Another pasta I will most certainly pine for once @nudedles.4 rolls its shutters down for the final time on the 28 of January is the Spaghetti Carbonara. It’s priced at an astonishingly affordable nine dollars a serving. No service charge, no government thef-sorry, taxation, just nine dollars for a piquant plate of carbonara.⠀
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You can easily tell that Nudedles’ carbonara is made the Italian way without the addition of cream due to the consistency of the sauce. It’s tremendously thick and coagulates incredibly quickly, indicating a lack of cream. The inclusion of cream would’ve made the thick sauce runnier, thinner & less prone to coagulation. The rich cheese & egg yolk sauce is suitably savoury, powering the mass of perfectly blanched spaghetti with its cheesy & salty qualities as it coats every strand of pasta.⠀
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However, the one element that absolutely blew my mind & tastebuds away were the fried pancetta bits strewn about in the mountain of carbonara. On god, these pancetta bits were utterly divine! The pancetta is fried till absolutely crisp, and acquires a texture akin to crispy pork lard cubes. However, each clamorous crunch into these browned beauties releases a pent up torrent of porky, smoky & salty flavours. The best way to describe this transcendent experience would be to think of the already delicious flavours of pancetta, and multiply those flavours tenfold. Oh, and add tremendous crunchiness.
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Chef Clarence, if you’re reading this by a stroke of divine providence, PLEASE sell these peerless pancetta bits in a big ass five kilo jar as your side hustle. Just shut up and take my money, man.