I have some squid ink fettucini...what should I make with it?

Squid Ink fettucini goes well with...

roasted Rockfish fillets, with wild mushroom risotto.

A nice pinot would accompany the fish and risotto very nicely.

Try this.
Sweat shallots and Shiitake Mushrooms in Plugra Butter and white wine.
Salt and pepper to taste. Add cream and Sugar Snaps. Reduce, but not too far. Just before you take the sauce off the burner add Black Truffle oil. Toss with pasta.
I assume you know how to cook, so the directions how to cook are not included.
Cheers.

I really wanted to try to make a wonderful pasta dish I had a Babbo. It was the black tagliatelle pasta with parsnips and pancetta. But the last time I made it, the taste was just off.

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:
I really wanted to try to make a wonderful pasta dish I had a Babbo. It was the black tagliatelle pasta with parsnips and pancetta. But the last time I made it, the taste was just off.

I am just going to keep my mouth shut...

I even called Babbo to see if they can just overnight me some pasta...but then the lazy and incompetent person said they don't do "take out."

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I assume you know how to cook, so the directions how to cook are not included.

PH

BD -

Just curious - how does a restaurant not "overnighting" you some pasta make the person you dealt with lazy and incompetent? Maybe I am missing something.

I think it's safe to say that at least 49 of the top 50 restaurants in the world, probably don't ship food to Texas.

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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
BD -

Just curious - how does a restaurant not "overnighting" you some pasta make the person you dealt with lazy and incompetent? Maybe I am missing something.

Forgive me if I come across as rude but most of the time the hostess that answers phones for the restaurant will not take the time to check up on what is being needed and just gives you an answer to quickly get you off the phone.

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:
Forgive me if I come across as rude....

You are not rude, you are...very "special".

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:

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Originally posted by Dom'n'Vin'sDad:
BD -

Just curious - how does a restaurant not "overnighting" you some pasta make the person you dealt with lazy and incompetent? Maybe I am missing something.

Forgive me if I come across as rude but most of the time the hostess that answers phones for the restaurant will not take the time to check up on what is being needed and just gives you an answer to quickly get you off the phone.

I seriously bet the hostess thought you were a prank caller.

Babbo is one of the hottest restuarants in the country. You place a call for them to take the time out of their incredibly busy schedule to overnight you some pasta? And then you complain about their curt response?

Babbo was turning away so much business that Batali opened up Otto to rake in the cash that he knew he could be very well getting from Babbo.

I hardly think a prank caller would call at 4:30 EST asking the reservationist to see if they could overnight some pasta.

It's not completely out of the question because there is a famous barbeque places in Dallas that will overnight their food to other places in the country. So why can't Babbo?

Screw it...I will just make the pasta at home myself.

C'mon Bella. You really didn't expect Babbo, one of the top restaurants in the world to ship you food? Comparing Babbo to any BBQ joint is comparing apples and oranges.

I suppose the next time you are going to call the French Laundry and ask them to send you some tidbits.

Mario and Thomas are not Wolfgang Puck.

As a matter of fact, yes I did. I was going to use the line, "I recently dined at your wonderful establishment in January and had some of the world's best pasta. However, I reside in the state of Texas in which no such dish exists. The taste of your tagliatelle has left numerous impressions on my palate. Would there be any way you can overnight me some of it until the next time I would be able to get to NYC?"

You probably don't even want to know what I was thinking about doing while I was at the restaurant. I am sure pyang would have been utterly embarassed; therefore, I did not do it.

That isn't the point. Telling Babbo that their food is excellent isn't news to them.

Expecting them to do "Take Out" is.

Perhaps as you grow older you will realize that the world does not revolve around you.

I mean that as advice, not as an insult.

I was not "expecting" them to do take out. I thought I would call and see if they would. Cool if they did, bummer if they didn't. It just means that I will have to order for 2 next time I am there and line the inside of my purse with plastic so I am able to freeze and enjoy my food at a later date since the restaurant can not accomodate my needs. I will accommodate my own.

That makes a lot more sense.

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:
It's not completely out of the question because there is a famous barbeque places in Dallas that will overnight their food to other places in the country. So why can't Babbo?

Why don't you call and ask them?

I did!

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:


I was not "expecting" them to do take out.

Yet you called the person you talked to "lazy and incompetent". Never mind that whoever answered the phone was probably not at the top of command chain at Babbo and was not at liberty to fulfill your whim, as he or she was acting upon specific set of instructions from management - no take out, period, not even for mild mannered and polite Texans with superb cooking skills.


Artist,
I think they just brushed it off without giving it a second thought. They must get a lot of calls like that, and that's why the policy is in place. Ti Couz in the Mission is the same way, only they do it out of enviromental concerns.


p.s. Just to think, I used to live a block from Charles Nob Hill when Ron was rulling the kitchen and ordered to go quite regularly.

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Originally posted by Bella Donna:
...It just means that I will have to order for 2 next time I am there and line the inside of my purse with plastic so I am able to freeze and enjoy my food at a later date since the restaurant can not accomodate my needs. I will accommodate my own...

i love watching old folks do this at restaraunts

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Originally posted by kumazam:


i love watching old folks do this at restaraunts

I'm a good Samaritaine, are you? I offer assistance, distracting the buffet manager with loud noise and complaints.

I hope someone will do it for me when I'm an old fart.

I'll do it for you grun, I got your back . Stuff as many corn fritters and parker house rolls into your plaid pants lined in foil as you can.