Food Rule #3: Ordering pasta at a restaurant is for chumps
It's not news to anyone that pasta is basically flour and egg. Paying $15-$20 for flour and egg at a restaurant? That is just not right. Especially since most restaurants probably aren't making fresh pasta from scratch a couple hours before their dinner service. I love pasta, it is delicious. But for someone who isn't the best cook, I can make an amazing dinner by going down to the farmer's market to pickup some FRESH pasta, some delicious organic meats or seafood, and whip up a sauce...for really really cheap.
What a perfect lead-in to a story about me breaking my own rule, haha. While in Hungary, I went to Coffein with friends and they had a lunch special of homemade gnocchi (a potato pasta, so it still counts). It was definitely fresh and well made, but the thing I remember was the unbelievable sauce it was in. It wasn't just a tomato cream sauce...it had heat, and spice, and was full of flavor. And it was cheap, so I am letting myself get away with this one! The whole lunch was very colorful...from my split pea soup to my pink lemonade. Made for some tasty looking pics :)
What a perfect lead-in to a story about me breaking my own rule, haha. While in Hungary, I went to Coffein with friends and they had a lunch special of homemade gnocchi (a potato pasta, so it still counts). It was definitely fresh and well made, but the thing I remember was the unbelievable sauce it was in. It wasn't just a tomato cream sauce...it had heat, and spice, and was full of flavor. And it was cheap, so I am letting myself get away with this one! The whole lunch was very colorful...from my split pea soup to my pink lemonade. Made for some tasty looking pics :)
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