My Elastic Pants

Let’s Have Some Eye-Talian Noodles!

noreply@blogger.com (Sidney) — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:10:00 +0000

Houston Texas

D'Amico's Italian Market Cafe
(713) 526-3400

Rice Village/West U
5510 Morningside Drive
Houston, TX 77005

Who’d of thought I’d in the middle of Houston we’d chance upon an awesome little Italian place to have dinner? That’s exactly what we found when we were hunting after another one of those food trucks one cold evening in Houston.

Tucked across the road for our intended destination we saw a small little shop front indicating an Italian restaurant. I said to myself ‘I don’t reckon they’d serve nice Italian food there’ so I venture to walk around the area to search for other things to eat. Rice Village is a little spot in Houston filled with various restaurants (and more importantly) pubs to cater for the local university student. After being tempted to try a little French place, we opted to take our chances at D’Amico’s. It was a decision we were thankful (FULL being the operative word) later.

Inside the restaurant it was packed! Filled to the brim with folk young and old tucking into huge portions of food, I was almost full just watching all the food come out! I looked at all the freshly made pasta available to order and my appetite returned, I couldn’t wait to be seated! After what could only be described as waiting until hell almost froze over (yes it was very cold outside and there was a considerable queue of diners) we finally got ourselves a table and ordered.

I ordered myself a plate of Crawfish Ravioli – homemade pasta stuffed with crawfish, poblano peppers, green onion, ricotta cheese and romano cheese in a creama rosa sauce. It was nothing short of delicious, the sauce was not too heavy, the ravioli was stuffed to perfection and the pasta was cooked al dente, the only gripe (and it’s a small one) is that the pasta was a tad too thick. The serving was just nice! I managed to finish my plate!

My dining partner for the evening ordered the Capellini Sicilian Style – angel hair pasta in marinara sauce with ricotta cheese, sautéed eggplant and capers. When her bowl of pasta came out we both nearly fainted! I knew at the instant she is in for trouble. Never before had she seen a mountain of pasta in one serving! This being her first official meal in Houston I think she was scarred for life. The dish itself was delicious, the sauce was very flavorful and the pasta cooked to perfection; the only downside was the size! It seemed like no matter how much effort was put in only a millimeter was taken off the level of pasta still visible in the bowl! Luckily for us she didn’t order the spaghetti and meatballs!

After almost and 40 minutes worth of eating (I tired to help honestly) we still had a very full bowl of pasta left behind!

Needless to say there was hardly any room for dessert, besides I had my eye still fixated on the yet to be opened food truck across the street. Though in all fairness I have to say we really enjoyed the food at D'Amico's, the service was attentive and very friendly, just remember if you’re a small eater to bring 2-3 stomachs with you!

Howl at the Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Sidney) — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Austin Texas

Moonie’s Burger House

12001 Burnet Road

Austin Texas 78758

512 837 5400

This place would have to be one of my best finds while I was roving around Austin! Having just finished a mentally taxing meeting I was looking for something quick to go yet filling to eat. After being directed by an attendant at a mall towards a taco place I stumbled upon this nonchalant burger join (it turns out later I discovered that the Taco Shack was just across the road).

The smallish little hole in the wall was filled with locals happily, quietly munching on what looked like enormous burgers. I had to get me one of those! I rocked up to the counter and proceeded to scan through the menu. Being short on time I picked out their California burger, I placed my order and waited, and waited and waited!

The place was that popular the number of orders were banked up so things were looking promising food wise. My main concern was being able to get my food out in time to be able to make it back to the office in time for my next meeting.

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