Pasta, Pasta, Noodle!!

One of Wumpan's favorite food is pasta & noodle!! These are a few of the stuff I have made!! (Just looking at these pictures make me happy...hungry...)

The first one is spaghetti with Tarako (cod roe). I like to add grated garlic (just a small piece because it's raw and really strong) and mayonnaise, and at the very end, you can put a little soy sauce. The black trips on top are nori (seaweed).

The next one is spaghetti with shrimp and mushroom in garlic and oil. As you can see, I am not crazy about tomato sauce. So whatever kind of pasta I make, it's usually garlic and oil sauce. You will be surprised though, how everything can taste differently depending on what you put in the pasta!!



There are 3 different kinds of mushroom in here!!

This is penne with broccoli and sausage in garlic and oil. (What did I tell you about not having tomato sauce?) I think every pasta I make tastes better the next day!! You have got to love leftovers!!

I like to add a good handful of parmesan cheese!

Next one is Chinese style noodles...You can find these fresh noodles in a regular supermarket. I tried to deep fry them before, but they are too thick, so I didn't like how they came out. I just stir fried a bunch of veggies, meat and shrimp, and added some sake and soy sauce. It was ok...this one is still work in progress. I want to make them into a tasty, and healthy version of lo mein.

This is the deep fried version...it was way too crunchy.



So, this last one...this is my "fake out" version of Linguini Raphael from Matteo's. It has broccoli rabe, garlic, fresh tomatoes, little neck clams and shrimp. It is soooo tasty, and I love this dish from Matteo's. HOWEVER!! The restaurant is a little far from me, and they serve family style meals. So a large dish of this can cost about $40. (You didn't actually think I would get a small one, did you?) So I try to make this every now and then, and it's pretty good. I really like cooking because you get to control the amount, quality, and it's much cheaper. This one came out very good, and I was happy, HOWEVER!! I over cooked the pasta!! How can I over cook pasta? I NEVER over cook pasta!! Especially when I make a dish like this, and the sauce I make out of garlic, chicken stock and the clams is soooo yummy!! I was soooo upset when I realized my pasta had no back bones...But just to teach me a lesson, I finished this all by myself...I know, Wumpan is tough on herself.

I made this some other time, same recipe though.

This one is the one with over cooked pasta...

And this is the original one from Matteo's!! Yum!!