Thai Chili

Thai Chili is a cute little restaurant found just outside of downtown of Arvada. It's inside of what looks like an old house. The decor is very cute!

My husband and I ordered Sesame Chicken and Pad Thai. We almost always order Pad Thai since it gives us one thing to compare Thai restaurants to other Thai restaurants. We also usually get orange chicken but Thai Chili doesn't offer orange chicken. Can you believe that?!  Another of our guests ordered a Vietnamese rice noodle plate with beef and chili lime sauce. Our vegetarian friend ordered Pad Se Lew with Tofu.

My husband and I both agreed that the Pad Thai was great if you add the lime juice to the top! It made a world of difference in the flavor! We tried the Vietnamese plate which inspired me to, in the future, not stick with just Pad Thai. I was thrilled at the sweet, sour and salty flavors! The beef was high quality, juicy and flavorful. Our sesame chicken was tasty but the chicken was a little dry. I enjoyed the sweet sauce it was cooked in! I didn't try the Pad Se Lew with Tofu but Derick filled me in. He said it was decent but the sauce is supposed to be a sweet soy sauce. The sauce was ok but not what Pad Se Lew generally tastes like.

Overall I think we all thought the restaurant was decent but nothing to rave about. I love Asian food so I enjoyed my experience but I think I'll stick with Taste of Asia for my Asian cuisine.

Rose Garden

Work was slow, our tummies were growling... Chinese sounded good... so we called in an order from the Rose Garden. I shared a plate with a co-worker to save some money and since I can't eat a whole meal myself. We had a hard time picking which one to order since there were so many options! We finally picked Almond Chicken.

I was highly disappointed with the choice. I don't know if it was the restaurant's food I didn't like or if I just really dislike Almond Chicken but I wont repeat either. The fried rice was even un-tasty. It tasted like old refrigerator and didn't have meat or veggies in it, so basically it was just rice with some soy sauce. I was really looking forward to the "egg roll"! When I saw it I knew right away that it wasn't an egg roll, it was a spring roll... if you'd call it that. It wasn't like any spring roll, egg roll or veggie roll I've ever had. It was not worth eating at all.

I'm sad to report that I highly disliked my Rose Garden experience.

This was another co-workers meal. I hope his was better than mine!

Taste of Asia

Friday night we stopped in at Taste of Asia at the Stapleton shopping center. We were impressed with the nice decor. It was modern and clean with a small hint of the Asian feel. The owner gave us a warm welcome and even let us take a picture with her.

We ordered Orange Chicken and Beef Pad Thai. The plates came with more food than we could eat so the $20 was well worth it. I dug into the orange chicken, since that's my favorite Asian food. I was more than thrilled at the amazingly great taste. The chicken was moist and full of great flavor. Truly my favorite plate of Asian food EVER! I then tried the Pad Thai, my favorite Thai dish. I was also thrilled at the greatness of this dish!!! They were both very delicious.

The flavors and textures were both perfect. The amount of food was good for the price and the service was the best yet. If I were to rate Taste of Asia on a scale of 1-10 I would give it at 10 hands down! With no hesitation I can honestly say, this is the best Chinese food I've ever had.