Last week, my friend and I had plans to use up her Groupon at Little Buddha at the Palms and at the last minute we invited another friend along (there’s always room for one more!). My friend with the Groupon had been before and really enjoyed it so I was looking forward to giving it a shot (plus I do love Groupon!).
To start, they each got a martini (I stuck to water) – closest to me was the Forbidden Fruit martini which had Absolut Mandarin, Kai Lychee, Crème de Banana, white cranberry juice, and sweet n sour. Behind that was an Apple Martini.
Like other recent meals, we decided to share! We went with two appetizers for the table. First, we ordered the Bamboo Steamed Seafood Dumplings over a red miso lobster bisque. I particularly enjoyed this dish – the seafood seemed particularly fresh which doesn’t always come through strongly in a dish like this (not to say other dishes like this aren’t fresh – this just really tasted as such).
Our other appetizer was the Chicken Spring Rolls – also very good.
Service was a bit slow overall so when the entrees arrived I forgot to take a photo until we’d served ourselves 
From left to right (back – the right hand dish is my individual plate), we had the Buddha’s House Chow Mein (chicken), the Orange Chicken, and Mongolian Style Beef with crispy rice noodles.
A close up of my first serving (trying a little bit of each to start). Of the three, the mongolian beef was the most flavorful. However, the menu noted it as being spicy – it barely was. The chow mein was a bit bland and the orange chicken was more fried than I like.
However, my dining partners thought it was all wonderful. So, either the alcohol in the martinis changed their taste buds or I’m a bad judge of Chinese. I’m leaning toward the latter as Chinese is not my favorite cuisine (I like it but don’t love it) so if you’re at the Palms and want Chinese, give it a chance. If you go with our group, 2 out of 3 recommend it 
I hope to go back at some point though for the sushi. I do love sushi (and hopefully theirs is good).
