Golden Lotus

Golden Lotus is a Chinese restaurant in Boulder on 28th Street, just south of Target (between Pearl and Walnut). It's a nice, white tablecloth-type restaurant, with a decent wines-by-the-glass list (as far as Chinese restaurants go) and cheap, fun cocktails. They offer all the standards, plus a few "healthy" options with no sugar/salt/oil/MSG (none of the food has MSG). Rex and I went last night, and started with some hot and sour soup, which was just as you would expect. He had the sesame chicken (which comes with fresh, steamed broccoli). 'Twas delicious, just as it should be. I ordered the Moo Goo Gai Pan in an effort to avoid sugar, and like the sesame chicken, it was great. Lots of big, crunchy vegetables in a savory white sauce. We both had brown rice to make the meal a little healthier.

In terms of service and atmosphere, the place was very quiet and relaxing. I had a decent glass of wine, and Rex's zombie cocktail came in a skull mug, which pleased him very much. The service was rather slow, and our food came out at different times. Our server did apologize for the slowness, and I think that she was overworked. If you're in a hurry, perhaps avoid Golden Lotus, but otherwise, I would highly recommend it!