they didn't even differentiate on the menu that the pasta was meant to be ordered as a separate course and not a main. if i had known, i would have gone with a better value.
― Rihannamator (get bent), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I always steer clear of ravioli type stuff because of this
― post...aftermath (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
I grew up with a REAL relative from Italy who lived nearby, and who cooked pasta and other dishes from scratch...we'd eat at her place at least once a month or so. I'd pay $100's to eat that again. Her sauce recipe was passed on to my mom, whose sauce is also great, but nowhere near as good.
Found an $8 over-the-counter imported sauce that tastes almost as good as mom's. I'm picky so I wouldn't pay less than $40 when eating out - otherwise, it's not "pasta" to me.
― Opus Gai (I M Losted), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
the times i've made pasta from scratch i could never get it thin enough, so i have crazy respect for the people with enough patience and skill to do that.
― Rihannamator (get bent), Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
still trying to figure out if complaining about paying for homemade pasta is gauche
― mh, Friday, 29 August 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
head is spinning at "never ending pasta bowl" with "limited time". make your fucking mind up!
restaurant pasta never seems to be much better, if at all better, than we make at home. $15 i guess but I've been disappointed so many times - even in Italy - that I wouldn't bother.
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 29 August 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
shit i made tonight was def worth $28 fwiw
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 30 August 2014 06:46 (nine years ago) link
take it to the TMI thread, weirdo
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 07:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/07/olive-garden-never-ending-pasta-casual-dining-restaurants/15139803/
http://i.imgur.com/N4HDaf7.png
― 龜, Monday, 8 September 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
But Spenchian says this Olive Garden promotion isn't about gorging but about fun. "We're trying to make our fans feel like VIPs," he says. That's one reason that up to seven guests who eat with the pass-holder will receive freebie Coca-Cola branded drinks, he says.
― 龜, Monday, 8 September 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link