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| - Someone told me this was the "best Thai food outside of Thailand". With that kind of a claim, I had to try it out. I was in Vegas for a conference, so I made it a point to get over to Lotus and punched the address into the GPS.
We got there around 4pm, it was located off the strip. When we got there, I was thinking "this is it?". It was a HUGE, deserted strip mall, with a very empty parking lot. All of the store fronts were plain and faded, definitely wasn't feeling very Vegas here.
You can't see into the restaurant, so we opened the door apprehensively and poked our heads in. First thing you noticed is every square inch on their walls is covered with photos of celebrities eating there. The restaurant is pretty big, but was more or less empty when we sat down to order.
Admittedly, we didn't make the best selections in terms of gauging the true authenticity. I had Curry Duck, my friend had Curry Tofu and my other friend had BBQ Chicken. My 2 friends had never had Thai food before, so I sort of held back. Had I gone with more experienced Thai food eaters, I probably would have ordered several dishes to eat family style. But I didn't want to risk it with them, since the prices are a little higher and we couldn't take anything back to the conference with us.
However, the food was still great and both of my friends couldn't stop talking about how good it was, and how they had to bring their wives the next time. My friend that ordered the chicken was stoked, since his order was huge, practically an entire chicken.
When we looked up from our meals, the restaurant, was packed! Not a table in the house was available. On our way out, I looked on some of the other tables and some of the seafood dishes I saw looked amazing. I will definitely be returning here and next time, plan on trying many more, unique dishes.
NOTE: can't remember if it was Andrew Zimmern or Anthony Bourdain, but saw on TV that one of them went here and said the Northern dishes are their specialties, and to just order those.
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