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Jitlada's amazing Southern Thai menu
Thanks to Chicago hound Eric M.'s rather obscure post a few days ago, we tried some of the Southern Thai specialties at Jitlada which has been under new ownership for a year now. Wipe away all memories of the old Jitlada, print out Eric's translation
(http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?...) and get over to Jitlada if you want a really unique, authentic, and yes, possibly painfully hot Thai experience.
Here's some photos:
I also ducked into Jitlada becomes of EM's post a few days ago. I looked at the back of the menu at the portion written entirely in Thai. While some specialties were out of stock (or out of season), that menu is certainly large enough to warrant coming back to do more explorations.
I printed out the translation the morning of Eric's post and they were a little bit confused at how I was armed with such information. Needless to say, I hope they're ready for the "Chowhound effect" as fans flock.
I had the oxtail soup (which actually reminded me of something I might find at the Thai chain frequented by the Mexican population, Thai Ocha) as well as the soft-shelled crab curry which was amazing.
Haven't completed the blog post yet, but the pics are uploaded:
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You raved about that particular preparation after your first visit and I don't doubt that it was indeed great, but if you are ever feeling a bit more, ahem, *adventurous* on one of your future visits, I would encourage you to try the soft-shelled crab curry which appears on the Southern menu (and on my translation of the same, i.e. "phat phet luuk taw puu nìm"). [FWIW, it also appears on the standard menu under the heading "Curries," as "Southern Curry with Soft Shell Crabs."] At any rate, this prep. includes a very notable Southern delicacy called sa-taw, or the "sator bean." Similar in appearance and texture to a locust "bean," sator has a bitter and pungent flavour profile which folks come away from absolutely loooooving or absolutely HATING. Like I said, though, only if you are feeling *adventurous*
re: Erik M
for a group of 4 or more, would both at one sitting for a side-by-side be too much? (...imho there can never be too much soft-shelled crab). really appreciating your insight, this is a marvelous read...almost can taste it. wish i had smell-o-vision. (guessing the sator bean can't be any stinkier than durian, true?)
re: Local
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well, actually what i meant was orders of both types of soft-shelled crab ( one in your photo and the one with satar bean that Eric described) - would that be too much of a good thing?
but yes, absolutely double orders of whatever we get, or there won't be enough for at least two if not three people ;-)
re: Local
I actually meant what you meant also; ordering one each of the different soft-shelled crab.
If that's all you're going to eat, then order two orders of each crab dish, but I would just order one each if you plan on exploring other things on the menu. Worst case scenario is that you have to put in another order!
re: Local
Put it this way, ordering both dishes side-by-side would be, traditionally-speaking, rather "un-Thai," but if that's what you want to do, knock yourself out. <smile> Generally speaking, two liquid, rich-style curry dishes of any sort is one too many for a standard Thai table array. Thais instead are after balance, and if you are interested in putting together a traditional-style meal at Jitlada which has a decidedly Southern Thai-accent, it'd be much more "proper" to order some combination of the following for a party of four:
-One or two grilled or fried snack/appetizer items
-One or two simple salads
-One clean and light soup
-One rich curry
-One or two meat and/or vegetable stir-frys
-Loads of steamed white rice <smile>
If you look back at my original writeup--the one which included the photographs--and you look through the *second* series of photos therein, you will get some idea of what I am talking about composition-wise.
Good grilled or fried snack/appetizer options from Jitlada's menu(s) would include beef or chicken satay (a classic Southern Thai snack), country fried chicken, Thai honey ribs, and dried/fried beef "jerky."
Good salad options from Jitlada's menu(s) would include beef salad, squid salad, coco mango salad, pickled crab salad, raw blue crab salad (available by special arrangement), Amphoe Pak-style papaya salad, crispy catfish salad,
A good soup option from Jitalada's menu(s) would include the tom yum, sup hang wua, tumeric-seasoned soup with chicken, sour and spicy soup with giant shrimp, and poh tak. [NB I would NOT order tom kha, as it is not neutral enough to counterbalance the richer Southern-style curries and frys. Besides, depending on which curry you order, tom kha could be rather redundant with all of that coconut milk going on.]
A good curry option from Jitalada's menu(s) would include green curry with egg-yolk-stuffed fish balls, Southern Thai-style curry with dried mudfish and water spinach, spicy curry with beef and pickled cassia buds, spicy tumeric-seasoned curry with catfish and wild tea leaves, Phat(tha)lung-style spicy, tumeric-flavoured dry curry with pork or beef (NB It's hotter than hell), and massamun lamb shank (a classic Southern curry).
Good stir-fried meat and/or vegetable options would include the various fried whole fish dishes, chinese water crest [sic] on flambe [sic], chinese broccoli with crispy pork, chinese broccoli with salted fish, asparagus stir-fried,
--It is important to note the conspicious absence of both noodle and fried rice dishes in my list of suggestions above. Again, ordering these items as part of a traditional Thai table array would be rather "un-Thai." <smile> There IS, however, one rice dish which I would encourage any explorer of Jitlada's Southern-style offerings to try: kao mok kai. I very often liken this classic dish to Thai-style "biryani." <smile>
In any event, there are no "rules" when ordering Thai food so please feel free to dismiss any/all of the above commentary entirely. <smile>
re: Erik M
ZIKES Eric, i feel as if i should be buying you dinner!!...all the Thai eating essentials...this is fantastic. i've highlighted key pts., will use as crib notes when no one is looking... whaddya bet i see some other diners holding on to the same ;-)
...some of our group do not carry the asbestos tongue and plumbing gene that I and a few others feel fortunate to have 'darwin-ed', ...but it appears there's something for everyone.. again, much appreciated. L.
re: Erik M
Sataw/petai is delicious, but it does haunt you a bit when you go No.1. Think 'powerful asparagus'. Don't let that stop you, though. Lots of people love asparagus, right? Besides the flavour Erik mentioned, the beans also have a wonderful texture: firm and slightly chewy, like al dente pasta.
re: Local
Oh, my God, I couldn't be happier!
That is a great writeup, Patty.
Thanks so much for taking the time.
And, thank you all for the votes of confidence!
Erik M.
re: Erik M
re: mc michael
Hi, mc michael
I mentioned (and provided menu translations) for three other establishments in the original thread:
I have a few more in the works, including a lengthy piece on Ruen Pair which includes a detailed explanation of why, exactly, all of those Chinese-style dishes can be found on the menu. <smile>
But, if you want something else to chew on right now, read my post linked above. Therein, you will find a link to my review of the hyper-authentic Northern Thai offerings at Spicy BBQ Restaurant.
re: Erik M
re: mc michael
Jitlada Thai was the second meal I had after returning from Chicago, 2 days after I had a lousy meal @ Lotus of Siam (geez, what a sham..)
Jazz reports business is up. I also met another foodie couple who've read Chowpatty's post.
I have to put in my 2 cents here:
The "coco" mango salad has a distinct taste of coconut water. It could be the abundance of peanuts, but I'm pretty sure it's coconut water.
The egg-yolk-stuffed fish balls green curry is extremely tasty. And it won't burn you a new discharge hole like the tumeric beef.
Visited again today for lunch, as I had to try out some of the "wet" curries, and I'll indeed confirm that it was some hot hot stuff, but in very exciting and flavorful way.
It's my new favorite Thai restaurant. Sorry, Ruen Pair.
My blog post (with pics)
Thanks Eric M. for the translation. I loved the clams in curry with tea leaves. So good! We also had the fried red snapper with the fried garlic on top and the dried fried beef jerky. I will be back to try the steamed mussels and flambeed prawns they told us about. I like how all the waitstaff are the kids/niece/nephew of the owners. Thanks so much!
