5 to Try: Hot and Spicy Dishes
By Citysearch Editors, Los Angeles
Need to spice things up? Just want your palate to match the weather? Embrace the steamy season with fiery Mexican meals, hot Indian dishes and L.A.'s other tongue-tingling delights.
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Palms Thai
5900 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Reach new tongue-scorching heights with a big ole' hunk of wild boar in spicy coconut sauce. -
Philippe the Original
1001 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA
The sinus-clearing hot mustard gives the au jus-dipped sandwiches their signature sizzling flavor. -
Phillips Bar-B-Que
4307 Leimert Blvd Ste 3, Los Angeles, CA
Daring barbecue aficionados douse their meat in the hot sauce--an incendiary maroon goo. -
Surya
8048 W Third St, Los Angeles, CA
Seared tuna tandoori is a Jekyll and Hyde-like dish: tender-rare on the inside, immodestly spicy on the outside. -
Babita Restaurant
1823 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA
The palate-searing camarones topolobampo--plump shrimp immersed in a peppery habanero sauce--are peerless in terms of their scorching effect.
