I can live eating pasta because I love pasta. mmm... So before my friend and I decided to hop off on a train in Amsterdam to go back home, we decided to have our dinner at the train station for convenience. She suggested we went to Julia's Pasta where they prepare their food in front of you while you wait.
So here's how it went. We made our order and paid out at the same time at the cashier. (The queue was long!) We were then given our receipts and were instructed to give them to the ladies who were preparing the pasta next to her. After we have given our receipts we then waited for our orders to be called out.
Their pastas were pre-cooked and were placed in individually sealed cellophanes, and were then boiled for each order. Their sauces were also pre-made.
Did it taste good? Well, as a food lover, I am very particular with my food. I ordered whole wheat penne with carbonara sauce. At home I make spaghetti carbonara all the time. So I know how it should taste. I think that they are expensive for what one gets. It is commercialized and I don't think the food tastes good at all. They are stingy with the sauce and the ingredients in general. The pasta itself was a little bit under done.
Can you see that there barely was any sauce on my pasta? What a shame!
I can understand that the rent for their location must be really expensive. But I don't believe that the quality should suffer from the company's fixed costs. If they want people to flock to their business, they should at least work on their food first.
It's a good alternative when you are fed up with the usual food that you get on train stations though. But that would be it. There would be no repeat purchase.
Have you been there? Did you like it?
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