JASON FOOD REVIEW

Pasta Awesome

Klang

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Jason's verdict

7.3out of 10
Boleh
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The verdict

Boleh

A solid Western pasta spot that won Jason over on two dishes he normally avoids, with the grilled-flavour carbonara the clear standout at 7.8. The aglio olio with 12-hour marinated beef brisket is tasty but slightly dry, while the new masa lemak pasta clashes with the pasta format. Dine-in beats delivery, with fresher, bouncier noodles.

Highlights

  • Price: Masa lemak pasta lunch set with cheesecake and drink costs RM14.90
  • Taste: Carbonara has a very grilled flavour; brisket pops but runs dry; masa lemak sauce doesn't match pasta
  • Other: Dine-in tastes fresher with bouncier noodles; delivery can arrive mushy

Dishes tried

  • Carbonara

    very grilled flavour; bouncier dine-in, delivery can turn mushy

    Score 7.8 out of 10
  • Aglio olio with Australian beef brisket

    12-hour marinated brisket, salty-sweet; slightly dry, sauce balance off

    Score 7.3 out of 10
  • Masa lemak pasta with smoked beef

    tastes like masa lemak but clashes with pasta; smoky beef overly chewy and dry

    Score 6.0 out of 10
  • Cream cheesecake

    included in the RM14.90 lunch set

Full transcript292 words

I'm dining in Pasta Awesome for the first time, and we have to start with one of their most popular dish. Carbonara but this is good, very grilled flavour. They make me like two things that I don't usually like. Both carbonara and chicken chop, and I've tried both dine-in and delivery, overall it tastes fresher, the noodle is bouncier and from sometimes delivery, I get the mushy-mushy when 7.8. Dish number 2, aleo oleo add on Australian beef brisket. Mahana Mappers, they marinated this red meat for 12 hours. What you get is a salty sweet, although a bit dry but still juicy piece of meat. That half-day marination does make the flavours pop. The texture reminds me of Mappers, the sweet-salty beef brisket sauce is a good combination with the slightly oily al dente aleo oleo. Out of everything good about it, al dente aleo oleo, very tasty beef brisket. The one that we had was slightly overdone which is why it was a bit too dry and the sauce sweetness was over here, saltiness over here. I wish it was a bit more balanced, but it's still a tasty dish 7.3. Say hello to their new masa lemak pasta with smoked beef, 14 ringgit 90 cents. It's a lunch set that comes with this cream cheesecake and drink. It tastes exactly like masa lemak but that's the problem for me, it's not matching with pasta. The pasta has cooked well but somehow I feel like it's not the best of matches. I like the beef smoky taste but it's overly chewy and dry. They're okay separately but together, mm-mm, 6. I keep on using my ears and dry and they're going to be inside. This is a bunch of

7.3/10

RM14-20 · Carbonara

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