Vientiane Lao Thai Restaurant
🇱🇦 LAOS / HISTORICAL: Some crazy online is calling this the best restaurant in the world.
🇱🇦 LAOS 📍 10262 Westminster Avenue, Garden Grove, Orange County. 🅿️ Ample parking in plaza 🥤 Bottled beer
FREE FRIDAY FAVORITES is a series of articles that revisit choice restaurants featured on eattheworldla.com over the years. These will never be behind the paywall, but will update information as necessary and always be about meals that are worth returning for again. 📆 Original Article 15 December 2018
After the first visit to Vientiane Restaurant in Garden Grove, the question was asked: "Is this the best restaurant in the Southland?" And by Southland, obviously that pretty much means the entire country. But more importantly, is this the best restaurant in the entire world? Every dish ordered was jaw-droppingly delicious. If there were a time for hyperbole, it is after a meal here.
The restaurant is very relaxed, as is the service. If most of the tables are full, expect a little extra time as the staff and kitchen catch up. A lot of comments online criticize this aspect of the place, but it is completely unnecessary. Grab a $2.95 beer and relax. This is not Beverly Hills.
The ingredients and preparation seem perfect, simple and fresh as you find in Laos and on the whole even better. If you were the type to make lists, Vientiane would find its way to the top of them. Any patron looking to get an introduction to Lao cuisine should start out with the Lao-style papaya salad (above) and the larb minced beef salad (below).
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