The area is already flush with established Thai restaurants that have been serving for decades, but in only a few hours, hundreds of diners will descend upon the neon-lit Rad Nah Silom ...

On hot summer days in LA, spicy noodle soup is rarely the first food that comes ... wok-fired noodle operation Rad Nah Silom by invitation on Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town.

Despite our lofty statures we chose to eat traditional Thai food. The dean had a pad kaphrao while I ate rard nah. We also shared another dish. "It's a speciality of the restaurant," my host told me.