About a year ago, I purchased a bunch of Restaurants.com gift certificates to Hill Country. I used two, then quickly forgot about the other two (and lost them, then found them, a couple of times, too!)… but they were quickly expiring, so the day after I went to Hill Country Chicken, I headed back down and picked up a lot of take out.
The first order was just meat and collards, and came to about $19.
1/2 a lb of brisket moist… moist, fatty and delicious…
and a jalapeno-cheese sausage from Kreuz’s. Lots of snap to the sausage, a little kick, and bits of cheese integrated, pretty tasty.
The collards were cooked nicely, though not as good as Georgia’s with its honey-taste to it, but still good.
The next order started with a small cup of green bean casserole – I mistakenly thought I’d really liked this last time, when in reality, I only thought it was OK.
I did accurately recall loving the corn pudding, and ordered the larger size, but for some reason – maybe they added to the recipe? – something in this really turned my tongue the wrong way, and I was digging at my tongue, trying to get it odd. Egh.
But for my main event, because I’ve heard so much about it, I ordered something that came with cornbread and
This ancho-honey butter that was ridiculously good… like crack!
I thought the cornbread was pretty good, too, surprising since I don’t normally like cornbread. This was crumbly and slightly sweet, made all the better with the butter…
I actually ordered the Texas chili special, the larger size, which, for $12, got me 16 oz. of the chili, cornbread and butter, and a sweet tea. It was also supposed to get me cheddar and chopped onion, but when I got home, I discovered they forgot to give me that, boo.
Honestly, a great deal for all this food – the second half came to just about $16 – but I stupidly didn’t realize that um, chili is spicy. (In my defense, I make my own chili, never order it, and it isn’t very spicy, just a little bit of a kick.) This got progressively spicier for me until I just had to stop eating – but damn, it was good spooned over the cornbread, broken into a bowl, sooo good. (And helped temper the heat a little bit.) YUM!!!
Yvo says: Per usual, yummy stuff from Hill Country. Even better is paying $20 less for the total than it would have been otherwise; I’m not sure the full prices are easily justified, especially to someone on a student budget like I am, but with the gift certificates from Restaurants.com, excellent value – I had leftovers for a few days, too. NOM!
recommended
Connie says
Those certificates are awesome, especially if you buy them with a coupon code for 80% off! The bad thing about them is the places where I get the certificates for are dine-in only, but don’t have expiration dates (California law). The brisket looks yummy 🙂 The cornbread, too.
Feisty Foodie says
I know I mentioned the expiration date in my post, but it turns out they don’t expire in NY either 🙂
BeerBoor says
I’ve got an 80-cent, $10-off certificate as we speak, but I’d buy lunch there regardless.
T.C. says
Chili isn’t always too spicy tho. It can range from mild to hot. Stick to making your own! lol.
Their warm corn pudding is alright. HC’s food really wasn’t that memorable for me when I finally had a chance to go months back. Boo, didn’t have their sausage. That looks good! Cheese and jalapeno!!!
BlindBakerNYC says
That corn pudding sounds so tasty! I want!
skippymom says
The brisket looks as tho’ it would just melt in your mouth. Gawd I love brisket. And collards. I need to make collards tonight. Nice deal Yvo!
CheeeeEEEEse says
I love chili. The spicier the better…
No Goats style ghost chili though…the idea of being heavy handed with that stuff is dangerous.