I'd eat this everyday!

Before I begin, just so you know that all these awesome photos are taken from Google Images. HAHA!! So, don't go all crazy if you so happen to see some photos that belonged to you because, IT APPEARED ON GOOGLE IMAGES!! :)

Anyway, I am a bit nuts over pastas since I had my first bowl of spaghetti bolognese. That would be 2893465872836423 years ago I guess. I had been looking through recipe books, online tutorials and watching the Asian Food Channel to figure out, how the hell to cook such fantastic pastas. 

The following pastas are my favourite ones and would like to master its recipe so I can be a jolly happy glutton everyday :)


The first and the most basic one would be spaghetti with a simple tomato based sauce. The best one I've ever had is from Daves where they have this 'basil, garlic and crushed tomatoes' sauce over. Simply heavenly. Am still trying to figure out how to bring out such wonderful flavors (tomato-ish flavor with a hint of sweet and sour) as my attempt on this sauce taste rather bland.

Simple spaghetti with tomato sauce

Another alternative for tomato paste would be with a dash of spice! Yes I am talking about Penne Arabiatta! You get to taste the rich tomato based sauce with a hint of spiciness tingling your tongue. I love my Arabiatta with slightly more dried chilli and a lil bit more cheese flakes on top.

Penne Arabiatta

Next, spaghetti Aglio Olio! I have been cooking this for a few years now and kept improvising on its flavor as it is absolutely simple yet delicious! The photo below is the only legit photo taken by me haha! Made that pasta a few weeks ago and I am really satisfied with it. I prefer my Olio to be more garlicky please :)

Made by yours truly. Bad presentation, I know. :P

Another photo taken online which looks awesomely yummy!

Next would be spaghetti ala carbonara! You know, I normally can't finish this dish itself because its so creamy and thick that I get full of it easily but, I just found out that the real carbonara sauce doesn't have cream at all! Its basically cheese and egg yolks! Cheese is filling but compared to cream + cheese, I'd rather cheese and eggs so I won't feel guilty of not being able to finish it :) Best part of carbonara is that it has bacon bits on it which turns its flavor around!

A good plate of carbonara spaghetti with bacon bits, yummy!

Speaking about carbonara, I would love to have a bowl of this too! Smoked salmon with white sauce pasta. This is also one of my favourite white sauce spaghetti, with smoked salmon that melts in your mouth with smooth creamy goodness!

Smoked salmon with cream sauce pasta

Last but not the least (can't think of any other flavors for now) would be this shrimp and capers pasta! There are two version I know of so far which is the creamy garlic or the lemony shrimp and capers pasta. I came across this pasta when I was dining at Bubba Gump and I gotta admit it, I chomped down the whole plate (big portion, man!) accompanied with some nice crispy garlic bread. I love both style and definitely would like to try making it myself one day!

You can throw in some cherry tomatoes and capers (that tiny green peas lookalike) in your scampi pasta for a refreshing taste

This captured my attention. Look at that toasted garlic bread! The colour of the shrimp totally scream YUMMY!!

The garlic creamy version of shrimp pasta

The buttery lemon version of shrimp pasta

Throughout my whole research, I realize there are two important ingredient to make a good pasta. You need the aroma and the flavor to enhance your dish.  

Basil and parsley! 

For parsley, I normally use Italian parsley as it blends well with almost all pasta.

Fresh basil, the aroma & taste essence

Parsley, ideal for garnishing