La Strada's Spaghetti alla Carbonara

J and I thought that it was time for us to ingest carbs by way of pasta for lunch. When neither of us gotta rush off for afternoon meetings, we could afford a leisurely meal, and we won't be done in by the Z-monster. To La Strada we went for lunch.

The restaurant's S$42++ set lunches are always decent, and I seem to only be able to make it for lunches here anyway. I usually opt for the three-course set lunch — a starter, a main and dessert + coffee. There're plenty items on the menu to choose from, depending on how hungry I am. Bread isn't complimentary at lunch though. I don't remember if they ever offered complimentary bread; I've never bothered with it since bread occupies the space needed for pasta.

Today, a starter of pomodoro was perfect for the crazy hot day. We knew we would be too stuffed for any solid dessert. A hot coffee and a scoop of strawberry sorbet were ideal to round up the meal.  I had to have the spaghetti alla carbonara. Had a craving for it. It was sooooo satisfying. Done right with just a wee bit of butter, slow-cooked egg, parmigiano and ham crumble, it was a lot of happiness on a plate.