Originally Posted by
ttama
Maybe it's aimed at passengers from countries where pasta is seen as sophisticated. I have no problems with eating pasta but it's something I tend to knock up at home and wouldn't order in a restaurant. When I travel in the USA it seems to feature heavily on quite upmarket menus.
certain Pasta dishes from Michelin restaurant in Italy would be worth the trip there by themselves (this would be an example
I can highly recommend) however, and English parsley (I am guessing curly, not flat leaf) pesto is not something that I would be very keen on