We have been trying to expand our repertoire of Vegetarian places with this Valley's geography, and this expansion brought us to the Green Lotus Vegetarian restaurant.
It is located within a nondescript shopping center approximately a mile west of Old Downtown Mesa.
With the various cuisine types now offering Vegetarian options, we were quite intrigued and excited to partake of Vegetarian Vietnamese food.
When we ordered, we opted to try out typical Vietnamese Cuisine favorites that we were normally familiar with to see if their Vegetarian counterparts would prove just as delectable.
And we were definitely not disappointed!
The Vegetarian egg rolls were fresh and crunchy. The vegetables contained within were quite tasty, and the accompanying sweet and sour sauce just enhanced their inherent flavors.
I had the Vegetable Soup. It was comprised of cabbage, carrots, broccoli, celery. All were quite fresh. For good measure, I also chose to add the Soy Chicken along with it.
Its flavor was fairly close to a typical Pho Bo Tai that one often encounters in a typical Vietnamese restaurant - without the Beef ingredient, of course.
My wife had the Yellow Curry. The coconut cream sauce that it was immersed in was simply amazing. And the vegetables that they came with were also quite fresh and appetizing.
One additional and notable point were the generous portion sizes of the main entrees. They really wanted to make sure that they didn't skimp on you getting your money's worth with regarding these dishes.
This place was simply a marvelous discovery for us.
If we hadn't done our research, and expanded our perspective beyond the typical geographies that we frequent for certain types of foods; we would've missed out on this gem located within Mesa!