--oh and I forgot to mention that I was disappointed that I forgot to bring my copy of Eric M's translation. I described what he did and they brought out a copy that they had printed! They were thrilled to say the least and I saw them giving the translated menu to other parties as well.
re: choctastic
Hi, choctastic
Thank you for the feedback. I spoke with Tui just the other day and he told me that the response so far has been tremendous. I am so glad that you too had a good experience.
That clam dish ("kaeng hawy bai cha-phluu" in Thai on the Southern menu) is one of the most unique dishes that I've tried so far, and I found it truly delightful. BTW, in case you didn't already know, "bai cha-phluu," or the "wild betel leaf" which is used in that dish, is the very same leaf traditionally used in the Thai snack, "miang kham."
On my very first visit I got a glimpse of that acclaimed steamed mussel dish as it made its way to another table. Captivated by the manner in which it was presented, I asked Jazz about it and she was quick to say, "Very popular with the Thai customers. One of the favourite!" That is all that it took for me. <smile> At any rate, I don't remember hearing about the "flambe [sic] prawn" ("kung sa-dung phao" in Thai on the standard menu). I will have to ask about that the next time.
Whoa is this a fantastic (re)discovery. Thanks to Erik and Patty!!!
Descended on the place last night with 4 friends and let Jazz do the ordering. We loved it. Especially the previously mentioned Soft Shell Crab curry, the mango salad, the fried fish w/garlic.
PLUS...a very respectable Khao Soi, the hard to find curry-coconut noodle (don't know if it is on the menu but Jazz's face lit up if I asked if they have it). A beef curry was kind of tough. A pad thai was wonderful.
re: Ciao Bob
More notes: the eggs used in the stuffed fish ball green curry is indeed salted duck eggs. This remains my fave dish in the entire menu so far.
We had the fried fried tumeric sea bass topped with fried garlic today. Splendid dish. And my Southern Thai friend insisted on ordering the Kaeng Tai Plaa. AGAIN. I cried like a wuss after 3 teaspoons. They ordered it "regular". Jazz said it could have a bit more kick.
Translated menu now on Yelp as well. Jazz's daughter served us tonite in between watching Korean drama. The whole family was there including the son's girlfriend, the son, etc. Ciao Bob's party was brought up in passing conversation as well.
Manila mangoes is utilized in sticky rice and mango at this moment. ALMOST as good as Taiwanese mango shaved ice. almost.
Finally, I really do not understand the comment suggesting Jitlada get themselves a wine list like LoS, an insult IMO
re: TonyC
re: Local
That one is not too spicy at all -- Fried Garlicky Yumminess. I have to admit one of my party wass not a heat fiend. She ordered a simple pad thai, I expected to be underwhelmed, but noooooooo waaaaaay.....it was the best pad thai I ever had. They do things righteously. The green mussel starter has a broth no one could stop dipping their shells into to slurp it up.
re: TonyC
Why is it an insult to suggest they get a better wine list? It was just a passing comment and not something I would necessarily take advantage of as I'm fine with beer, but there are no Thai restaurants in L.A. with real wine lists and judging from this board, there's lots of wine lovers out there -- so why not, if someone at the restaurant happened to be interested in pursuing it?
re: TonyC
I'm not a frequent poster, but I am a frequent reader and I dragged three friends out to Jitlada last night. It was certainly the best Thai food I've had in the U.S. We just moved to L.A. and my Thai town tasting has just begun, but I've already forgotten about poor old Sriphapai in Queens, my previous gold standard.
Between the 4 of us we ordered 5 dishes. We started with the mango salad, which was almost smoky with coconut. It was spicy, but the spice didn't overpower the sweetness. Very good.
We ordered 3 curries, we wanted to follow Eric's advice, but we were just drawn to the curries. I guess there was no risk of us being mistaken for authentic Thais anyways. We had the green curry with fishballs. I loved it but my SO thought that the duck yolks were somewhat foot-smelly. I thought the spicing was not overpowering and the vegetables were perfectly cooked - the thai eggplant was not at all mealy. Plus, the green curry itself was among the best I've ever had. Our next curry was shrimp and pineapple in turmeric broth. We ordered this mild, so I can only imagine what spicy would have been like. My poor squamish friend. The broth was thin, and it had an almost Tom Yum flavor profile - the pineapple sweetened the firewater nicely. I was also impressed that the shrimp were not overcooked. Very nice. The last was my favorite. Catfish and wild tea leaves in turmeric curry. It's hard to describe how great this was, the tea leaves were a little bitter, but they added a dark richness to the broth. Again the catfish was cooked just right in the broth. The spice in this dish was intense, but it grew slowly and didn't mask the complex flavors. One of the best things I've ever eaten.
Finally, we were already full when our seabass with turmeric and fried garlic came out. That didn't stop us from picking it clean. Our waitress (Jazz I think) suggested that we pile some mango on top of it - that was a great idea. Again, the fish was cooked perfectly and the garlic was sweet without being burnt.
Thanks so much to Eric for his translation, all of our menus had the translation on the back page and Jazz was just thrilled that we were there. It was a great night. I can't wait to go back (but first, I can't wait to eat my leftovers).
re: dfarbman
I've been going to Jitlada a lot since Erik's first post, and was thrilled to see the translation finally make it as part of the menu. I showed up last night in a party of five at 9pm, and I think I might have seen you guys there. I brought a Thai friend of mine whose family is from southern Thailand and she was completely beside herself. Usually, as the resident 'hound in my group, I'm the one who does the ordering, but she took over for us and whipped up a great meal. My favorite was this minced chicken dish that resembled larb but was deeper in flavor and less sour and more smoky. It was served with an iced bowl of veggies, so I dipped a fresh cucumber slice in there: the interplay between hot and cold was amazing. We also ordered the soft-shelled crab curry (dry) as well as the pineapple and catfish curry (wet), the mango salad, a baked chicken dish of some sort, and I think one more that I'm forgetting at the moment. We closed out the meal with mango and sweet rice. After tip, it came out to $20 each for the five of us.
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re: Jack Barber
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re: Servorg
Mexican yes. (Also sushi.)
Mexican I'm batting 50% on Jonathan Gold picks:
-- El Parian -- birria was good (although not much better than the only other birria I've eaten, @ red hook ballfields in Brooklyn). Tacos (carne asada + carnitas) ginormous but unremarkable, in our opinion.
-- El Huarache Azteca -- huaraches w/ carne adobada were tremendous.
In the absence of much time to research I'm cheating w/ JG's Essential 99 from last Nov. Kind of have to work the food picks in with other activities. (visiting w/ wife + kids.)
Interested in La Casita Mexicana if we get down that way. Best Fish Tacos of Ensenada and Yuca's are near where we're staying (Silver Lake) so will prob hit them at some point. Not sure what other Mex. Maybe one of the Oaxacan places? In the past I haven't gone too far wrong eyeballing taco joints that seem to do a decent business.
Sushi I've always hit Echigo, Nozawa, Katsu-Ya, or Tama depending on where I am. All much better than anywhere in NYC that I've tried. (never been to masa.) Also interested in Asanebo and Kiriko from Gold list.
Other possible plans:
-- Langers if indeed it's the best pastrami in North America.
-- Is Los Balcones de Peru worthwhile? Love Peruvian style ceviche.
-- Korean bbq -- going w/ friends, not sure which place.
-- Possibly that Phillips bbq, if they indeed have best ribs outside of KC.
would love any guidance that's out there.
re: Jack Barber
For Mexican food, people have been raving lately about a place in Mar Vista called Mariscos Chente: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/585334
It's in my neighborhood but I still haven't made it over. I have a Mexican friend who got very, very excited when I told here about this place which is a satellite of a store in East LA somewhere; evidently it's very famous in certain circles!
re: aliris
re: Jack Barber
If you are interested in Korean BBQ then Parks is the place you want to try. Have you read about Babita? It seems to get higher marks than La Casita. Not sure about Los Balcones - but the cerviche at Mariscos Chente is wonderful. For straight up sushi I find Sushi Zo on the border of Culver City and WLA the place to go. Finally, if you go to Yuca's then the thing to get is the cochinita pibil in either taco or burrito form.
