PastaMania (Parkway Parade)

Pretty delish fusion pasta when served hot and shared with loved ones! Upsized pasta dish ($15.60) to share with hubs and with Grab’s Live Larger Plan ($1.99), paid only $11.95 (-$3 for Grab Rewards, -$0.65 due to exchange of Grab’s 365 points). Lifehacks!

Well.. I should have known that I haven’t had pasta mania in more than a decade for a reason. This was possibly the most bland nonsensical tasting carbonara I have ever had. And turkey bacon? Lord knows there’s better bacon out there such as beef bacon. Or just don’t use any kind of bacon at all!

It’s a shame what pastamania’s pasta standard has become. If this was not marketed as carbonara, maybe I would have not had such a big disappointment.

That being said, I guess if you really MUST eat here, pick something NON traditional.

Only redeeming factor is the cheddar cheese sticks.. which was kinda an oily gooey salty change of pace.

You can complete your pasta with a set meal with a soup and drink ($4.90) or a side and a drink ($6.90). These were crispy outside and though the cheese wasn’t stringy there was a good amount of cheese in it too.

This ($12.90) was surprisingly good and the tomyam flavour was quite pronounced. There was a nice balance between the sour and slight spiciness. This version is less creamy than the other tomyam pastas I’ve tried too.

The salted egg yolk pasta was yummy but too much of it tastes very 'jelak'. The crab was unfortunately salty. This will be my first and last try unfortunately. :(

$11.90