Gotta admit, the folks at the East Brunswick Olive Garden were always incredibly nice and accommodating. Sometimes you feel like eating a nostalgic shit soup and it’s nice to do so with decent service.
“italian restaurant”
This must be a north eastern joke I’m too southern to understand 😅 I know Olive Garden isn’t real Italian but it’s not bad food by any means. It’s just over priced.
You tellin’ me they don’t eat pasta and meat sauce in Italia?
Don’t let none of these chuckleheads tell you the OG isn’t Italian. It’s as Italian as apple pie.
Next they’ll say Fazolis isn’t even a real word, and you shouldn’t cook pasta like french fries.
cook pasta like french fries
I’m sorry, what now?
Imagine a fry basket full of pasta, and instead of oil it’s hot water.
I thought that’s genuinely how they did it at high end restaurants to make sure you have a perfectly portioned bit of pasta cooked to the right doneness. I swear I’ve seen this method on Hell’s Kitchen.
Granted, I may be thinking about something else vs what you’re talking about but still.
Just like my Nonna used to make it.
Wait, it’s all Olive Garden?
Always has been.
The Olive Garden doesn’t salt their pasta water. This is to reduce corrosion of the cheap pots. But salt is important. It obviously makes the pasta taste salty, but also it keeps starches from dissolving into the water so quickly. Without it, your pasta will be mushy and not al dente.
Is there anything with visiting New Jersey for? (Asking in good faith. I just haven’t ever heard anything good)
Edison Labs is cool to visit I guess.
