My Rating:Cinque Pasti is COMPLETE for the day. It’s been a long and exhausting day full of Olive Garden. #WorthIt. So let’s get to the final meal of Rigatoni, Traditional Marinara & Crispy Chicken Fritta: Originally, this came out as a full-size portion: I’ve had mixed feelings with the Traditional Marinara, and tonight was not […]
My Rating:For meal 4 of 5 today, during Cinque Pasti, I’m going with a refill portion of Whole Grain Linguine, Traditional Meat Sauce & Italian Sausage: I wasn’t quite sure how much I was going to love this, but I was BLOWN AWAY. This was really really fantastic. I loved the ratio of the pasta:sauce:topping. […]
My Rating:Meal 3 of 5 today is going to be my kryptonite pasta, Angel Hair. I don’t know what it is, but it’s just not for me. However, on days like today, I feel the urge to give it another chance. So many people love it, so it MUST be good, right?: Sadly, wrong. I […]
My Rating:Meal 2 of 5 today during Cinque Pasti is Cavatappi, Alfredo & Crispy Shrimp Fritta: This was really fantastic. Huge fan. I’ve had this sauce/toppings combo with Fettuccine & Whole Grain Linguine before, and it works awesome with Cavatappi too! 9/10. My (silly) girls joined me today after work for this meal, and they […]
My Rating:Today starts a new theme, Cinque Pasti (aka 5 Meals). I’m going to have 5 different meals that I haven’t had before, during 5 different visits, eating 5 different pastas, 5 different sauces and 5 different toppings! Let’s start with Fettuccine, Five Cheese Marinara and Meatballs: Note, this is really Meatball & not Meatballs as […]