1823 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776
Park's BBQ
955 S. Vermont Ave, Suite G, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Sushi Zo
9824 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034
re: aliris
re: aliris
re: Jack Barber
Well, Jitlada lived up to all my expectations! Jazz greeted us enthusiastically ...and when she saw me clutching my Eric M. print out, she ran immediately to grab a notebook of the pictures and menu printed from this thread...she wanted to know my board name, and then began sharing a list of other hounds who'd recently been in, also mentioning the party of 20 scheduled for tomorrow night (eatingla folks is that you?).
We started with the vegetable spring rolls and chicken satay, then THE green papaya salad with shrimp and red onion, stir fried asparagus, pad thai, THAT SEABASS with crispy garlic, THAT SOFT SHELLED CRAB with curry, and THOSE green mussels...incredible. I had fixated on THAT SOFT SHELLED CRAB since first viewing SauceSupreme's flickr pic, and was not disappointed...same with the fried fish with crispy garlic...we picked that pescine clean...but even as incredibly good as both the soft-shell and finned friends were, the true deal maker was THOSE MUSSELS, and not so much for the easily extracted molluscs as for THE BROTH they were swimming in...absolutely addictive!!! short of mainlining it, I not so subtlely moved the bowl close enough so I could reach the ladle without be interrupted by my dining companions- that bowl was mine... we slowly but deliberately demolished everything so no left overs. Jazz suggested dessert and tho' initially hesitant it didn't take much persuasion...don't remember what we actually requested, but the result was a sampler of fried bananas, fresh coconut ice cream with a sprinkle of mung beans and yellow chick peas with the fresh ice cream cloaking palm seeds, and mango with sticky rice...much of it on the house thanks to Jazz not wanting us to be denied. Her enthusiam is absolutely infectious, she started reciting other things she thought we would like...I told her next time we'll let her pick our menu. She mentioned a number of times how thankful she is to those who have been spreading the word about the restaurant, and was genuine in her sincerity. Hospitality rating- 5 stars!
A few rounds of Thai coffee (again, thank you Jazz)...we arrived at 6:30, rolled out just before 10...excellent food, great hospitality, all fabulous. Kudos to her niece who was our friendly and attentive server. We can't wait to return and move into some of the spicier selections as well.
re: Local
re: Chowpatty
re: Local
She may have been referring to haw mok thaleh, or "seafood hor mok" as it appears on the standard menu. If you are not familiar with this item, hor mok is a curry-flavoured "custard" of sorts which traditionally contains some form of seafood and is steamed in a cup-shaped banana leaf wrapper. Very few restaurants in the US do this dish a service; I expect that you are in for a treat.
re: Erik M
re: Erik M
Yes, we had the hor mok last night -- it was amazing, much better than the version I had once at Kruang Tedd. It wasn't in a banana leaf but in a small custard cup, slightly spicy with a strong kaffir lime leaves undertone - wonderful.
We had quite a feast -- steamed mussels with a piquant green sauce; loved the clams with tea leaves; I didn't think I would like fish balls but that curry had one of the most flavorful sauces; whole bass was a bit dry but fun to pick at all the garlic; soft shell crab curry was different from anything I've had before and quite delicious; the blue crab salad was perfectly spiced, sour and pungent; loved the tangy rice salad -- I'm having it for lunch today.
Sticky rice and mango, homemade coconut ice cream and fried bananas were all scrumptious although we were completely stuffed.
What a great meal...
re: Chowpatty
re: Chowpatty
i missed most of this, so how do we get the special stuff here or is there a separate menu (i.e. the northern thai menu at lotus of siam) or what?
is the Soft Shell Crab in curry sauce, the specials dish to get here? along with Seabass with Garlic, and Blue Crab salad?
do they have the good dishes at both lunch and dinner?
re: kevin
The menu is available for both lunch and dinner, though it all my depend on availability of various ingredients. But the menu is there.
There is a separate menu for the really distinctly southern staff (it's on the back page; now with translations!) but they also have southern accents on the menu as a whole. In fact, the soft shell crab curry is part of that main menu.
re: Chowpatty
I organized the group of 20 for lunch. There was a terrible accident today and about half the folks didn't make it after spending a miserable hour or two in traffic.
We stayed for almost 4 hours at the restaurant eating, talking and listening to Jazz and Tui. They are wonderful hosts and we had a blast.
I'm planning another get together there for August or September.
re: JiYoungorama
I was there yesterday as well, after fighting hours of traffic. My wife had a shower in the area so I dropped her off and went to Jitlada. I was there about 2PM and only a couple of tables were occupied. Your group must have left by the time I got there; it would be impossible to miss a large group in there!!
Being by myself I could only order a couple of dishes, most of which I brought home (lunch today!!!).
I had a Southern Thai curry, from the back page, I think it was Lauang (sp?) with chicken and a mint pork. Both were very good, the curry being nice and hot (as I requested), the curry having a different flavor but I actually liked it. The pork was the ground kind, with very nice spicey flavors just not as hot as I wanted.
The service was quite attentive, with the only problems being I ordered diet coke (which came with the traditional shaved ice) but it was off color, fizzless and tastless. When she brought the first dish I mentioned the drink and she promptly replaced it with another glass of shaved ice and a can of diet coke (much much better).
The only other problem was that I ordered brown rice, and they brought white. It took quite a while for the brown rice to arrive, both of my dishes sitting on the talbe (cooling) while I waited.
All in all I liked this place and when in the area again I will try some other dishes.
re: LesThePress
We were there from noon till about four in the back room. There were only eight of us, because of the accident. I received emails from the people who couldn't make it because of the traffic, apparently it was really bad even by LA standards. So I'm scheduling another meal for a large group there next month or in September.
Jazz told us she'd love to do a cooking demo or class there.
If any chowhounders are interested that would be great, but I don't know how to arrange that through CH, what the rules are and such...
re: JiYoungorama
re: LesThePress
I added my email address to my profile. And I joined SCARF (approval pending).
Jazz was really into the idea of teaching a class when she has more time. Actually she brought it up, I might have to help a little bit with the organization and give her some tips on how classes or demos are structured.
I fell in love with Tui and Jazz (everyone in our group did) and would love to help them out anyway I can.
re: JiYoungorama
If you can add an email address to your CHOW profile, we can contact you there off the board. also if you're a SCARF (Yahoo group) member you could post something there. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCARF-S...
joining is easy when you get to the site...
Would love to join chow folks for another round since we didn't have enough spicy stuff to satisfy me last time... and a cooking demo or class would be excellent.
re: Dave Feldman
Jitlada makes LA times top 25 cheap eats:
I ate here last night based on all the mentions on this board. Also I'm leaving LA for Boston next week and doing a farewell food tour (but that's another post).
My gosh this is a terrific restaurant. It's deserving of EVERY bit of praise it's receiving right now. Hype, especially internet hype, sometimes makes the actual experience a bit anti-climactic. I'll say that Jitlada fully lives up to all those expectations.
I had the green curry with the duck yolk stuffed fish balls. The southern soft-shell crab curry (I know, two curries but I couldn't choose just one), morning glories with chilies, and the dish I always order at every thai place, thai omelette with minced pork. (kai jieaw moo sap)
the staff was so friendly. They didn't think I was Thai (because I'm tall). I will definitely go back before I leave.
