What premium spaghetti did you buy?

There are ways to buying good pasta also btw.

Aglio Olio is like the Nasi Goreng of Pasta.

important things to have, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, dried chili for some spiciness.
parsley if u have, or some 7 italian herbs for some seasoning.

put whatever u want as extra, shrimps, prawns, chicken etc.

topping with some grated parmesan. (or a lot of cheese)

Rustichella. My first attempt cooking it was a total failure. Undercooked🤣. I tried Delverde before this too and that cooked perfectly somehow. But I paired these pasta with prego sauce so... Don't judge me please 🤭

Same lol i tried various recipes too..not to say homemade sucks but just taste good in different way

Ah yes Rustichella is very good, better that Delverde. Please don't waste such good pasta with horse shit sauce, no offense bruh.

Just follow instructions on the packet when cooking pasta. If they don't have an "al dente" time, then just subtract 2 minutes from the recommended cooking time.

When you are experienced enough, just take out 1 strand of spaghetti and bite on it after 7-8 minutes in boiling water and give it a bite (sidenote; ALWAYS ALWAYS salt your water, PLEASE). Al dente means the pasta can be chewed but the texture is still firm.

Mostly agree except for the herbs and parmesan.

For herbs, always use FRESH herbs but only use 2 types of mix at most. Preferably if you have home grown ones, that will ALWAYS be the best. Don't use the bs "italian herbs mix" that comes in bottle if you have a choice.

For the cheese, for fuck's sake stop using parmesan. Parmesan is FAKE cheese lol. If you want to use real parmesan, use parmigiano reggiano (preferably DOP) or better yet, grano padano and/or pecorino.

Boil some pasta of your own choose.
While it is boiling, chop some garlic and gently fry on low heat in extra virgin olive oil.

When the pasta is al dente, but in the frying pan with the garlic oil, heat it up quickly.

Serve with black pepper and oregano or parsley.

Add cheese if you want, I want.

This post has been edited by PATAR: Sep 7 2022, 06:07 PM

what to do, inflation

boss wanna earn more and consumers not willing to pay more nowadays

LaBottega is still good place to shop for ingredients though

This post has been edited by ZeneticX: Sep 7 2022, 06:18 PM

you have any ideas where to find blocks of these in KL/Selangor? Jaya Grocer is a hit or miss when it comes to cheese depending on branch

Rock Bottom@Arkadia DPC.

Seafood UGLY Ollio.. RM38

Got Prawns, Squids, Mussels... and if drink with Guiness = yumzz...

I usually special order from LaBottega KL. He imports a lot of the cheese that you can't find here. That's why I'm so familiar with the boss there.

Yes. It's all in the frying of the garlic.

Uhm...

1) Don't chop garlic, crush them instead with a garlic crusher. This will make the garlic creamy and most importantly, will not burn.
2) If using parsley, always add the parsley stock together with the garlic.
3) Add a ladle of pasta water after 2 or 3 minutes of searing the garlic, do NOT fry the garlic.
4) When pasta is al dente, add it to the pan and add another ladle of pasta water. Cook for another 2 minutes.

Usually dry chili flakes is better, but it's preferential. Black pepper is fine too sure.

P.S do not fuck up the dish with fake cheese.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Sep 7 2022, 06:38 PM

No cheese on the aglio olio please, Italians don't add cheese on aglio olio pasta

correct. strictly speaking you dont add cheese to aglio olio, once you add cheese its cacio e pepe

but since this is not Italy and there's no Italians to murder you, just do as you like

yup
time to add on a piece of fried chicken smoothened in cheese

I wonder if Laurette dop pasta is real or not after reading comment here

Simpliest pasta to cook. Ingredients also long shelf life one. Cook sendiri la.

Im not italian, and i love cheese, so up to u.

i agree with the cheese.
but not easy to find, and will look like a wise-ass if i said its like nasi goreng but need special expensive sauce.
Parmesan is lower quality Parmigiano Reggiano anyways.

Parmigiano DOP is quite easy to find in MY lol. Your typical Village/Jaya/Bens grocer has it. Don't tell me you have never seen Galbani or Belgioioso.

Parmesan is a rabbit hole. The shit you see from Kraft or that deceptive "Perfect Italiano", that's fake. I'd rather put detergent in my food than put that shit in my mouth. There is no real parmesan lol, real parmesan is simply parmigiano, aged 24 months.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Sep 8 2022, 01:05 PM