicken curry. It's a little bit spicy and sour. It's the number 22 in the menu. Jackfruit salad. This is my favorite food. In the North, when Songkran comes, New Year, people make merit with curry. It's very delicious. If I see it, I can make it. What should I make with it? I can make anything. In Thailand, I have a small restaurant. But I don't make it here. I just eat it. In the morning, there's a fish market in Thailand. Every Saturday, we sell rice. We start from there. I came here for the first time. But people here know me. They know where I come from. They know where I eat. Look at me. Where are you going? I'm going to give him food. Where are you going? I'm going to give him food. There are a lot of Northern people who come to eat here. It's like a Northern food club. It's like a Northern Thai food club. If Thai people come to LA, we'll know each other. We've been friends for 10 years. We're from the same country. But we met here. In Chiang Mai. I live in Chiang Mai. I opened a massage parlor here. I'm a driver. I drive around LA. When I have a day off, I come here to eat. I like to cook. When I have a day off, I come here to eat. When I opened a massage parlor, I met him. We ate together. When I wanted to do something, he would stop me. But I got over it soon. He's hardworking. I can do it. It's good for the restaurant. I can do it. I don't have a family here. It's hard. I can drive alone. But I can't run a restaurant alone. It's hard to run a restaurant. 4 years in a row. I go home and sleep. I do it every day. 7 days a week. I close the restaurant. I'm 63 years old. I'll retire in 3-4 years. You're old. Don't teach him everything. I wish you a bright future. I'm proud of myself. Some restaurants take many years to open. Many people know me. But it takes a short time. I'm proud of myself. I'm proud of Thai people and foreigners. I can do it. I'm good at it. I can do it. I can cook like no one else. I'm happy.