Thanks for the recommendation!
re: ysb
re: Local
the dish is called "pak boong fai dang" it's pretty popular, and I've heard the translation be "water morning glories" and also "siamese watercress". Sorry that I don't know for sure. anyways, the stems and leaves are stir-fried with fermented soybeans and chilies, which makes it pretty salty and somewhat spicy. must be eaten with rice, IMO.
picture courtesy of google image search
I went last week with my hubby. We have been going there regularly for the past 7 years. Our favorite meal there is: tom kha gai--perfect balance of creamyness and spice with meaty mushrooms and plenty of chicken; steamed mussels--broth is so delicious that you can eat it spooned on top of rice, enveloping plump, meaty mussels; catfish "wok style"--crunchy catfish in a spicy red curry sauce; and Chinese broccoli with salted fish--crispy veggies with a rich mouth feel from the salted fish. This is our all-time favorite meal. You feel so good afterward--not weighed down at all. No Thai restaurant comes close to this one.
re: sibaik
re: snooze button
Do not skip dessert! The fried bananas with homemake coconut ice cream and the sticky rice and mango are a must, as is any other sort of custard they have around that day.
As for drinks, it's just Thai beer, which is perfectly good with the food, and a very small wine list -- bring your own if you're into wine. Don't fill up on any silly stuff like Thai iced tea.
re: Chowpatty
I just got back from dinner at Jitlada with 3 friends. We had the salmon roll (crunchy deliciousness with several flavors playing on my taste buds... mmm... a big hit), the mussels (even a bigger hit... we wanted to order another plate but somehow resisted the temptation), the fish ball curry--#1 (pretty good), the beef curry--#20 (smooth spiciness), spicy fried rice with chicken (BLAND... not at all spicy, but still edible), a side of white rice which we devoured, and the mango sticky rice... which finished the meal off perfectly. I wanted to order the ice cream, but I had inhaled too much food. The Thai beer... I forget the name, went well with the food. I only tasted it so as to not fill up on that... I stuck to water. We were happy campers so thank you for this rec... we had a great time there tonight!
Just this afternoon Jazz and Tui from Jitlada directed me to the following piece by Jonathan Gold in this week's LAWeekly:
I want to thank you all for the votes of confidence, and Jazz and Tui would like to thank you all for the tremondous response and continued support.
re: Erik M
re: Erik M
Oh, Sh*t! Don't tell me. Goddamn. Pardon my French, but I haven't been to Jitlada yet. Heard about it here a couple weeks ago, and have been anxious to go. Wanted to go last Saturday, but I wanted to visit the Wat Thai temple on it's last weekend of the food court, understandably. Was planning to go this coming Saturday. But now, in addition to growing internet-inspired crowds, Jonathan "Pulitzer Prize" Gold has anointed this place in this week's column? "Jitlada, clearly, is the most exciting new Thai restaurant of the year." I'm still going Saturday, but is there going to be a line out the door? And, worst of all, will success spoil Jitlada? Let's hope not.
I feel more and more that we here in the Southland are in the midst of a genuine renaissance in Thai cuisine, one that will resonate across the country in many ways in the next few years. And I'm loving every minute of it!
re: Andrew Gore
> will success spoil Jitlada?
Hard to say. Better go and eat there a bunch of times right now.
We went last night and it's by far the best Thai (esp. southern-style thin curries) that we have encountered since returning from Thailand in 2002. Frankly it's better than 99% of the things we ate there, too. And I'll eat *ANYTHING* once.
Jazz sure does talk a lot. But who cares, she and Tui back it up with their skills.
It is *SO GOOD*. Every dish was distinct, every dish was flavorful, every dish was an individually memorable encounter. I thought I was jaded, but really, a lot of the Thai places just suck. Jitlada reminded me of what the real thing tastes like.
I ordered for takeout today. Got a few items, ordered one "pet ma "which probably meant the others would be more authentic. The one thing that wowed me I didn't even order, they just misunderstood what I said. It was #2 on the Southern Thai Menu, tay poh. For some reason the lady on the phone thought phuu pen plaa sounded like tay poh, even though when she said it, it sounded exactly what what i said. So you need to be really careful ordering.
Anyway, tay poh was probably the best Thai dish I've ever had. It reminded me a little of Penang Laksa but even better. Spicy, sour, pungent, fishy and marvelously complex. Much better than anything I ate in Thailand!
re: aventinus
re: aventinus
re: kevin
re: aventinus
The kaeng tay poh plaa chawn haeng, i.e., southern Thai curry with dried mudfish and water spinach, *does* have coconut milk in it. Just not much.
For those interested, there are pics of this dish in my original piece:
At any rate, versions of kaeng tay poh can be found at various Thai restaurants around the US but they almost always involve "enhancing" a commercial red curry paste with sugar and tamarind paste/pulp/puree. As I've noted before, Jitlada sets itself apart by fashioning their Southern Thai curries from scratch.
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You know, my "tay poh" didn't look like the picture on that website at all. I'm sure it didn't have coconut milk. However, it was labeled "tay poh." LOL. Like I said before, it was reminiscent of Penang Laksa (without the noodles). The fish was shredded, not in chunks, and I don't even remember that "water spinach." Instead there were weird pungent beans (reminded me of Malaysian stink beans).
Just piling on to add my kudos for Jitlada. I ate lunch there on successive days and dinner another night and sampled about a dozen dishes. After the first meal, I let Jazz and Tui decide what to serve. My friend became obsessed with the rice salad, and insisted on having it for every meal -- there are worse fates!
Even if you don't ordinarily do so, I'd urge Chowhounds to ask for Jazz on their first visit. Once she finds out that you want to try Southern specialties, she will become your new best friend.
Los Angeles is full of so many wonderful Thai restaurants (as a New Yorker, I'm envious), but Jitlada is special.
Wow, talk about being embarrassingly late to the party. Anyway, I confess that, long after all the many raves about the new ownership and authentic Southern Thai dishes at Jitlada, I finally got around to eating there tonight. To nobody's surprise, I'm sure, I thought the food was fabulous. I can't remember having such an exciting response to Thai food since, many, many years ago, I first discovered Saipin Chutima's artistry when she was cooking at Renu Nakorn in Norwalk, before moving to Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas. I arrived at Jitlada around 9:15 p.m., and was surprised to find the restaurant mostly empty. Where is everybody? Given all the buzz, I thought that the place would be much busier. Spread the word, Chowhounds. This place needs and deserves more customers to survive. We can't let this treasure fail.
I read about it and came back to Jitlada - a restaurant that I had frequented regularly long ago but had just stopped going as it had gone downhill. Under a new owner, it is now, frankly, one of the best Thai in LA. Yes, things can be hot if served Thai style but they will adjust for ferang and some of the menu items are not "hot" but just spicy or full of fresh herbs and not spicy or hot. So many choices and all so delicious. So if you like Thai food then drop your fork and run..... Try anything and everything on the Southern menu and also on the regular menu. Just ask what they recommend and enjoy - and like me you will come back again and again and everyone at the table will not want to stop eating....
Had a late lunch yesterday and yes, the food was delicious. We had the rice salad (a little too fishy for me), yellow curry -chicken (didn't realize how hot it would be and would have asked for less heat or would have eaten it later to conserve my tastebuds), tom ka w/chicken (the person who ordered this did not want any heat, usually I eat this with heat, but did truly enjoy the flavors of the coconut milk, galangal, kaffir leaves and lemongrass), soft shell crab (wow, i've been wanting to try soft shell crab other ways than at my sushi place and this was mindblowing, the sauce was so intricately laced with flavor, I'm coming back for this and the fish), deep fried whole fish (not sure of which one they friend up, but it was better than the fried fish that I eat at chinese restaurants, more complex w/seasonings and not a bit fishy), beef jerky (my cousin ordered this with all the heat, i could only handle one small bite, but he really enjoyed it and you could just about see the steam coming off the top of his head) and finally the mango sticky rice. I can't wait to go back, thanks all for the recs.
