Code: Coda

Posted in Non-Asian on May 10th, 2007 by mei| | .

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Hunger may be the best spice but I’d say camaraderie comes in a close second. Now don’t you start having assumptions. Yours truly is still the cold hearted objective food eater who could be the most in her element when she scarfs down solo but given the choice - she’d much rather be with friends. So an impromptu dinner for a party of six on a Monday night? Happiness that you can eat.

After much deliberation - and detours - Mei and company ended up at a local American-Italian eatery called “Coda.” The interior is quite spacious and nicely lit with soft lighting. Decor is somewhat prosaic but I’ll cut them some slack - this time. Fare selection is, well, fair. You have your choices of pizzas, pastas and burgers… most of what you’d normally expect at an this kind of establishment. What I found disturbing was the fact that the restaurant does not serve wine by the glass. There are wines by the bottle. Just not by the glass. A certain other pizza eatery in town caters to this one personal quirk and despite the fact that I usually end up drinking more than a glass’s worth, I am a frequent customer just knowing that I can order a nice single glass of wine.

Even before my friends and I decided on the restaurant, I already knew where we were going and exactly what I would be ordering given the likelyhood that we would be eating at that restaurant.

Ravioli. My friend went for the cheese ravioli so naturally I went for the another - the spinach ravioli with tomato sauce. Both Rose and I agreed that mine was the better of the two. The spinach raviolis weren’t mind blowing but for Taipei it was pretty darn good. The sauce was rich and the bread that came with our pasta order was dense enough for sauce-sopping. Rose’s cheese ravioli with pumpkin and gorgonzola sauce was a tad on the rich side in my opinion and somehow the flavors were just a wee bit off. I also have to say that I didn’t find the banal flat yellow color all that appetizing. However, the worst thing about her dish was that it was served way late. In fact, all of our dishes were served quite some time apart. It would have been nice to have all our main courses served together.

The side salads were good. Leafy mixed greens and not stale romaine. Levenade ordered a full Ceasar salad. Didn’t ask him how it was but I took it from his silence at the table that it was pretty good. Miam miam. Kat and Justine’s pastas look okay but personally I just felt that pasta shouldn’t be swimming in so much sauce. Then again TIT (This is Taiwan) and I can’t judge the taste by looks alone. I give Mr. Tanenbaum’s cheesy fries a thumbs up and the hamburger looks as if it deserves the other thumb up. I think I might go for that next time.

Levenade was the only one who ordered dessert - Tiramisu. I thought the portion was too tiny and we both agreed that there wasn’t too much taste to it - just mascarpone and sugar. Would be much better with more coffee and a touch of rum… and perhaps more ladyfingers.

Constructive criticisms aside, I was happy with my dish and at 300nt for my ravioli set I would go back again. With friends.

Coda
No. 23, Lane 283
Roosevelt Road, Section 3
02 2365 2769
羅斯福路三段283號

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  1. mei eats » Burger Bonanza said,

    on June 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    […] the brother branch Coda, is a nice little eatery tucked away in the Gongguan area. What I liked about it at first sight was […]

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