Chefs honor Jitlada’s late Suthiporn ‘Tui’ Sungkamee

Suthiporn “Tui” Sungkamee, the late chef of Jitlada whose spicy southern Thai cooking helped change the city’s culinary scene, was remembered during the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl. “Tui,” as he was known, died of lung cancer last October at age 66.

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