Dromond
Pleasantly abstruse.
When it comes to Italian food, I most certainly am. I know the difference between Italian-American and Italian food. I also know that different regions in Italy can be very different, a difference that is not reflected in Italian-American cuisine. I've never been to Italy (always been too poor to travel overseas), but it's one of the things I'd love to do before I die.
When it comes to Italian restaurants, I'm a total bastard. Very harshly judgmental. For instance, my opinion of Olive Garden cannot be expressed without cuss words. The food is vile. The only chain Italian restaurants that have ever come close to my standards are Biaggis and Buca di Beppo.
Little hole-in-the-wall Italian-American restaurants can be quite good, but no chain I've ever found has done justice to the form.
You can't have good Italian food without good pasta, and no pasta from a box is ever going to be good. If an Italian or Italian-American restaurant doesn't make their own pasta in house, just hang it up. They aren't going to be worth the time.
That's my story. So, share your snobbery!
When it comes to Italian restaurants, I'm a total bastard. Very harshly judgmental. For instance, my opinion of Olive Garden cannot be expressed without cuss words. The food is vile. The only chain Italian restaurants that have ever come close to my standards are Biaggis and Buca di Beppo.
Little hole-in-the-wall Italian-American restaurants can be quite good, but no chain I've ever found has done justice to the form.
You can't have good Italian food without good pasta, and no pasta from a box is ever going to be good. If an Italian or Italian-American restaurant doesn't make their own pasta in house, just hang it up. They aren't going to be worth the time.
That's my story. So, share your snobbery!