Okay. Help. I love food, and so far I've loved all of the Thai food I've tried, but I've had super-Americanized Thai food. This is so embarrasing. I have never had curry. And I am not really into spicy. BUT I live right near Jitlada. I want to go ASAP, I just don't know what to have. Can I have some recs for a newbie? I can't have anything even kind of spicy. Please don't yell at me-- just help!
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Go talk to the lovely lady 'Jazz' who usually runs the front end and discuss it with her. She will put you at ease and figure out some tasty dishes for you! I've only ordered scorching dishes from the Southern Thai Menu so I can't rec specific dishes for you but not all Thais like the hot stuff so talk to Jazz and enjoy!!!
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It's the Southern Thai part of the menu that's super spicy. There are many other items on the "regular" part of the menu that are not spicy or can be ordered less hot.
As Chowpatty said, above, the soft shell crab in the Southern Thai section of the menu isn't really spicy--but beware of the sauce that comes with it!
Just know that "medium" to them is still very very spicy. I can't handle too much spicy and was barely able to eat the medium spice.
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We did not specify heat when we ordered and the soft shell crab dish had barely any heat at all, but the green curry had more heat than I was expecting and took me awhile to recover before I could taste some of the other dishes. I usually start w/the mild and work my way up to the spiciest so that I can still taste my foods on the way there. :)
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I dig Southern Thai over northern Thai, which is an entirely different kind of "pet" (spiciness in Thai, that is). At least you can still taste things with Southern Thai; the spiciness of the Northern Thai dishes I've had knock out my taste buds into a coma for a few hours. I thought the Jitlada dry curry would be like that, but I was still able to taste everything else.
My favorite at Jitlada used to be the rice salad, but lately they've been really dousing it in fish sauce.
Right now, my favorites are the massamun lamb curry, the soft shell crab, and off the Southern menu, the green curry with fish.
Jazz will do a good job guiding you, but my suggestion would be to put together a menu with the following: a salad, a brothy soup (to help neutralize the heat), a wet curry and a dry curry. You can expand beyond that and add more starch/noodles/rice or more proteins, but I think that's a good composition for a meal.
Mango Salad
Chicken Soup
Either the Massamun Lamb Curry or the Catfish in Green Curry
Either the Soft Shell Crab or the Khua Kling (warning: very spicy)
Again, trust Jazz' input, who is incredibly helpful and loves Chowhounds (and Yelpers and Citysearchers and whatnot) and will be more than happy to help you out, but that would be my suggestion for a nice 5-course meal.
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Yeah, well, as I've said before, unless you are feeding an army, two curries of any sort is one curry too many. A salad? Fine. A soup? Great. ONE curry? Fantastic. But, to round it all out I'd strongly recommend a quick stir-fry or deep-fry, not another curry. Try one of the deep-fried whole fish preps, for example. Something like the fried fish with tumeric would greatly compliment a lamb- or beef-based curry. Or, if you aren't in need of all the protein, ask Jazz for a simple vegetable stir-fry like phak bung fai daeng ("red fire water spinach") or phak kaa-naa plaa khem/muu krawp ("Chinese broccoli with salted fish/crispy pork").
Ah, now I've gone and made myself hungry. Maybe I'll head over there tomorrow noon and have Tui whip me up a plate of phat kra-phrao neua sap raat khao sai khai dao ("minced beef/basil over rice with a fried egg on top"). <smile>
Thanks SO much for this post... I've been looking for a new Thai restaurant in Thai Town since I'm getting exhausted with Ruen Pair after going there so much... I am definitely going to check out this place the next time I am in the area! The dishes look amazing!
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jitlada = overrated thai restaurant
i prefer sapp's or bua or swan or even some of krua's dishes.
they all have dishes that jitlada have but do them better. the finely shredded catfish with the papaya or green apple at bua siam is waaaaayyyyy better than jitlada. that's just one example.
jitlada has a few dishes that you wouldn't find at other places or are more difficult to find. but, that doesn't make up for poor execution of dishes. been here three times. all times was disappointed.


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"Beethoven" (citywide) is a medium-level comedy about a lovable Saint Bernard, a dog-loving family and a dog-phobic dad. It's a consciously naive movie--big, bright, cartoonish and kind of empty--but it isn't the doggy dud that "Bingo" was. It isn't another slap-happy, yuppie-puppie milk-bone of a movie, sentimental and nasty by turns.
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Hmm, always enjoy a good mystery game, might put this on my radar. Superb review Adam old boy.
There is such a wealth of source material to work with when creating products based around the numerous Agatha Christie novels that it must be difficult for developers to choose exactly which ones will work best and just how they should be adapted for the general gamer. So far we have seen And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun ported from PC to Wii by AWE Games, but now it is time for the Nintendo DS to get in on the action. Since the portable platform is nowhere near as powerful as the Wii, the development team this time, Black Lantern Studios, has taken a slightly different route. Whether it pays off or not is a very important question, though.
For those (like me) that are unaware of Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, it is a mystery novel originally published in 1936 in which Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot must hunt down a serial murderer who is obsessed with killing innocent people in an alphabetical order, based on the first letter of their forename, surname and place of residence (for example, Alice Ascher from Andover). All Poirot and the local police force are provided with is a simple letter from the dastardly deviant fiend sharing the location and date (although in this DS game the date must be figured out as part of the puzzle-based nature of the gameplay) of where the next crime is set to take place, only for them to turn up a moment too late, finding that a new copy of a train timetable (the ABC Railway Guide in the story) has been left by the victim's lifeless body as a calling card. The yarn is spun from two different viewpoints, sticking as closely as possible to the original text to ensure authenticity for long-term admirers of Christie's works, meaning that The ABC Murders unfolds in both the first-person and third-person perspectives, with Captain Arthur Hastings, Poirot's colleague and trustworthy companion, acting as narrator.
The game takes the source material and breaks it down into bite-sized chunks for gamers to easily digest. A letter will be received from the unknown culprit and the player must decipher the conundrum within the writing that alludes to the date of the next murder. Poirot and Hastings will head to each crime location and interrogate friends, family and anyone that may shed light on the case in hand via directing numerous questions at them in order to gain clues. For the most part, The ABC Murders plays out like an interactive novel, which some will no doubt find exceedingly tedious. However, Black Lantern Studios has learned lessons from Level-5 and included a collection of brain teasing challenges to stimulate minds after what may seem like an endless barrage of text. These range from a plentiful selection of categories, inclusive of Logic, Riddles, Letter and Number Recognition and Matching Games, as well as many others. Unfortunately, there are times when The ABC Murders falls into the same trap the first Professor Layton game, The Curious Village, did in that a handful of puzzles have no real relation to the adventure at all, merely being crammed in so as to attempt to engage the player on a more frequent basis. However, the majority of the time the developer has indeed integrated everything sufficiently and the plot runs along nice and smoothly.
A fantastic little addition is how at every location visited there is the opportunity to take a little time out to search the environment with your trusty magnifying glass. As well as general comments about particular objects, there are pens and bowler hats to uncover - pens revealing little snippets of history and background information pertaining to Agatha Christie's work, whilst the bowler hats offer up famous quotes from Christie's characters. Any mystery enthusiasts will certainly get a buzz from this much-welcomed aside to the main adventure. Equally as pleasing are the sudden moments of speech that accompany the reams of text. Every now-and-then a character will blurt out a nice clear, well-voiced line to break up the rather mundane soundtrack that plays repeatedly on a very truncated loop in the background. Unfortunately, the same praise aimed at the voice snippets cannot be heaped upon the visuals, with simplistic 2D slides of characters appearing when it is their turn to converse with one another. Yet whatever the game lacks in visual presentation, it more than makes up for in the ability to not merely work through the 'Classic Story Mode,' but attempt the 'Free Story Mode,' where testimonies and motives are mixed up so each new game presents gamers with a new murderer to apprehend. This aspect adds considerably to the game's longevity and will keep people coming back for more.
