Flaming Amy's Bowl - Lunch 5/8/08

Ah, Flaming Amy's Bowl.  Being a huge fan of Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn, I've been anxiously awaiting the opening of their second restaurant since hearing of the idea a few months ago.  The idea is a simple one, take the numerous ingredients Flaming Amy's uses, and turn it into a Mongolian Grillish type restaurant.  When you're seated you're given a bowl (hey, that's the name of the restaurant!) into which you pile your ingredients to give to one of the three cooks manning the flat top grills.  My favorite part?  The endless possibilities!  Choices include around 30 vegetables (roasted garlic!  eggplant!  edamame!) a half dozen or so proteins (tilapia, beef, pork, shrimp, bacon, chicken, tofu) and then the choice of ten different sauces to incorporate into your creation.  Between the wife and I we were able to test drive the General Mux, Thai Peanut, Sesame Ginger, and Creole sauces, all of which we enjoyed.  You're also given a choice of whole wheat or regular linguini noodles, brown and white rice, and some finishing items, such as parmesan cheese, peanuts, red pepper flakes, and so on.  Any math majors out there want to come up with the exact number of possible combinations?  My favorite combination was the Thai Peanut with shrimp, although with all the different possible combinations, it may take a long time to come up with the perfect bowl.  I'm perfectly willing to try.

Stuffed,

-W