today, i tried my hand at making the italian pasta dish, Aglio Olio (pronounced agh-lio oh-lio). many many italian restaurants serve this wonderful noodle (or pasta) dish, but all cooked differently and unique according to the chef's choice. basic ingredients include spaghetti(correct spelling?), olive oil, thinly sliced garlic, and chopped basil leaves. other common ingredients include some parsley, mushrooms (most commonly used are of the shiitake kind, few use button). meat lovers like those cooked with some diced bacon or ham, others like theirs with seafood.

i like all kinds of aglio olio, bacom n mushrooms, seafood or plain basil a.o.
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and so , since i have time to whip up some more-fancy meals for dinner, i decided to try my hand at one of my favourite italian dishes. i didnt get bacon, mushrooms or scallops or mussels. just plain aglio olio with prawns.

and it turned out fine! whee.. although i used a tad too much olive oil, but otherwise, it turned to be *muack* magnifico!



as they say, practice makes perfect, so i shall continue to improve on this dish of mine until i can be on par with the restaurant standard, and maybe even improvise on it too.. hmmhmmhmm.....

until next time, true believers, ciao!

Ken blogged on 8:05 PM

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