Walking around in the streets, heat exhaustion has me pining for winter like it was a long lost lover whom I’m willing to forgive for cheating on me with 10 dudes as long as she comes back for one precious moment to ease my soul.
Just then some news hit me like a bucket of cold water. There is a restaurant in Ginza called Fresh Pasta Monster that is serving “Shaved Ice Fresh Pasta” for a limited time Now that’s something to make me forget about that tramp, winter.
I went straight for the sauce first. It was strange but refreshing, making my throat feel cool. As for the sauce itself, the tomatoes were definitely fresh as they had a gentle sweetness balanced with the right amount of tanginess – very flavorful all around.
I asked the waiter about this and they said the pasta was fresh and is actually cooked longer than normal pasta. It’s the cold sauce that gives it the hard texture. That’s a pretty big drawback, but I guess to make such a unique dish you have to make some sacrifices.
After it was all over, my body felt cooled and cleared of the heat induced cobwebs in brain. I could finally move on from pining over that frigid whore named winter and get it on with summer. I also discover that another place called Pastudio serves a similar dish of pasta with a tomato sauce gelato on top.
The gelato will have to wait for another day. But as far as the shaved ice past goes, at 1101 yen it’s a relatively cheap and definitely energy efficient way to cool down these days. So give it a try.
Fresh Pasta Monster
Printemps Building Ginza Second Floor Basement
TEL: 03-3567-0024
Fresh Pasta Shop: Ginza Pastudio
Chuo Ward Ginza 8
TEL: 03-3573-5030
Original Story: Rinko Meru
Photos taken by iPhone
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