Mt. Everest Café –Fort Collins CO

July 28, 2016

When I started my blogs a few years ago I never imagined I would be eating and writing about food from Nepal and Tibet, but here I am. 

I met a friend for lunch at about 12:30, and I was not sure what I was getting myself into. I had never really had this kind of food or anything like it before, so I figured Mt. Everest café with their buffet would be a good way to try some new things.  We picked a table and headed to the buffet. 

 

I filled up my plate with naan, a vegetable samosa, some chicken curry, tikka masala and some rice.  The samosa definitely had potato in it along with I’m not sure what other veggies.  But the filling was good and the outside fried dough was delicious.  The naan the first trip through was a little tough and chewy, but the next trip they were fresh and were really good.  I’ve never really had much curry of any kind, but this chicken curry I suppose tasted like what curry would taste like, I thought it was good but not my favorite item I took. The tikka masala was by far my favorite thing I took.  It was orangeish and was a bit creamy, I don’t think I’ve had anything like it before, but I really enjoyed it quite a bit.  It along with the chicken curry both went real well with the rice.

Going in I wasn’t so sure, but after trying some new things I was happy that I came here for lunch.  I was very impressed their buffet, and thought it was one of the better buffets of any kind I’ve been to around here.  I will definitely be back to maybe try something new or maybe just what I had this time.  Either way I am looking forward to returning.

 

Mt. Everest Cafe  

 

website: http://mteverestcafe.com/

Address: 1113 W Drake Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80526

Music City Hot Chicken– Fort Collins Colorado

June 30, 2016

I’ve always really enjoyed fried chicken but there was never anywhere to get it in Northern Colorado besides fast food places like Raising Cane’s which has good chicken fingers, but it’s just not the same and KFC which is just KFC. So when I heard this place was opening, I knew for sure I had to try it out.

 

I met a friend here for lunch around 12:30 and the place was still mostly full. You order at the counter right inside the door next to the bar. We moved over to the side and let a few others pass us because I wanted to take a bit of time looking at the menu on the wall. While looking at the menu my friend mentioned that the hot version is actually quite hot, but I figured I’d take my chances. I then ordered the leg quarter combo ($9) which came with one side and sauce and a choice of heat level. I picked French fries and ranch dressing for the sauce and chose to go with the hot version. I also added a fountain drink ($1 50) all prices here include tax. My friend ordered the Hot chicken sandwich ($8.50) So we paid and took our drink cups and our numbers and we found a table. We chatted for a while and soon enough our food came out.

I had a problem with my camera so I used my phone, so it’s not a very good picture.

 

 

The chicken was excellent; perfectly cooked, crispy and really not as greasy as some fried chicken. There was a dry seasoning on the chicken which was definitely hot, but also had some kind of different taste than I think I’ve ever had and it was a tad sweet. This was about as hot as I like to go comfortably, and it definitely got my nose running. My friend said he thought it wasn’t as hot as it was when he was there previously. On top of the chicken were three pickles which I thought were perfect to go with the hot chicken. My fries were kind of different and I wouldn’t even exactly call them fries. They were kind of thick and round and a bit curled but whatever you would call them they were very good and were good dipped in the ranch dressing.

 

Music City Hot Chicken is just what Fort Collins and Northern Colorado needed.  After one trip I can’t wait to return soon to try another version of their chicken maybe the southern kind or the green chili and hopefully I’ll be able to get some better pictures.

 

 

 

  

Music City Hot Chicken

http://mchcco.com/

 111 W. Prospect Rd
Fort Collins, Co 80525   

  

 

What’s for Lunch: Chili House - Fort Collins Colorado

6/14/2016

I met a couple of friends for lunch on this day, I visited Chili House a couple of years ago which you can read about here. 

Today I decided to try something new, so I tried the Black Pepper sauce with chicken.  I thought this was pretty good although not the greatest Asian food I've had. 

This came with soup and steamed or fried rice, I choose egg drop and fried rice. The lunch combos also come with a egg roll.  Other dishes that were ordered were red curry and also pad Thai.


Address: 4200 S College Ave #110, Fort Collins, CO 80525

What’s for Lunch Stuft A Burger Bar - Windsor, CO

May 12, 2016

I visited Stuft Burger Bar in Windsor once again this time with a group including the godfather and had another very good build your own burger.

 

 

 This time I did a 1/3 pound burger with a brioche bun, smoked cheddar, caramelized onions, guacamole and lettuce, tomatoes and pickles. I also thousand island as my sauce, but I didn't put it on the burger.  Along with my burger I had the fried onion strings, these were good, but a bit hard to eat especially the little pieces.

address: 1294 Main St. Windsor, CO

 phone: (970) 674-5037 

 Hours: Open 11am - 10pm Daily  

Coyote's Southwestern Grill – Greeley Colorado

March 20, 2016

Somehow I figured out how to stretch my birthday into five birthday meals and this was the fifth and final one. This time I went out with the godfather and his son Matt and grandson Cole. We met at about 11:30 AM and when we entered we were seated immediately and they told them that we were celebrating my birthday. After we were seated they brought chips and salsa and we got an extra set to make it easier. Also we had our drinks orders taken I ordered a Pepsi and I’m not sure what everyone else got. Then we had time to check out the menu and catch up and also eat the chips and salsa.

 

This was identical to what you get at the Palomino restaurants which I guess they are somehow related to coyotes. I thought the salsa was pretty decent, but I didn’t think the chips were all that great. I narrowed my choice down to a few choices and when our waitress eventually returned I ordered the chicken chimichanga with guacamole because I’ve been on a guacamole kick recently. The godfather ordered the lobster mac & cheese and Matt ordered the chicken tacos with corn tortillas which the waitress recommended. The lobster mac & cheese and chicken tacos were two of our waitress’s favorite items.

 

And Cole got the chicken strips from the kids menu. After we had a while to talk some more our food arrived.

 

The godfather seemed to very much enjoy his lobster mac and cheese, but didn’t want his jalapeno cornbread so Matt and I both tried some of it and neither of us liked it very much.

 

 

It also seemed like Matt enjoyed his tacos.

 

 

I really didn’t know if a chimichanga here would be any good, but I was pleasantly surprised and I was very happy with it. Everything about it was good; the tortilla, the filling with chicken, cheese, green chilies and onions and the green chili on top. The rice on the side was okay and I really liked the black beans.

 

Just as we were finishing up some of the staff with my dessert came out singing happy birthday. They also asked Matt about ice cream for Cole which comes with the kids meals. My dessert was a slice of ice cream cake. This was kind of like a Dairy Queen cake but definitely better and Cole got a little ice cream sundae. 

 

Cole and I enjoyed our desserts and that was that. I had another successful birthday lunch at Coyotes. After we chatted for a bit longer we were off and I still had part of a chimichanga for later.

 

Website   http://www.coyotesgreeley.com/index.html

Address: 5250 W 9th St Dr, Greeley, CO 80634

 

 

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