I live close to San Francisco, a city that has a reputation for excellent Italian restaurants. Over the years, I have been to a number of these restaurants to have a pasta dish and to be honest with you, I have been very disappointed. Either the sauce is nothing to write home about or the pasta tasted like it came from Safeway. Believe it or not, the most delicious pasta dishes that I’ve had in recent memory was in Quito, Ecuador, upcountry Thailand and in Barbados of all places. Who would have of thunk?!?! In Quito, the name of the restaurant was Spaghetti, an upscale eatery located in the Mariscal tourist district. I was pleasantly surprised - the vegetarian penne pasta had a very delicious herbal-based sauce, and mixed in with the pasta was spinach and cooked mushrooms. Muy sabroso…The cost ? About $7.00USD.

In Barbados, the restaurant was located close to the Casuarinas Beach Club in the upscale resort district known as St Lawrence Gap. The owners were a middle-aged couple from Sicily, and Mama Mia that lady cooked up a very delicious pasta dish for me…

Too bad that in San Francisco Bay Area, nothing can compare to these two wonderful culinary experiences….

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