Wat Thai Temple

Over the past weekend while on my way up to the Valley, I swung by my old stomping grounds, the Wat Thai Temple in North Hollywood. I used to have to come here every Saturday/Sunday for weekend school, praying in the temple and learning myself some Thai. It's funny -- I somehow managed to advance a grade every year without ever having to take a final exam...

The real reason I love this place is the food. Oh the food. If you want some real Thai food in LA, go here. Period. You don't get much more authentic than this. Most of the people who serve up the various goodies from sate, papaya salad, and the phenomenal sticky rice and mango, have been here for 10+ years, if not much much longer. If anything, you have to try the sticky rice and mango here. I guarantee you that you have never had a better tasting version unless you ate it in Thailand. And even then I wouldn't believe you, because I'm Thai and you're probably not.

The best part about all this is that the food is mad cheap. Chicken sate = $1. Papaya salad (som tum) = $3. Sticky rice and mango = $5. All of this AND you get a taste of where I'm from. Shit.

Make sure to get some tokens before hitting up the food stands. Red = $2, Green = $1, Yellow = $0.50.

Wat Thai Temple
8225 Cold Water Canyon Ave

North Hollywood, CA 91605