I'm back in SF! It's nice to be home, and now I have time to post all the delicious things I ate in DC. You've already seen a few of the things from my trip, but now there will be better photos. I have to say, DC surprised me more than a few times this trip. Here's what I ate on 4/30:
M suggested we to go matchbox, and my first thought was "I like pizza, but how good could it be?"
OMG--THIS GOOD. This is their Fire and Smoke pizza ($15), which includes fontina, basil, and chipotle sauce. It's hard to describe why this pizza was so enjoyable. The combination of the charred cracker thin crust, smokey flavors from both the chipotle and wood oven, the particular texture of melted fontina, and the fact that the oven was twenty feet away really came together in pizza perfection. I would not be far amiss if I said it was the most impressive pizza I've ever had. That's right, A16, I would fly across the country for this before eating your pizza again.
To top that off, the spinach salad ($9?) was also delicious. It doesn't look like much, but the light dressing and slightly sugary toasted crushed nuts was really nice. The fried ball on top is goat cheese.
Later that night, we met H for drinks and wings at guess where. Obviously nothing of particular culinary interest here, but we watched some basketball and saw a drunk girl stand up on a chair and hula hoop. Stay tuned for my next day's adventure...
M suggested we to go matchbox, and my first thought was "I like pizza, but how good could it be?"
OMG--THIS GOOD. This is their Fire and Smoke pizza ($15), which includes fontina, basil, and chipotle sauce. It's hard to describe why this pizza was so enjoyable. The combination of the charred cracker thin crust, smokey flavors from both the chipotle and wood oven, the particular texture of melted fontina, and the fact that the oven was twenty feet away really came together in pizza perfection. I would not be far amiss if I said it was the most impressive pizza I've ever had. That's right, A16, I would fly across the country for this before eating your pizza again.
To top that off, the spinach salad ($9?) was also delicious. It doesn't look like much, but the light dressing and slightly sugary toasted crushed nuts was really nice. The fried ball on top is goat cheese.
Later that night, we met H for drinks and wings at guess where. Obviously nothing of particular culinary interest here, but we watched some basketball and saw a drunk girl stand up on a chair and hula hoop. Stay tuned for my next day's adventure...
4 comments:
I'm telling you...you missed your chance to experience DC's best pizza and neighborhood Italian spot. Matchbox is a joke compared to 2Amys. Seriously. If you're ever out here again, you need to skip the crowds and mini-burgers and over-cheesed excuse for pizza at Matchbox and head to Cleveland Park for Peter Pastan's magic. I tried to steer you right. :)
I like cheeeeeeeeeeese. What is 2Amys like? I think what got me at matchbox was the paper thin crispy crust.
Ok, I get it. 2 Amy's - Great Pizza. But let's be honest here, the closest metro stop is Tenleytown-AU and no one wants to go to Tenleytown-AU. It's not even that close the stop!
Let's also not pretend like the dining experience is the same. 2Amy's = a ridiculous wait after an annoying commute with folks on the red line in addition to obnoxious red line people in a crowded restaurant.
Oh, and the sliders at matchbox are delicious.
2 Amys is good but it's not THAT good.
2Amy's v. Matchox........FIGHT!
I love causing unrest.
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