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Congresswoman, Romney go out to eat following Election Day losses
Rep. Shelley Berkley traded politics for pad thai last week, as she hit up an Asian buffet in her home state just days after losing her Senate bid.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal writes that the Nevada Democrat “sought comfort the way any real Las Vegan might” when she was eyed chowing down Thursday at an all-you-can-eat Thai food restaurant in what’s considered the nation’s gambling (and buffet) capital.
But Berkley didn’t settle for just anywhere to get her post-election sticky-rice fill. The eatery where Berkley grabbed a plate, Lotus of Siam, has been dubbed by a former food critic for Gourmet magazine as “the best Thai restaurant in Las Vegas — and maybe anywhere.”
Frommer’s called the $9.99 lunch buffet at the dining destination “more pedestrian, if still excellent.”
Berkley was seen making her way through the buffet line before sitting down at a table of about eight companions, according to the newspaper.
The lawmaker wasn’t the only one spotted dining out after an election loss. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was seen grabbing a low-key dinner with family members at Lumiere in Massachusetts on Saturday night, writes Us Weekly.
A source tells the mag that while Romney “looked a little down,” his wife, Ann, was “cheering him up and ‘being affectionate.’ ”
