Pasta for dinner

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Anonymous wrote:What restaurants are you guys going to that offer buttered noodles on the menu? I see a lot of mac n cheese but I don't think I've ever seen buttered noodles.

Restaurants will use butter rather than sauce if you ask. I like chicken ziti and broccoli but hate Alfredo sauce. I’ll ask for butter instead, no problem.

Why would someone ask for that lol. I’m not going to a restaurant to spend money to be served a poverty meal.

Op has never come back to this has she?

That was me. I like basic food with no sauces or condiments or anything on the food. The butter keeps it moist. I wouldn’t think it was odd at all that she gave everyone a bowl of pasta and nothing else.

I don't think it's odd for a restaurant to honor a request for very plain food. Some people do prefer their food plain, and some people prefer their food with more flavor and texture.

I think it's less than ideal to assume that certain guests would automatically like plain food, and to not offer them the same sauce you offer other guests.

DP it makes most sense to me to start by offering guests something as plain as possible. I'd say "I'm making pasta, I usually make it with butter for the kids, but I was thinking vodka sauce for the adults?" And that's when guest can say "actually, little Larlo loves vodka sauce." I'm an adult and don't like either option so would take it plain, with cheese if they have it.

The idea that the host would decide that the adults must have vodka sauce and serve it and the guest must eat it not to be rude seems weirdly American to me. It's so rigid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny how some posters make generalizations on how Italians eat based on a sample size of the dozen they personally know. Different Italians eat different things and have different ideas of what a "proper" meal is.

OP, your guest was rude for saying out loud what everyone else would be thinking. Your being Italian has nothing to do with this, just buttered pasta is kind of a weird kids meal for most people. Next time this situation occurs cut up some apples and carrot sticks to make it look like a "proper" kids meal. Now, try to move on.

WTF are you even talking about? Have you ever set foot outside your house?

“Just buttered pasta” is on the kids’ menu at almost EVERY restaurant in the United States.

I just checked these kid's menus:

Olive Garden: Pasta with Alfredo or Marinara sauce, Mac and Cheese - no buttered pasta
Chili's: Pasta with Cheesy Chicken and Mac and Cheese - no buttered pasta
Applebee's: Pasta with Chicken Alfredo and Mac and Cheese - no buttered pasta

Buttered pasta is on the kid's menu at Cheesecake Factory and Noodles & Company. But certainly not "almost every" or even most restaurants in the US.

Sure, you could request no alfredo sauce, but buttered pasta isn't on the kid's menu.

Good job proving the point that you are a loser with no friends!

[Anonymous]

I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

So, when you wrote that most places offer it, did you mean most American or Italian restaurants that would have a kids menu? If so, do you realize that is a totally different statement than what you wrote?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

So, when you wrote that most places offer it, did you mean most American or Italian restaurants that would have a kids menu? If so, do you realize that is a totally different statement than what you wrote?

I wasn’t the pp that originally wrote the comment. But it shouldn’t matter-the fact that you thought that it would apply to a place like 5 guys or chipotle tells me you don’t have any common sense.

[Anonymous]

Any restaurant that serves pasta also has butter on hand and you can ask for that. I can remember at every single wedding as a child my cousins would ask the waiter for no sauce on their pasta, just butter.

[Anonymous]

this sounds like a meal to me:

Pasta al burro is a classic Roman dish featuring fettuccine tossed with high-quality butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano, creating a rich, creamy sauce using only pasta water for emulsification—no heavy cream required. It is the original, authentic version of what is known internationally as Fettuccine Alfredo.

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Anonymous wrote:Any restaurant that serves pasta also has butter on hand and you can ask for that. I can remember at every single wedding as a child my cousins would ask the waiter for no sauce on their pasta, just butter.

Exactly. The restaurant would typically have to have some kind of pasta on their menu to offer this. So to expect a Mexican restaurant or a fast casual restaurant with a very specific menu (that doesn’t include any pasta) to offer it doesn’t really work. But i’m
guessing parents that know that their kid will only eat buttered noodles at a restaurant would not choose a place that clearly wouldn’t have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

So, when you wrote that most places offer it, did you mean most American or Italian restaurants that would have a kids menu? If so, do you realize that is a totally different statement than what you wrote?

You literally have CHOPT as one of your examples. Come on…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

what kind of pig goes to all these restaurants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

So, when you wrote that most places offer it, did you mean most American or Italian restaurants that would have a kids menu? If so, do you realize that is a totally different statement than what you wrote?

I wasn’t the pp that originally wrote the comment. But it shouldn’t matter-the fact that you thought that it would apply to a place like 5 guys or chipotle tells me you don’t have any common sense.

+1. I was the poster who wrote that, and I specifically said pasta isn't available at Mexican restaurants. It didn't occur to me that anyone would look for it at a burger joint, but I guess I should have added that caveat too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

what kind of pig goes to all these restaurants

And what are you doing to prop up the economy, dear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I checked the 10 restaurants I have been to recently to see if they have buttered pasta on the kids menu, and if not if they serve pasta and butter, in which case I assume they'd make you buttered pasta if you asked. I bolded the ones that list buttered pasta (2/10) and italicized the ones where I think you could get buttered pasta (3/10). So, in my experience the statement that "most restaurants have it on a kids menu" is false, but that "most restaurants that serve pasta will allow you to order it with just butter for your kids" is probably accurate.

Planta -- no pasta, but a variety of Asian noodles. They don't list just butter as an option, but maybe they could make it with plant butter?

Chipotle -- no noodles on menu

Founding Farmers -- no kids menu, no buttered noodles on regular menu, but I'm sure they'd make it if you asked


Neighborhood Japanese menu -- no kids menu, no buttered pasta on the regular menu. They do serve ramen and udon and soba noodles, but not plain. Might make it if you asked, but not sure if they have butter.

Chopt -- no noodles on either kids or regular menu

Silver -- offers buttered noodles as a choice!!!! Comes with vegetables, although they allow substitutions

Five Guys -- doesn't have a kids menu, doesn't serve noodles of any type.

Pines of Rome -- No kids menu but they offer an adult sized portion of linguini with "butter sauce" and an option to sub penne. It costs $13.95 which, assuming "butter sauce" is a euphemism for butter seems like a lot of money!


Thai restaurant -- has noodles but not specifically pasta. No kids menu. My guess is they'd bring you plain noodles if you asked, but not sure if they'd offer butter

Seasons 52 -- has two types of pasta on the kids menu (mac and cheese, and cavatappi with red sauce). In my experience they'll make any change you ask for so I imagine they'd happily leave the red sauce off and add butter.

I’m sure you could have used your common sense to realize that places like planta, chipotle and a couple others wouldn’t fit the description of restaurants that would offer this. Don’t be an idiot. 5 guys? Come on-this is just dumb.

So, when you wrote that most places offer it, did you mean most American or Italian restaurants that would have a kids menu? If so, do you realize that is a totally different statement than what you wrote?

I wasn’t the pp that originally wrote the comment. But it shouldn’t matter-the fact that you thought that it would apply to a place like 5 guys or chipotle tells me you don’t have any common sense.

+1. I was the poster who wrote that, and I specifically said pasta isn't available at Mexican restaurants. It didn't occur to me that anyone would look for it at a burger joint, but I guess I should have added that caveat too.

+2

Even looking for it at Japanese or Thai restaurants demonstrates that poster’s idiocy. I sincerely hope she is just trolling us - it’s scary to think that people THAT stupid walk among us…

[Anonymous]

and she lives in Bethesda. imagine that!