Enjoy Thai Food at Lotus of Siam
Many foodies as well as several food critics tout Lotus of Siam as the best Thai resto in the US, if not in the entire North America. No one can really blame them though because aside from extreme affordability (you could enjoy buffet lunch for merely $10), only the freshest and the most seasoned Thai fares are served in this humble eatery.
Learn more about Vegas’ Lotus of Siam in a quick review done by NY Mag’s Adam Platt below:
The pad Thai at Lotus of Siam is served in a semi-deconstructed way, with lime, chives, and bits of crushed-peanut garnish, which you toss together at the table like a grand Bolognese ragù. The green-papaya salad (som tum, $9) is a bracing, unusually spicy concoction of fresh papayas, Thai chiles, and tomatoes, and the chicken satay ($9) has a tender, off-the-bone quality and comes with a smooth peanut sauce that’s been made from scratch instead of poured from a bottle. The potentially rubbery tod mun pla fish cakes ($10) have a quenelle-quality lightness to them, the fiery dishes (lip-numbing pork larb, crispy rice tossed with sausage, $9) are righteously hot, and the soups and curries I sampled were layered with that classic, umami-rich balance of Thai flavors (spicy, sour, milky sweet) without being glutinous or thick.