Photos: Night + Market Song in Silver Lake

“Startled pig” is a traditional grilled pork salad with basil, lemon grass, garlic, fish sauce, lime, chile, onions and cilantro.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

At Night + Market Song in Silver Lake, the decor is spare, with simple chairs, red-orange walls and decor that consists mainly of a Cindy Crawford poster.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Sour fermented pork sausage (sai rook Isaan) are marbles full of vivid flavor.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Chef Kris Yenbamroong, owner of Night + Market and Night + Market Song, works in the kitchen at the Silver Lake restaurant. Yenbamroong is dedicated to making authentic Thai cuisine.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Night + Market Song (“song” means “two” in Thai) opened in Silver Lake in March. The original Night + Market is in West Hollywood.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Nam prik gapi is a classic stinky relish from central Thailand with ranong shrimp paste, cherry eggplants, palm sugar and bird’s eye chile. Here it’s served with egg-battered fried eggplant slices.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Newly engaged couple Noelle Jovanelly and William Abramson dine on gaeng pa nok saap, a jungle curry with wild ginger, young peppercorns, Thai eggplant and holy basil with minced chicken thigh. The red-hot dish can only be made spicy.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Nam khao tod, a crispy rice salad with soured pork, raw ginger, onion, peanuts, cilantro and chile, is spicy but balanced out by tart lime juice and an herbal sharpness.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Singha soda water, made by the Thai Boon Rawd Brewery, is served. The restaurant is working on getting a liquor license.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Most of the restaurant’s diners are not Thai.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)