There are definitely a few missed opportunities in The ABC Murders, though, that prevent from bringing it up to the same standard set by Level-5's Professor Layton games, for instance, the lack of an in-game notepad to write on. Given how many of the brain-teasing puzzles require things to be written down and solved logically, it would have been much easier to let players do that using the DS touch-screen rather than having to obtain an actual notepad and pen. Also, when a particular conversation thread has been explored with a witness or suspect, it does not disappear from the choices, meaning that it can get somewhat confusing what has and has not been asked when there are many questions available. Perhaps at least highlighting the ones that had been followed-through on would have been ideal. Yet on the whole, given the constraints of sticking so closely to the original book, the developer has crafted a thoroughly pleasing puzzle adventure that will definitely have some appeal to those that enjoy the Professor Layton series so much.
Taking its lead from the Professor Layton series pays off, with a clever mix of brain-teasing logic puzzles and the standard interrogation fare seen in many adventure games.
Quite basic 2D representations of characters that slide on and off the screen when various people are talking. Nothing overly fancy, yet extremely inoffensive at the same time.
Dreary tunes that replay constantly on a short loop are the order of the day, but there are a couple of decent tracks, plus there is the welcomed addition of some snippets of voice work for characters.
Whilst never set to cause any undue frustration, thanks to no penalties for giving incorrect answers, nevertheless the puzzles included do take more than a little brain power to crack and working through Agatha Christie's classic tale is still as enjoyable as ever.
It was certainly a brave move to mimic the might of Level-5 and its Professor Layton series, but Black Lantern Studios has done a sterling job of taking a legendary authoress' prose and wrapping it around numerous logic-based puzzles and brain-teasers. The ABC Murders may lack the attention to detail and high levels of presentation found in the Layton titles, yet it should definitely appeal to the same market sector thirsty for more puzzle solving.
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Hmm, always enjoy a good mystery game, might put this on my radar. Superb review Adam old boy.
Cheers mate I was really surprised. I started playing it, saw the graphics and thought 'Uh-oh' - but my doubts were washed away so much that I did indeed rummage around to find a notepad and pen to work out the solutions to puzzles (rather than try every possible answer knowing I wouldn't get penalised for doing so).
I've seen this hovering around the UK DS Top 40 since its release a few weeks ago, so it's already looking like it's done better than both Wii Agatha Christie titles, which never even dented the Wii Top 40.


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Their message? Curbing gang violence in Rosemont starts with parents of middle school students. During the presentation, deputies listed several ways parents could connect with young teens to keep them off the streets—and ultimately out of prison.
There was just one problem. Most of the 30 or so Rosemont residents in the audience were empty nesters with adult children.
"I don't have kids out here," said Larnell Gill, a Rosemont resident who said he's lived in the neighborhood for 33 years. "I would prefer a (presentation) more geared toward what I can do to report gang violence."
Deputies said they had hoped more parents would attend Thursday's presentation, which focused mostly on teaching parents about prison terms for gang-related crimes and how to talk to their kids about staying off the streets.
"I was pleased with the turnout, but would've liked to have seen more youth here," said Sgt. Mark Scott, supervisor for the sheriff department's Youth Services Unit that's tasked with reaching out to at-risk kids.
Scott, who grew up in Rosemont and graduated from Albert Einstein, said the department wants to test the unit's outreach programs in neighborhoods around Sacramento. The unit, part of the sheriff department's Impact division aimed at fighting gangs, is using Rosemont as a pilot area for two new programs for at-risk teens.
One of the programs, the Sheriff Activities League, kicked off a this spring. Deputies also created Girl's Circle, an 8 to 10 week mentoring group for at-risk teenage girls.
Scott said Rosemont residents reached out to the sheriff's department last year, asking for more programs to help curb gang violence in the neighborhood.
"Given all their limitations and everything right now, I think they saw this neighborhood had its act together," said Terry Dugan, vice-president of the Rosemont Community Association.


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If the society of humanity serie bwcame available as e-books we could buy it!
I suspect (and HOPE) that you'll make more money from the self-published eBook than from the Ace-published editions. You're kind of in an ideal position to go the self publishing route. You've got a reasonably popular series with a loyal following of fans.
Curious to know if you have numbers you can share for sales of eBook edition versus sales of paper edition for the last book or two?
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Galli Galli Sim Sim season two is back with lots more fun and learning! Packed with games, muppet adventures, travel to exotic locales, animated characters and talented kids from different parts of India and the world, the show has been designed to increase interactivity. With every episode centered around a theme, and focusing on early childhood educational objectives, life on the Galli promises to draw kids and hold them in a warm embrace. This season, kids will get to make many more muppet friends as new residents arrive on the Galli the Bollywood star of the galli Akshar Kumar, the grouchy but lovable Kewal Khadoosa, the enthusiastic and helpful bird Zoonie, the squabbling sheep duo Ba and Baba, the aspiring singer Denchoo the donkey and Rengu Rani the worm. Also giving the muppets company is a successful and motivated professional Revathy a human character.
The new Muppet 'Akshar Kumar' will teach the 'Letter of the day' in an fun and interactive manner and kids will also be introduced to math through recurring animated characters. Boombah's alter ego - 'Sabzimaan' will munch on a carrot and encourage kids to develop healthy eating habits.
The show includes interactive formats where game shows, exploring science through Chamki's detective persona and going on journeys to fantastic lands far away with Aanchoo are sure to keep children engaged and entertained.
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multiMAN Cobra Manager (mmCM) has been updated to version 04.04.04 and is jam packed with new features such as increased copying speeds (up to 2-3x faster) when transfering files from NTFS drives to your HDD and the ability to dump your PlayStation 3′s NOR/NAND flash using the manager's Hex Viewer mode. It's been over a month since the manager's seen it's last update which brought us some nice bug fixes and extended theme support. A full changelog detailing each of the manager's updates has been made available below as well as a download link to the famed application.
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- Improved speed (2 to 3 times faster) when copying folders from NTFS drives (async write + larger I/O buffer)
- Fixed wrongly issued error message when copying 4+GB files to USB (when source file is being split)
- Fixed access permissions/attributes of split file segments and LV1/LV2/FLASH-dumps when copying to USB
- Added support for launching NPDRM executables (SELF files) with k_license=NULL (zeroes) / RetroArch emulators
- Added support for dumping NOR/NAND flash to /dev_usb000 via HEX Viewer mode (SELECT->START->LV2->LV1->FLASH)
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*.EID0.NANDBIN files generated by mM and processed by c2d.exe to change Region/Target
- ISO folders (BDISO, DVDISO, PS2ISO, PS3ISO, PSXISO, PSPISO) will be automatically created only when mM is used with supported configuration
- Changed: "Game Updates" function will find updates up to 3.60 firmware (update must be patched for 3.55CFW before installing)
- Changed: "Game Settings" menu will display PIC1.PNG thumbnail if game folder was accessed in mmOS mode (PS3GAME.BG1 present under PS3_GAME)


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Steve Hall has left Knoxville City Council just in time to start running for the state House of Representatives. Hall, term-limited off council, is seeking the House seat being given up by state Rep. Stacy Campfield, who is running for the state senate.
Hall is an experienced campaigner and would be considered the front-runner at this point. Gary Loe, a local broadcaster, attended a recent House Republican caucus fund-raiser and was introduced around by his longtime friend Joe May, a lobbyist. Loe has a weekly show on the Ice Bears on MyVLT.
