Laura and I just got back from a week hiking (and canyoneering) in Zion and Bryce National Parks. We flew in and out of Vegas, so a dinner stop at Lotus of Siam was mandatory. The food is as good as advertised, in other words fantastic. The drunken noodles with sea bass knocked me over. The crispy rice with sour sausage was another treat. Their wine list is also very well chosen, and I didn't even get past the German Riesling section.
2004 Emrich Schonleber Monzinger Fruhlingspatchen Riesling Spatlese
I asked for this to be decanted as it was a touch grumpy about being opened. Some air brought out lots of tropical fruit as well as a very filigree structure. It's a lovely wine that is just starting to enter a second phase of life, and worked fabulously well with my noodles (though less so with Laura's beef dish, but that was to be expected). The ringing endorsement is that Laura drank half the bottle on her own!
And just to get things started, here's a photo from our day of canyoneering. This is at the bottom of a 100' rappel into a slot canyon.
