Third time back at Pasta & Co! Staff is friendly as always (or maybe cause she just recognises me already hahah). Wanted to get the Risotto but because the ingredients weren’t delivered by the supplier yet so we couldn’t try that. Instead ordered the Laksa and the Beef Bolognese.
The Laksa… tasted like how laksa should taste like. Prawns were slightly charred and has a just-nice BBQ flavour. Sauce was well matched with the noodles. Girlfriend’s opinion: “It’s good pasta and it’s nice. But would I want to pay $21 for Laksa? Hmmm… questionable. One off is ok.” So although the pasta is nice, perhaps not the star attraction of the restaurant.
I had the beef bolognese with the squid ink spaghetti. Here’s a strong shoutout: SAUCE WAS DAMN GAO LOL. Literally bits of minced meat everywhere in the sauce! This ain’t your standard beef bolognese where you get bits and pieces of minced meat here and there… THIS SAUCE WAS GAO. And it wasn’t too salty either! Just nice, had the good consistency between the tomato base and the meat flavour. Now at some places, beef bolognese could go really wrong in many ways - diluted sauce, lack of meat, way too salty… but Pasta & Co did the beef bolognese well. Every bit of my noodle was well coated with sauce.
That being said, couldn’t really taste the squid ink flavour of the noodle, but I ain’t really complaining bout that la. Also, beef bolognese isn’t like a MIND BLOWING dish la… like it’s a simple dish done well. If you’ve had bad beef bolognese, it’s like eating shit wanton mee. You know it’s bad. But when you have good beef bolognese, it’s like good wanton mee. How good can good wanton mee be? Hahah. What I’m trying to say is that the beef bolognese is good. Simple dish done well. But don’t come here expecting your mind to be blown. After all, it’s still a simple dish. (But at least you’ll know that other beef bolognese really taste like crap, not gonna mention some fast food chain.)
Overall, I would still rate Pasta & Co quite highly, even after 3 visits. The pasta dishes are done well. Would I return to eat beef bolognese? Maybe if I’ve had some shit beef bolognese, yes. Otherwise, I would recommend you come here to try interesting concept dishes, like the lamb muergez or mentaiko pasta. They’re probably bigger stars than Laksa or beef bolognese. Pasta & Co does simple dishes well, and they bring out the main flavour from the sauce and noodles, not relying heavily on side ingredients. (So don’t expect tons of ingredients in their dishes. Expect to savour the traditional pasta flavours.)
Pasta & Co could improve by having a bigger space, or having one more service staff. But I’m sure they’ll figure it out as the establishment grows in the pasta scene. Keep it up!
