Jazz Singsanong

In 1979, Sarintip 'Jazz' Singsanong showed up in Los Angeles with a suitcase and all of $200 to her name. In 2006, she and her brother Suthiporn 'Tui' Sungkamee took over Jitlada, a long-established Thai restaurant in Hollywood. They slowly transformed Jitlada, specializing in the spicy southern Thai cooking they knew from home and building a cult following in the process.