Wat Thai Temple
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Wat Thai Temple is located in North Hollywood. Back in 2006 I had torn an
article out of a magazine about a food court held at the temple every weekend.
We decided to go 4 years later. Not unusual as I am always finding things to
do and filing them away to do later. Before we went I did some research on it
though. It seems in 2007 neighbors were successful in getting it shut down or
at least pared down a lot. Instead of up to 100 food stands there are now only
about 4. |
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We decided to go anyway for not only the food but the cultural experience.
The food... hmm if this was more authentic then what we get at many of the
local Thai restaurants then I prefer the local stuff as we were not
impressed with the food. It was sitting in large pans like at a buffet table
and certainly not freshly prepared as you ordered it. |
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The temple is very colorful and we saw a lot of interesting things but
unfortunately there was not much in the way of information for
visitors. It is obviously an operating temple first and not set up to be a
tourist attraction. Too bad as I would have loved to know more about the
little buildings with statues and offerings in front of them. When we
first arrived there were three Buddhist Monks in the main temple chanting
and many people bringing in offerings. All in all interesting to see and
experience. |
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