News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: [email removed] Nntp-Posting-Host: juliet.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology References: Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 23:39:00 GMT Lines: 39 Al M. wrote: >cs8 S. wrote: > If anyone is looking for great Italian food, The Olive Garden offers an > excellent variety of really tasty entrees, appetizers, and desserts. > ... > >If you're looking for great Italian/American food... go to the Olive > ^^^^^^^^ >Garden... The portions are large... But it is not Italian food... >Pasta must be cooked on a serving per serving basis and served "al >dente"... not from a pot soaking all day... I'm tired of people >saying how great this Italian food is, when the key characteristics >are extremely overcooked pasta and a watery, crushed tomatoe "sauce" >covering everything in sight. If you want great Italian food, go to >Italy or to an Italian's house (The only Italian Restaurant that I've >been to which is on the par with that is Il Vagabondo or Il Vagabondo >di Mare on the upper east side of Manhattan, NY. I also get upset >when people say they hate Italian food, because I can't help but feel >they've never really had Italian food... > >Two of Al Magnani's "possibility of being a good Italian Restaurant" tips: >1. Pizza does not appear anywhere on the menu (or the waiter looks at >you funny if you ask for it...), and >2. There are absolutely NO veal dishes for less than $15... > >-al Very nice description of Italian-American food! I miss all the good Italian restaurants back in St. Louis. There's a large Italian community there, centered around an area known as "The Hill", with a large number of family-run Italian restaurants. They range all the way from small, casual places (where you CAN get veal dishes for less than $15) all the way up to Tony's, one of the dozen or so 5-star restaurants in the U.S. I'm visiting there next month, and I can't wait to go back to Cunetto's House of Pasta. Yum! Aaron [email removed]
St. Louis, MO