The Democrats are expected to contest the seat. Sam Alexander, a union organizer, is considering a run and has money pledged in support. The district is not as Republican as some others in Knox County, though the GOP would probably have an edge, depending on turnout.
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The conference programming for Terminus can be divided into two main categories. The first is academic programming, which includes papers (or lectures or talks), panels, pre-empaneled sets of papers, workshops, roundtable discussions, and other offerings that combine elements of these formal presentation styles. Thoughtful analysis of topics related to the Harry Potter series is the mark of these presentations, whether they draw on literature, fields such as business or teaching, the phenomenon, fan studies, or creative areas such as writing or art. Presenters are encouraged to address the Harry Potter series broadly or narrowly, to place it within larger contexts, and to collaborate. All attendees and potential attendees were invited to submit proposals to be part of Terminuss academic programming; we had no academic, age or affiliation requirements for submission, except that presenters must be old enough to attend Terminus. With suggested presentation styles ranging from the traditional to the inventive, scholars, professionals, artists and fans from all educational and professional backgrounds will have the opportunity to come together and share their work across disciplines. There will be many opportunities for discussion, debate, and analysis, and attendees may immerse themselves according to their interests.
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Court Gives Tax Break to Drug Runner
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch court has added a new item to the list of activities eligible for tax relief _ drug running.
Judges in the central city of Arnhem recently declared that a professional fisherman convicted of smuggling drugs could deduct the cost of buying and shipping hashish to the Netherlands from his income on his tax return, national daily De Telegraaf reported Tuesday.
"We disagree with the local court, so we will go to the Supreme Court to appeal," said Tax Service spokesman Marcel Homan. He did not know when the Supreme Court would issue a final ruling in the case.
Homan declined to give further details, citing privacy rules.
The Telegraaf reported that the smuggler, whose identity was not released, appealed to the Arnhem court after being slapped with a euro3.3 million ($4.4 million) tax bill.
The court ruled that because he had only been convicted of drug running and not trading in drugs he could deduct the cost of buying and transporting the drugs on his tax form. That cut his tax bill to euro1.8 ($2.4 million) _ a saving of euro1.5 million ($2 million).
Under Dutch law, marijuana and hashish are illegal but police don't fine smokers for possession of less than five grams (one-sixth of an ounce) or prosecute for possession of less than 30 grams (one ounce). Authorities look the other way regarding the open sale of cannabis in designated "coffee shops."
But growers are subject to raids and prosecution, meaning the officially tolerated shop owners have no legal way to purchase their best-selling product.
The case isn't the first time a court's ruling on taxes has raised Dutch eyebrows. In 2005, judges in the northern city of Leeuwarden ruled that witches can write off the cost of schooling in witchcraft against their tax bills if it increases the likelihood of employment and personal income.
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Why Corporations Aren't People
Are corporations people? No, and here's why… If a person promotes his or herself too much on Facebook & Twitter, it's considered un-cool. If a corporation does, that's just normal. Take, for example, me. Do I promote myself a lot? Yes. But not as much as Wendy's. Do I annoy people by tweeting and posting about my show? Probably. But, you could say, my comedy show is pretty harmless compared to the Baconator. And they promote the Baconator 100,000 times more. Wendy's is also not self-conscious about promoting the Baconator. That's the difference between a corporation and a person. Case closed.


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Maurice Odumbe, the former Kenya captain who was banned from cricket for five year for his involvement with bookmakers, could return to the game before his five-year suspension has been served.
A report in The Standard said that Cassim Sulliman, the ICC Regional development manager and CEO of the Africa Cricket Association, had indicated that Odumbe could be allowed to resume his career if Cricket Kenya (CK) appeals to the ICC.
"I have watched Odumbe play and I think he would be an asset to Kenya cricket when he returns to action," Sulliman told the newspaper. "The best way Cricket Kenya could handle this issue is by compiling all details of the ban and writing a letter to ICC asking for leniency on the player who has already served two thirds of his ban. ICC may decide to reduce the sentence if the local body needs the player."
Tom Tikolo, CK's chief executive, said they were willing to help but they needed an approach from the player. "We cannot just write to ICC asking them for leniency over Odumbe's ban when we don't know the details of the issue," he said. "Let Odumbe meet [the] CK board and present us with the details."
Odumbe, 38, told the newspaper that while he was willing to do what the board suggested, but he was critical that it had not acted before now. "I think they should have at least taken some action earlier since the information of my ban is available with ICC and in the internet."
Odumbe was banned in 2004 after a hearing in Nairobi and an appeal by him in 2006 was unsuccessful.
What is not so clear is under what authority Sulliman made his comments. Last month he told officials in Uganda that he was working on getting three more countries ODI status within 180 days. The ICC subsequently denied any such plans existed.
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Assistant editor Will opted against a lifetime of head-bangingly dull administration in the NHS, where he had served for two years. In 2005 came a break at Cricinfo where he slotted right in as a ferociously enthusiastic tea drinker and maker, with a penchant for using "frankly" and "marvellous". He also runs The Corridor, a cricket blog where he can be found ranting and raving about all things - some even involving the sport. He is a great-great nephew of Sir Jack Newman, the former Wellingtonian bowler who took two wickets at 127 apiece for New Zealand.


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IEEE ICC 2014 to explore "Communications: The Centrepoint of the Digital Economy"
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WIMA, the leading global conference and exhibition dedicated to near field communication (NFC), announced the 7th WIMA NFC MONACO will be held from 10 - 12 April at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. NFC industry leaders, start-up companies, developers, solution and hardware providers will come together with end users and brands for networking and partnering to drive forward business and innovation within the NFC ecosystem.
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RF Monolithics Inc. (a subsidiary of Murata Electronics North America Inc.) ("RFM" or "the company"), a provider of solutions-driven, technology-enabled RF technologies for machine-to-machine (M2M) and wireless communications, introduced the next generation of its wireless sensor networking platform products -- the SN-4 series of battery-powered wireless sensor nodes. The SN-4 provides 4 channels of sensor inputs and transmits the data back to access points, Ethernet, or Cellular gateways.
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My Party
- 50 guests
- 05 January 2012
- Our Home / Toronto / Ontario / Canada
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- It was a Pom Pom Winter ONEderland of fun for my daughte... [read more]
- I wanted the cake to look like a hill of snow with sprin... [read more]
- My mom made a cookie cutter to go with the penguin I designed and then baked these delicious treats!
You and your mom did a great job!!! I love the decor..and those penguin cookies??? SO cute!!
Thank you Heidi!! This party was so much fun to throw!! Her cookies were adorable...and dee-lish!! I'll pass on the compliment to her, she'll be ecstatic =) smiles
So cute! What did you use for the backboard? Is it wood or cardboard covered in fabric? How is it attached to the table - leaning or otherwise? Thanks!
What program do you use to create all the signs and food cards?! Im a cricut user but i just cant seem to find a program that does the printed work well!
Jill - I use 3 pieces of plywood connected by hinges so it can bi-fold easily for storage and it sits in a slit of 2 planks of wood that are attached to 2 T shaped legs...hopefully that wasn't too confusing
I'm a mega cricut gal too!! For this party I didn't end up using the machine. I designed everything in Adobe Illustrator...AMAZING program!!! It creates vector images so the quality is always superb =)
lol...I think they're cute! I lov the braided scarf...are those Twizzlers Pull n' Peel? If so those are one of my faves!
haha...thank u Kara! Yes!! They are twizzler pull n peels that I braided together....I have to say, although esthetically they didn't turn out perfectly they were DEE-LISH!! =)
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Pom Pom Winter ONEderland
A Real-Party by Crystal Alves-Tusim of Wakawoo Events http://www.facebook.com/WakawooEvents
My daughter was born in the wintery months and I felt like I had completely missed winter that year. When I was finally recovered, I went outside with my daughter and realized it was Spring...haha So I knew for her very first birthday I wanted it to be a Winter Wonderland of Colourful Fun! I added the Pom Poms to the theme as she was CRAZY for pom poms at that time and of course I needed a sweet little character non other than a penguin =)
All the decorations were handmade or already in my bin of Christmas goodness.
