Food Bowl is excited to celebrate the winner of the Los Angeles Times 2022 Restaurant of the Year award, Anajak Thai and chef Justin Pichetrungsi. After learning how to cook from his father, the second-generation chef & owner has edited the baseline menu at Anajak Thai to about two-dozen dishes — a handful of curries, (including the custardy haw mok steamed with dry-aged branzino and egg), stir-fries and plates like grilled pork with fiery chile dipping sauce and cooling sticky rice. On weekends, guests who can get a table experience provocative, reservations-only omakase meals. Or check out the walk-in only Thai Taco Tuesdays, set up in the alley behind the restaurant. Each accompanied by an Old World-leaning wine program. The 6th annual L.A. Times Restaurant of the Year was chosen by Food Critic Bill Addison and will be celebrated with one-of-a-kind intimate omakase dinners featuring 8 to 10 specially selected courses for 20 guests at a time. The 6th annual L.A. Times Restaurant of the Year was chosen by Food Critic Bill Addison and will be celebrated with one-of-a-kind intimate omakase dinners featuring 8 to 10 specially selected courses for 20 guests at a time.