Tri-color pasta, kimchi sausage, thai chili, cucumber, cilantro. $9
The Partisan, Washington DC
This pasta was great! I loved the interesting and delicious combination of flavors and textures. The kimchi sausage was surprisingly delightful in this dish and the pasta was cooked perfectly. Mmm…
Opal, Firestone Walker, saison-blond, California. $7
With parmesan cheese. $7.99
Reggio’s Pizza, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
This was gross. The sauce wasn’t very good and the meatballs were dry and flavorless. Ugh, airport food sucks!
Pecorino di fossa, long pepper, basta. $16
Locanda, San Francisco CA
This salt and pepper pasta was simple and simply delicious. I loved the texture of the pasta and it tasted great. Mmm…
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Hen of the woods mushrooms, mint, pinenuts. $18
Locanda, San Francisco CA
Omg, I loved this pasta! It was SO delicious a rich. I love crescenza cheese and the mushroom sauce was perfect. Noms!
Blue Ice. $10
Handmade handkerchief pasta with Genovese basil and almond pesto. $34
Farina, San Francisco CA
As much as I didn’t enjoy this restaurant, this pasta dish was really great. I loved the flavor of the pesto and the soft mandilli had a wonderful texture.
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Meyer lemon beurre blanc, brioche, artichoke chips. $33
Sutro’s at The Cliff House, San Francisco CA
A little of this went a long way! I liked the flavors at first, but after a few bites the beurre blanc dominated everything. It was so rich that it definitely overwhelmed the dungeness crab inside the ravioli. I wish this dish was a bit more balanced because it read so appetizingly.
Gloria Ferrer sparkling wine, brut, Somoma. $10
Pasta filled with roasted meats and savoy cabbage, sugo d’arrosto. $19
Perbacco, San Francisco CA
This tasted amazing! It was rich and meaty and the pasta was cooked perfectly. I don’t have agnolotti very often, but I loved it’s shape and small size. I don’t know if it was the sauce or the filling, but this had kinda of a grainy texture that was new and fun. The flavors were SO wonderful though. I could have eaten another plate!
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Focaccia and butter. Complimentary
Sage brown butter, amaretto crumble. $15
District Commons, Washington DC
This had great flavors and I liked the sage brown butter, but I thought that the whole thing was a bit dry. You can even see that the ravioli pasta was dry and starting to curl up at the edges. Perhaps the plate sat under the warmer too long – the service WAS a bit slow.
Doctor Samuel Hahnemann Memorial.
Black pepper and parmesan. $13
Rose’s Luxury, Washington DC
These little pillows were delicious! They weren’t covered in a fancy sauce or had superfluous accompaniments, but they were warm and fluffy and perfectly scrumptious!
National Portrait Gallery atrium.
Meat sauce, fresh basil, parmesan, garlic bread. $8.99
Ledo Pizza, Ranson WV
This was ok. At least there was a good amount of pasta to get your money’s worth. The bolognese didn’t have much meat in it so it was basically a marinara sauce.
Emerging mushroom, Morven Park, Leesburg VA.
Seared scallops, asparagus, fish roe, cream sauce.
Catch, San Francisco CA
This was good. The large scallops were nicely cooked and they were nice and tender. The black ink pasta tasted great with the cream sauce and the roe was a fun garnish.
Ravioli stuffed with lobster meat, with a light tomato basil lobster cream sauce. 3-course dinner $19.99
Lulu California Bistro, Palm Springs CA
Ugh, this was kinda gross. The pasta was super soft and the lobster filling didn’t taste very fresh. The cream sauce was also flat and boring.
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