Carbonara at Roberto Passon (update)
I was useless at finding the older thread in which I'd posted about this dish/place. I went for lunch, pre-theater, today with my father and his wife, since he loves carbonara. We both ordered carbonara, and when it came, I suspected from the aroma that it was made with cream. I took a bite, and it turned me off completely, as I have a "thing" about certain warm dairy products (loathe alfredo sauce, for example). I just ate the salad that I'd ordered, and had a hot dog around the corner from the theater, much to their amusement. Dad loved his carbonara though, and my stepmother liked her arugula salad with goat cheese and mango. I thought my mixed salad was a little on the sad side. I asked the waitress when we ordered coffee if the carbonara was made with cream, and she said yes, that carbonara is made with cream. She took the dish off our bill, even though I didn't ask her to and said it wasn't a problem, etc., which I thought was nice. The service was rather lax, as there seemed to be just the one waitress, and a busboy who seemed to be attempting to learn the ropes.
Anyway - this isn't meant to sound like a rant - just that I'd recommended the carbonara there before, and I can't now. I wonder if the chef changed? Seems odd that the recipe would.
![header=[] body=[<img alt='' class='photo' src='http://www.chow.com/uploads/5/4/4/373445_maine_219_large.jpg?20120523220005' /><br /><strong>MMRuth</strong>] cssbody=[user_tooltip]](http://www.chow.com/uploads/0/5/4/373450_maine_219_tiny.jpg)
MMRuth, thanks for the head's up. Any more recent reports or news of a change in the kitchen?
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