Anajak Thai (Sherman Oaks)?

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I will say this about Anajak—IG influencer hype or not, Justin is doing a fantastic job of reinventing his family restaurant in his style. Not dissimilar to what Kris yembamgroong did with night+market years back @JeetKuneBao .

Where vast majority of restaurants are struggling—I would argue he’s actually thriving. There was line half block down before he even opened at 5 pm on Tuesday night. His innovations, collabs with dry age fish guy, and @JLee tomorrow, to the support of other fellow chefs has not gone unnoticed by restaurant community.

Perhaps being raised in an immigrant family has something to do with this. They know adversity and how to survive. Similarly, the daughter of Ayara thai in the westchester has done similar innovations—pinto Thursday’s which we love, drive in Thai movies, and this up coming thai hot pot looks amazing

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So in a way @JeetKuneBao, I do think anajak, Ayara and also holy basil are on to something—they are actually all doing thai that hasn’t been done before—whether it’s great sourcing, new concepts, or just bold flavors, it’s the 2nd gen leading the way.

The location is a problem for us being from Pasadena—however we were on our way back for morro bay and took a detour and arrived before 5 on a thai taco Tuesday so it turned out great. On our day there were may 20 or so people waiting in line by the time it opened at 5. They only let 3 pple in at a time to order. So once you pay you go get a table in the alley. The process unfortunately can take a long time esp if the parties ahead don’t know what they want and spend a lot of time looking for wine. Expect a longish wait if you don’t get there at 5.

I think if he can put the menu on line and even have pple pay for it online it’ll expedite things but not sure how it would work with the wine, which were a great deal and selection.