Pierangelini & La Pasta al Pomodoro
Yes yes this is a recipe I did and blogged before (see here) but a recipe is not the goal of this post! My apologies for who can't read italian as they won't enjoy the links, but I could not resist in this debate over what guides and TV keep indicating as the best Italian Chef ... Fulvio Pierangelini of the Gambero Rosso.
Well, if you can read italian, you can enjoy the latest debates on this obviously arrogant (but not in the way of Gordon Ramsey ... at least he is fun to watch) that can be found here and here. But what is so funny ... well, I got to find a video (again in Italian ... sorry) where he spends 5 minutes debating why he has charged the equivalent of 25 euros few years ago (so more like 50 today) for a course of pasta in tomato sauce (count on 3 euros at home with best ingredients) and how he was upset people ordered it for kids. Sorry ... but is this guy an idiot?!?! I mean watch the video (here) and, then, you will understand what I mean. Sure I won't be missing not going to his place.
So next time, feel free to charge your friends or tell them that a dish like the one above is worth more than 50 euros in a starred restaurant. Then, note how many are not laughing!
Well, if you can read italian, you can enjoy the latest debates on this obviously arrogant (but not in the way of Gordon Ramsey ... at least he is fun to watch) that can be found here and here. But what is so funny ... well, I got to find a video (again in Italian ... sorry) where he spends 5 minutes debating why he has charged the equivalent of 25 euros few years ago (so more like 50 today) for a course of pasta in tomato sauce (count on 3 euros at home with best ingredients) and how he was upset people ordered it for kids. Sorry ... but is this guy an idiot?!?! I mean watch the video (here) and, then, you will understand what I mean. Sure I won't be missing not going to his place.
So next time, feel free to charge your friends or tell them that a dish like the one above is worth more than 50 euros in a starred restaurant. Then, note how many are not laughing!
PS: Of course, many won't agree.
posted by The Food Traveller at 7:19 AM
8 Comments:
Ahahaha 50 euro,questo sopra seondo me nn ha prezzo caro TFT ;-)))Pierangelini furbo e Gordon matto???...ahahahah
Ieri ho visto Gordon nella penultima puntata di Hell Kitchen ... lui si che e' matto!!! Ma mi faccio certe risate e (a detta di amici) si mangia una meraviglia al suo ristorante di punta.
Ciao!!!
hey ya ! i've seen this before on ur space ...and also didn't leave a comment then as it was in italian.
haha n i think sometimes these chef's get a little carried away !
Kate - my blog has become a dual language place ... but rest assumed that everybody can read english :-) or they would have given up on me already!!
Unfortunately the video is in italian ... but the main message is he charged what now woudl be 50 euros (considering the price hike) for some pasta with tomato!!!!!!!!! Gosh! He clearly state he put it on the manu at same price as the pasta with lobster.
devi però ammettere che nelle parole di pierangelini è contenuta una certa verità! per i bambini nemmeno io ordinerei spaghetti al pomodoro...meglio pasta corta!!! :)))
Ma Pierangelini ci fa o ci e'?
Credo che abbia capito bene che esistono tanti allocchi..e lui ci marcia..e se ci vanno e ordinano spaghetti al pomodoro a 50 euro se lo meritano..sono dei cretini assoluti!
ciao buon we
sciopina
In effetti, chi e' peggio: chi mette una pasta al sugo a quelle che oggi sarebbero 50 euro o chi la compra?
Io personalmente forse forse penso i secondi.
Ciao!!
ciao tft, ti chiamano così ora, ho visto in giro, eh? :-) intanto grazie per il tuo tifo!!! mi ha fatto davvero piacere. quanto alla pasta al pomodoro, ho cercato davvero di ragionarci su, visto il video, ecc ecc... non riesco a formulare un pensiero davvero significativo. mi barcameno penando che sì, forse come lo taglia lui il pomodoro non lo taglia nessuno, che sì, forse il suo pomodoro sarà migliore di tutti, e che la sua pasta al pomodoro sarà davvero the best ever... però, d'altro canto, non so se io prenderei degli spaghetti al pomdoro a 25 euro o più solo perché li ha fatti lui. insomma, a volte temo che si dia troppa importanza al cuoco e non al piatto. succede spesso, ma a mio avviso serve essere ben equilibrati! :-)
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