(Click for bigger pic)Today's vegetarian lunch: Yummy pasta from Focaccia Fiorentina, one of my most favorite pasta places. All pastas are served with a piece of excellent rosemary bread, which I usually eat with some butter. Unfortunately, they did not have the rosemary bread today. So, they gave a piece of foccacia as shown in the pic above.
When given a choice of many items, all equally tempting, librans like me find it hard to decide on one. This restaurant is considerate towards people like me and allows us to choose two kinds of pasta, half portions of each. Today, I chose my favorite Fresca di Campagna (penne pasta with mozzarella cheese, fresh chopped tomatoes, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar) and Penne Alla Vodka (penne pasta in a pink tomato sauce, a touch of cream, red peppers with green peas and a hint of vodka). For a list of all their pasts with pictures, check out their online menu. On that page, click on the pictures of their pasta trays, to view them in bigger size. If you are interested in the pasta types and shapes (penne, rigatoni, etc.) check this link for an illustrated list: pasta shapes.
Cost of the meal deal: $6.50 (includes 0.50 tax), about 286 Indian Rupees.
Vegetarian alert: Even if a pasta dish contains no eggs and no meat, eggs are often used in the making of the pasta noodles themselves. You can get pastas which are made with no eggs in the stores, but I doubt that most restaurants are very scrupulous about this (unless they are vegan restaurants). I don't know if the bread at Focaccia Fiorentina is made with eggs. I should check with them the next time I am there. Of course, the usual warning about animal rennet in cheese applies.
Background: Vegetarian Lunch in America.
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