POM POMS - We made large, medium and small pom poms in a variety of colours and mini white ones hung by fishing wire from the entrance of our home all the way down our hallway as snowing pom poms. I decorated Christmas that year to go with her theme and made glittered garland strands of pom pom balls and hung them in all our windows and even decorated our tree with them. I also filled clear ornaments with sweet mini pom poms to hang on the tree.
PRINTABLES - I designed all of the printables; it was my very first take at using Illustrator and immediately fell in love! Of course a winter wonderland of fun had to go along with the "Winter Wonderland" song, so I knew I wanted stations around the house to coordinate with the quotes from the cheerful song.
YARN - Staying within the Pom Pom theme, we covered a piece of cardboard with kraft paper. Pushed in thumbtacks to spell out ONE and wrapped some yarn around the tacks....fineeto! A sign that was made with what was laying around the house =)
I made the Cupcakes and Peppermint Bark because 1. Cupcakes are my weakness and 2. Peppermint Bark is requested annually by my hubba bubba! My mom made the cookies by creating and molding her own cookie cutter to match my penguin design. I wanted the cake to look like a hill of snow with sprinkles of glittery candy...so my amazing momma whipped up a cake, slopped on some white icing and topped it off with candies...YES!!
Of course this has to be themed! Melted Snowman Water by using a black hat, coal & carrot, Comforting Coffee, Peppermint Hot Chocolate with Brrr Marshmallows and Blue Glacier Koolaid Juice. I tell you....I had to refill that Peppermint Hot Chocolate & Blue Koolaid about 5 times...the kiddies went nutso over it!
More coordinating themed homemade munchies. "Plow in Cheese" dip, "Muddy Snowballs," "Snow Capped Asparagus Trees," "Chourice by the Fire," Arctic Tuna," "Turkey Brrrd," "Avalance Ham," and Butternut Squash Soup Shots. Message me if you want any recipes...I'm telling you, every time I make these delectables...they are DEVOURED!
I bought little jars from the dollar store and filled them with a cup of hot chocolate mix and mini marshmallows so guests could get cozy with a cup of warm goodness =)
Guests were still lingering late into the evening that we ended up hosting an unexpected sit down dinner....love these days with great company!
Decor & Printables - Wakawoo Events
Cake & Cookies - My talented momma!
Sweets, Drinks & Food - Moi
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We've been working recently with the European Union to deliver over 400 pounds of books to many schools in several areas of PNG. In a country where getting books and supplies to remote bush areas to allow for a good education is a real challenge for people, their faces sure lit up when they saw the books coming out of the helicopter.
This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We (usually) live in Papua New Guinea and are working to support Bible translations in progress around the country. Gavin is a helicopter pilot and Carrie is a Public Health worker, primarily working with HIV/AIDS awareness. Isaac, our first son, was born in January, 2004. Our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, were all born on August 9th, 2012 and a whole new adventure is just beginning!
But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with their children's children . . . Psalm 103:17
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Computer-controlled Robots Slug It Out at Annual Competition
'Pi' emerges as the 2011 winner
March 08, 2011
by Paige Anderson '14
Five robots entered, but only one emerged victorious. This wasn't some gladiatorial match of the distant future. It was the Knox College Department of Computer Science's ninth annual Sumo Robot Competition.
Knox students, professors, and members of the Galesburg community packed a classroom in the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center Feb. 25 to watch teams battle it out.
In the competition, robots fought, two at a time, to find a weighted can and push it out of the 4-foot-wide "ring of death" before the opposing robot did.
Students assembled the small, programmable robots by using Lego Mindstorms kits. John Dooley, Knox professor of computer science, started the competition in 2003 to help teach the integration of computer programming and mechanical control systems.
In the end, senior Jonathan Pierce-Ruhland's robot -- named Pi -- was the undefeated victor. According to Pierce-Ruhland, "weight and simplicity" were the keys to his victory.
During each match, Pi searched the ring with an ultrasonic sensor until it found an object -- either a can or another robot. Upon identifying an object, Pi would continue pushing until its light sensor saw the ring's black edge. Then Pi would stop.
This straightforward strategy allowed Pi to win with brute force and speed.
Mass was very important in the competition. Most of the robots had a similar amount of power, so when they locked in combat, the weightier robot usually was able to push the other out of the ring. Second-place winner Josh Wood, a junior who attributed his achievement to speed and luck, said that the thing he would change about his robot would be to "add a lot more weight."
The sumo robot contest attracted several young fans -- children who were laughing, talking, and cheering for their favorites. Senior Joyce Lee said the event is a great way for "kids to develop an interest in science."
Ten-year old Abbey Davis went to the competition with her dad, and she enjoyed what she saw. "I liked it when the robots ran into one other and kept going," she said.
After Pi's win, four of the robots and two cans were placed in the ring for a final confrontation. As the crowd cheered and yelled, the four robots found and pushed one another until finally all the cans were gone and one robot was left.
Once again, Pi was victorious.
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NEW YORK -- The collection: One of New York Fashion Week's brightest young stars, Prabal Gurung showed his spring-summer 2013 collection Saturday afternoon in a steamy warehouse on Pier 59. The designer is a favorite of Zoe Saldana and Hailee Steinfeld, among others.
The look: Futuristic fairytale enchanting and slightly wicked. Trailing silk layers under snug-fitting jackets with crystal embroidery. Cropped pants with contrast waistbands and stud details. Silk shorts. Dresses with graphic organza insets and extraordinary prints of flowers dripping blood. Some of the dresses had full, lolling skirts, crystal and ostrich feather details. The palette was black and white with shades of red.


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The FAA will meet with people living near the Van Nuys Airport next month to hear complaints about increasing overflights by noisy helicopters, it was reported today.
The Daily News reported on its website that the FAA's acting administrator, Michael Huerta, has committed to a public hearing on the issue during the first week of August, somewhere near the airport.
Rep. Howard Berman told the Daily News late Tuesday that the hearing will let the public explain exact details about what residents say has been a steadily-worsening noise situation. Specific information about which companies or agencies make the most noise would be solicited.
The FAA would then consult with the helicopter operators and produce a public report on noise abatement, the Congressman told the newspaper.
"Our voices need to be heard so that the FAA will put the well-being of Valley residents before the convenience of a few helicopter operators," Berman wrote in an e-mail to the Daily News.
Van Nuys Airport, owned by the City of Los Angeles, is home to helicopters owned by charter firms, hospitals, individuals and TV stations. Residents complain that many pilots are deviating from approach and departure paths, which are shortcuts that take them over residential neighborhoods.
One resident told the Daily News that he feels that Los Angeles city fire helicopter pilots are among the worst offenders. Another neighbor, who has lived near the airport for 60 years, said the problem had significantly worsened in the past years,


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Google will now allow you to take a virtual aerial trip in Google Maps/Earth along a contemplated route. They've informally called it "helicopter view." It's a pretty cool feature, although perhaps not as "useful" as traffic information.
You plot a route ("Get Directions") between two points and click a button and the animation takes over. Here are some shots from a San Francisco to Los Angeles driving trip I laid out:
After you've picked two points, you initiate the "helicopter tour" by clicking a "3D" button adjacent to the routing information.
This also works in Europe: Barcelona to Paris and Paris to Prague were two additional routes I also plotted.
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