Chili Thai II– Windsor Colorado

February 8, 2016

Mom and I stopped in for a quick lunch on the Chinese New Year. We arrived just after noon and the place was not too full. We were seated quickly and menus were brought to our table. After a bit they came to take our drink orders I ordered a Pepsi and mom just had a water. Once our waitress was back mom ordered the Kung pao chicken ($7.25) which came with an egg roll and a cheese wonton choice of rice and choice of soup. Mom had the fried rice and egg drop soup. This time I decided to try the Szechuan Chicken ($7.25) with fried rice and hot and sour soup. I’d been here before and tried the egg drop soup and wasn’t too excited about it so I thought it try a different kind this time.

 

Shortly after this the soups arrived along with fried crunchy wontons. The soup was all right not the greatest, but I think I did like it more than the egg drop had the previous time. This hot sour soup had tofu and bamboo in it along with some red pepper flakes here and there. Before we were even done with our soups our entrées arrived on plastic trays. Once I finished my soup I started into my entrée.

 

This Szechuan Chicken had a spicy sauce with plenty of vegetables and plenty of sauce actually there was a pile of it underneath. This tasted quite good and the chicken was pretty good quality chicken and I liked all the vegetables except for maybe the red and green peppers but they were all right. The fried rice was pretty good just fried rice with egg no other vegetables or anything, but pretty good. I also like that they give you a wonton and an egg roll. There was also a squeeze bottle of sweet-and-sour sauce on the table. The wonton was good and the egg roll I thought was a very good egg roll. After I ate just about all I could eat I asked for a box. We went up to the counter and paid and were on our way. Usually you get dry rice with your leftover Chinese food, but when I ate my leftovers the next day there was so much sauce left underneath that I definitely did not have that problem.

 

Chili Thai II

http://chilithaiwindsor.com/index.php

Address: 1215 Main St, Windsor, CO 80550

 

Nordy’s BBQ – Loveland CO

2/20/2016

 For my birthday lunch this year with the godfather, I picked Nordy’s BBQ.  I have been to Nordy’s several times, but just have never gotten around to writing a review.  When we entered the restaurant at around 11:30 we were greeted right away and the godfather told them it was my birthday and asked if I get to pick a dessert, they said it’s usually a cookie with ice-cream. I’m not the biggest dessert guy but a free dessert is always nice.  So we were seated and pretty soon I ordered a pepsi and the godfather a water and then we had time to look over the menu, I had been looking at the menu all week online so I pretty much knew what I wanted, but I checked out the menu again anyways.  I did think about trying something different than I’ve had before like the brisket, but in the end I ordered the Carolina pork platter with Aunt Judy’s beans and fried okra as my two sides.  Somewhere along the line the godfather asked if the baked beans were any good, I said they were very good. The godfather ordered the smoked sausage with Aunt Judy’s beans and mac and cheese.  These platters also came with a cornbread muffin along with pickles, onions and jalapenos on the side.  After we ordered we had time to chat about sports, food and travel among other things.  But shortly thereafter our platters arrived.  

 

My pork was excellent, tender, moist and falling apart.  On the table were their 5 barbeque sauces Kansas City, Texas, Carolina mustard, Colorado wild fire and jalapeno.  And although the pork didn’t need any sauce I always like places with multiple sauces and like trying them all.  Here my favorites are the jalapeno and the Carolina mustard sauces, but they are all good.  I told the godfather that the mustard sauce was one of my favorites, so he tried it and he liked it so much that’s the only kind he used.  My sides the Aunt Judy’s beans were amazing, with plenty of meat and I think are the best beans I’ve had at any barbecue place I’ve been anywhere.  And the fried okra was alright but not too exciting.  I don’t usually like cornbread too much, but I figured I should try it and it was actually pretty good so I ate the whole muffin. 

 

The godfather very much enjoyed his smoked sausage and sides especially the Aunt Judy’s beans, which he couldn’t believe how good they were. 

  

When we were finishing up part of the staff came out singing happy birthday and delivered my free birthday dessert and as promised it was a chocolate chip cookie topped with ice-cream.  This was quite good and a perfect way to end my birthday lunch. Nordy’s has some excellent barbecue. I have had better barbecue in a few places like in Texas but not around here I haven’t.                          

  

Nordy's BBQ

Address: 4360 St Cloud Dr, Loveland, CO 80538