Respecting the Pasta & Review
Recently I agreed to be part of a blogger challenge with the fabulous
Restaurant chain ASK Italian. They want to start re-educating people about
pasta, how to cook it properly and to show people that its more than a back up
meal. That it can be exciting, it can be creative and also a part of a fun
night!
Observe the ingredients. Honour the
bite. Respect the pasta.
So over the next two months keep your eyes tuned
every fortnight for the way that we’re “respecting the pasta” First up was a
chance to review their restaurants. Now my regular readers know that I’m gluten
intolerant and might very well think pasta and nongluten don’t mix. Well I have
to say it’s a stable part of my diet. Fair enough I have to make it nongluten pasta
but one of challenges to make pasta from the basics. I will be making a gluten
pasta and a non gluten pasta! Any how to the ASK Italian restaurant review – Can
I review Italian? Well with ASK Italian I can, they offer to make anything on
their menu with their gluten free pizza bases or their gluten free pasta as
certified by the Coeliac society and guidelines. Rather fabulous no? It means
that me, my husband and the boys can go to a regular restaurant and not have to
worry about each dish. With this in mind we decided to book up at our local one for Mothering Sunday. That
morning though you could almost guarantee it but 21 days after my youngest went
down with chicken pox my eldest woke up covered! I didn’t quite think the
restaurant other guests would approve so we called them up to cancel…They were
incredibly nice and offered to place us outside if we liked but we decided to
take them up on their second solution
and have a takeaway instead.
We
started off with garlic bread and I went for my favourite Italian starter –
Insalata Caprese. Salad with buffalo mozzarella, Santos tomatoes and rocket
salad. Their version was just divine! As you might be able to guess from the
photo, it really did taste as good as it looked. The boys had garlic bread and
scoffed it down in minutes!
We were
a bit unsure about buying pasta as a takeaway so we went for the pizzas. The
boys had a standard margarita (they weren’t feeling adventurous!) and my husband and I struggled to choose but went for one their POLLO PICCANTE CON
PANCETTA. Lovely pizzas covered in a
good side amount of topping! They tasted fabulous. My gluten free base was
crispy and non-soggy (a common mistake) and was just perfect. I made my husband
do a taste test between mine and his and he couldn’t really tell the difference
either. It was a fabulous meal, we sat
up at the top of our local national trust here with beautiful views, cold
drinks and hot pizzas. The best bit of it all is that ASK Italian are such good
value we only used half the card they had given us. So tonight we’re off to
actually eat out at the restaurant and to try their pasta! I’ll try and take
more photos readers and ensure we all have something different tonight! The
restaurant were incredibly lovely when we told them the problems about eating
in the restaurant and tried to come up with as many solution as possible which
was lovely, they didn’t know we were on
the way to review it either so I suspect they are just a fabulous family brand!
UPDATE:
Last night on the way to see family we
stopped off at ASK Lincoln and couldn’t have asked for a better meal. We all
respected the pasta and had a variety of pasta dishes (mine of course being
gluten free) and were allowed to sit outside with Daisy our dog. The food was excellent,
cooked to perfection and served quickly. 5 Stars as a family restaurant who
have a way with pasta!
The food looks great, and having gluten free options is fabulous. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteI love ASK Italian not been for a while but last time I had a calzone it was amazing. Great review #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to Ask but keep meaning to go. It looks great actually, me and hubby are big fans of Italian food and haven't long come back from Rome
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Iv'e never been before but will remember it next time we want to eat out. It all looks yummy x #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteI love Ask, one of my fave restaurant chains. This all looks divine.
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Never been to Ask. Will be now though, pasta is one of my all time faves
ReplyDeleteI've come over as part of #triedtested and would love you to pop on over to carsonsmummy.blogspot.co.uk to say hi too!