Located in a small shopping strip on Olympic Blvd. just west of Doheny Dr., the diminutive Cafe Talėsai is one of my favorite Thai restaurants on the Westside. The cooking is authentic and consistently good. I have known the owners, the Yenbamroong’s for years, since I first reviewed their wonderful restaurant Talésai on the Sunset Strip near Doheny, many years ago, long before they opened this more informal and casual branch called Café Talésai.

A few of the more interesting dishes follow and the star indicates that the dish is spicy:

Thai Latkes
Deep fried shredded taro. Served with tamarind sauce

• Chieng Mai Wrapped Chicken
  Spicy minced chicken, chili, lime, and fresh mint.
  Served with romaine lettuce.
  Talesai corn fritters
  with cucumber sauce.
• Larb Lanna
  Chicken or pork with
  roasted dried chili.
  Authentic Northern Style.
• Isan Classic
  Combination of BBQ chicken or
  grilled garlic pork, papaya salad
  and sticky rice.
• Jungle Curry
  Up country style red curry with
  eggplant, green beans, bamboo shoots,
  with or without coconut milk.

  Chicken
  Pad Thai
  Thai noodles pan-fried with
  chicken, tofu, peanuts, egg,
  been sprouts, and scallions.

  Talesai corn fritters
  with cucumber sauce.Corn Fritters

• Red Devil Noodles
  Spicy rice noodles pan-fried
  with chicken, chili, and
  fresh basil.

  Spicy Rice Noodles Pan-fried
  with chicken, chili, and
  fresh basils.

• Papaya Salad
  Shredded green papaya, tomato, green beans
  & cashew nuts in a chili lime garlic dressing.
• Glass Noodles Salad
  Warm glass noodles with
  snow peas, mushrooms, carrot
  cilantro & spicy lime dressing.