Yai Thai Restaurant in Los Angeles, CA

A local best-kept secret, the no-frills Yai Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard isn't much to look at from the outside. But inside visitors will find authentic Thai cuisine that sets itself apart from the offerings at typical Thai restaurants. The menu features unusual, intensely-flavored dishes like fiery beef salad, crispy catfish in curry, garlic pork, and tendon soup. Yai even manages to make familiar dishes seem unique by infusing them with unexpected flavors and plenty of spice.