Thai food attempts to balance the five fundamental flavors: hot, sour, sweet, salty, and victory. Score a win for your mouth with today's Groupon: for $12, you get $25 worth of authentic, spicy Thai fare at Lemongrass Thai Restaurant on Litchford Road.

Lemongrass Thai Restaurant’s extensive, authentic menu is filled with Asian appetizers and entrees with a distinctive Thai-chili kick. Acclimate taste buds to the fiery fare with a starter of crispy fried calamari with chili dipping sauce ($6), allowing eaters to customize spiciness by the bite, or step up the mouthgame with the spicy grilled duck panang ($15), duck breast prepared spicy, very spicy, or extremely spicy and topped with creamy curry, green beans, and carrots. Seafood lovers can experience Southeast Asia’s distinctive take on soft-shell crab, with golden-fried crab in a spicy basil sauce ($18). Lemongrass’s offerings also include authentic Thai entrees that feature heat-free flavors, such as classic pad thai noodle ($12, stir-fried rice noodles with shrimp, eggs, tofu, and crushed roasted peanuts in a sweet-and-sour tamarind sauce).

Lemongrass’s casual dining and elegant atmosphere set the stage for meals of all levels of formality, from ploughmans’ lunch to dinner with Emily Post’s mailman.

Reviews

Citysearchers give Lemongrass a near-perfect 4.5-star average, Yelpers give an average of four, and Google Mappers, an average of three. Four Insider Pagers give the restaurant four stars on average, and more than 85% of Urbanspooners like it:

• This place is fabulous! The food is so fresh and the prices are very reasonable. I go for lunch several times a month and cannot get enough. − golfubet, Citysearchers
• The clean, uncluttered setting of the restaurant and quick service created a great first impression. The food was balanced in flavor and my request for "very spicy" was met but the heat from the chilies didn't overpower the other ingredients. − bernieball, Google Mappers