Night + Market Song

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"#50 For a lot of us, the Night + Market restaurants rejiggered what we thought we knew about Thai food. Kris Yenbamroong proved himself a master raconteur. He immersed us in full-blast iterations of Northeastern Thai cooking; we were rapt to his stories written in blood soup and etched in the curve of grilled pig’s collar. His success empowered other chefs to mix memoir and imagination in ways that helped delineate the only-in-L.A. ethos of the 2010s. Yenbamroong’s food continues to thrill, whether it’s the fun of his tower-of-power fried chicken sandwich or the electric acid test of his larb(particularly the livery pork salads). The Venice location is the newest; the Silver Lake outpost, with its vibe that still recalls a pop-up in a recently vacated locker room, will forever have many of our hearts. The West Hollywood original is the sly upstart among the group: It has grilled, crackly skinned pig’s tail on the menu, and dishes that recall its origins as Talésai, the Thai restaurant that Yenbamroong’s parents opened the year he was born. Try the comforting chicken grapow, ground chicken with garlic and basil underneath a fried egg. WeHo is the only one that serves cocktails (lychee-infused vodka spikes the Thai martini), though, as with the other two Night + Markets, it has an adventuresome, smartly annotated wine list. Beer and wine (full bar at WeHo). Credit cards accepted."

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"De l'avis général des Angelenos (et du nôtre également), les restaurants thaïlandais de Thai Town sont franchement médiocres. C'est sans doute pour cette raison que Night + Market Song, ce petit resto ultrabranché implanté sur Sunset Boulevard, fait un véritable tabac depuis son ouverture par Kris Yenbamroong, un jeune chef diplômé de cinéma, qui n'a aucune formation culinaire autre que celle d'avoir grandi dans une famille de restaurateurs thaïlandais de L.A. Sa devise : " une cuisine authentique et délicieuse, pour accompagner une soirée arrosée entre amis ". La décoration fantaisiste, colorée et hype est en effet le cadre idéal pour déboucher une bière thaï avant une soirée dans les bars du quartier ! Étonnamment bon marché, Night + Market Song propose une cuisine effectivement authentique, aux saveurs aiguisées et fraîches. Il faut à tout prix essayer le coconut rice , un riz gluant cuit dans du lait de coco, et, au déjeuner, le Thai Boxing Chicken, un poulet au barbecue servi traditionnellement autour des rings de boxe de Bangkok par des vendeurs de rue."

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