So I'm at Cafe Pompei tonight getting my daily fill on za (anyone who knows me knows I run on pizza). I see a truckload of these rolls, but bigger. So i ask the nice man what those are, he says, "Rice balls. Roll filled with rice and cheese". Fair enough, I'm sold. Come back to my apartment absolutely starving and frozen might I also add. Pizza is great, no complaints there. A little cold but hey what can you do when its 15 degrees outside.
So It's just me and the rice ball now and this thing is heavy, I mean, its packed- it had to be like 2 lbs of just pure carbs. Comes with maranara sauce on the side too which is cool I guess. Sauce on rice? Not sure. Anyways I take a bite out of this thing and its just sloppy. Rice is everywhere, theres just this cheese oozing from all over. It's in my hair, its on my shoe, somehow I stepped in it I dont know.
First bite. Great. Extremely satisfied with my decision on the rice ball. Going in for the second bite now. To be honest, I'm not really thinking about anything at this point. Take the bite, chewing, etc. Tastes different. Why is my cheese rice ball tasting worse.. tastes like... peas.
Fucking peas? Are you kidding me with the peas?
Why would you put peas in that thing? Was this just in mine or are they in every single ball? I feel like the chef just dropped some peas in accidently? I'm not a fan of peas. I spent the first 16 years of my life strategically placing peas around and under my plate at the dinner table so I wouldn't have to eat them. And yeah, you can't taste it as much when its drowned in cheese, sauce, and rice, covered in bread, but facts are facts. It's mental at that point.
But this is what I really want to know. Who was like, "Yeah man, this rice ball thing you cooked up is pretty damn good... but you know what would put it over the top? Peas. Throw some peas in this thing and you've got yourself a recipe!"
NO! I just don't understand I guess. If you're into peas then you'll love the rice ball. I still ate the thing, but I wasn't happy about it. Not to mention it's literally a meal in a ball. You can't finish two of those things and feel good after, you just can't.
So there you have it. My first real post... on rice balls. This is the beginning of a beautiful thing.
--JT--
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holy shit this is the funniest thing i've read. i just read it out loud to all of my roommates who we constantly fight on which is better, Rice balls or potato balls. and my advice to you babyboo is.... the potato ball. no random vegetables or 2lbs of carbs, nothin like that.
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