I adore Thai food. We have 80,000 Thai people in Los Angeles and the largest Thai Town anywhere. in fact two Thai Boat Ladies [that skipper food soup beats in Asia] live in LA and both have Th ai chain restaurants that are fantastic:
Demographics. Los Angeles, California, has the largest Thai population outside of Asia. It is home to the world’s first Thai Town. In 2002, it was estimated that over 80,000 Thais and Thai Americans live in Los Angeles.
from Wikipedia. or Yahoo something.
I didn’t know about that, and I envy you all those restaurants.