At Home: Thai Chicken Meatballs & Rice Noodles

For my third Blue Apron experiment...At Home, I made a Thai version of spaghetti and meatballs. Instead of spaghetti, I used wide, flat rice noodles. And instead of a tomato-based red sauce, I used coconut milk and red curry for a smooth, rich sauce with a kick. This warm dish of Thai Chicken Meatballs & Rice Noodles is flavored with classic Southeast Asian ingredients. The meatballs are cooked just to the verge of golden-brown perfection before finishing them in the curry, along with crunchy baby bok choy.

PREVIEW Super Bowl Snacks

Who is your favorite to win the Super Bowl?  Honestly, I could care less about football but I don't mind the snacks that go along with the beer drinking and couch sitting that occurs while watching the game.  In preparation for my next installment of What Micky Eats...At Home, I want to highlight some twists on the classic Super Bowl Snacks that we are considering to make.  I encourage you all to check out these recipes as well for your game day party menu. 

Meatballs

Meatballs is the much talked about and newly opened fast-casual restaurant from Michel Richard, the celebrated French toque behind acclaimed fine-dining destinations Citronelle in Georgetown and Central in Penn Quarter, as well as the newly opened Central Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace.  Serving a variety of meatballs with either pasta, salad or in a sandwich, Meatballs misses the mark in my book.  Closest Metro is Archives - Naval Memorial.

2 Amys

Last date I was here: 10/24/2009



Restaurant: 2 Amys (http://www.2amyspizza.com/)



Location: Cleveland Park

Total Rating: 3.85
Food: 4, Price: 4, Service: 4, Ambience: 3, Accessibility: 3



Summary: 2 Amys specializes in Neapolitan style pizza, baked in a wood-burning oven, and topped with fresh ingredients such as cockles, house-made pork sausage and authentic mozzarella di bufala. Pizza isn't the only thing the kitchen has to offer. There are lovely Italian starters such as bruschetta, or meatballs and various salads. The space is fairly large with tile everywhere and there is a large bar area in the back. Closest Metro is Cleveland Park.



About a 10 minute walk from the metro, 2 Amys had a line waiting outside when we arrived for lunch. Luckily, we were able to be seated right away. Our server was friendly and made some great suggestions. Packed with young families, the turn around in tables wasn't that bad. Be prepared for the loud atmosphere with young families and the open kitchen ringing bells for each order that is ready. One thing I did not care for was that they displayed their cinnamon donuts directly in front of the entrance way - most likely to attract sales - yet the sanitation factor bothered me with all the people (kids especially) walking by and oggling over them. Overall, the food was alright but nothing I would go out of my way to get.

What I ate:

Suppli a telefono

Deep fried rice balls stuffed with mozzarella cheese

Margherita Pizza

Tomato, mozzarella di bufala, basil

Plus Keith ate:

Polpettine al forno

mini meatballs baked in tomato sauce and served with fresh rustic bread