Check, Please! Bay Area Season 13 episode 16 airs Thursday, October 25 at 7:30pm on KQED 9. See other television airtimes. And never miss an episode by subscribing to the video podcast.

Family recipes and traditional Thai ingredients balance the flavors of hot, sour, salty and sweet at our first spot — Lers Ros in San Francisco. Then the focal point shifts to the red chiles of China's central region in Pleasant Hill at Sichuan Fortune House. Finally, we end with a menu focused on a Latin-American blend of lusciousness, along with a killer tequila list, at Marinitas Restaurant in San Anselmo.

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* Lers Ros (San Francisco)

* Sichuan Fortune House (Pleasant Hill)

* Marinitas Restaurant (San Anselmo)