Popping up on Instagram lately has been Spaghetti Love Bakehouse, a new pasta shop at Lougheed Mall. It’s all the rage apparently.
A friend of mine who is much more online savvy saw it first and suggested we meet after work to check it out.
Well, after my meal I’m guessing all that hype is manufactured.
Spoiler alert; it wasn’t great.
The first warning sign – it’s in the food court. In my personal experience, food court food, more often than not, is about as tasty as the cardboard container it’s served in. I ended up deciding on the lasagne.
While I wouldn’t call it particularly terrible, it would not qualify as good either. Edible? Sure. Once.
The noodles? Fine. The meat? A mystery. Beef, I suppose. The sauce? It’s what ruined it for me. It was a really funny texture. It was hard to put my finger on what that texture was. Something close to the texture of Palak Paneer is the closest I can get to describing it. That’s the one Indian dish I don’t like.
The value? That’s the best part. It was a pretty large portion for $20. Way more than I needed to eat. If you want a big meal and you’re not a picky this might just be the place for you.
But for me, Pasta Polo just isn’t that far away. And for a few bucks more you will get a much better meal.
I suppose if you’re not as much a food snob as me you might find this really good.
If you are a food snob like me, you shouldn’t be in a food court in the first place.
3/10