Tucked inside a cosy space in Suntec City, a pasta bar known for its colourful noodles and customisable pastas sits unwaveringly. Tangled offers a creative and casual approach to pasta. With vibrant noodles of a wide variety, fun flavours, and the icing on the cake is how wallet-friendly it is.
Let’s start with Pinky Promise (S$14.90), a loaded creamy mentaiko pasta, with shredded salmon and little pops of Tobiko that danced in my mouth. At first glance, I was pleasantly surprised at the serving size and the generous portions of salmon.
Presentation and taste-wise, I believe it would be way better if the egg yolk stood out more against the watery egg whites to add onto the thickness of the mentaiko, and the aesthetics of the pasta.
My only complaint for this loaded bowl would be the lack of clinginess of the sauce to the pasta. I would honestly expect them to be gelled together like an actual pinky promise, finished up with a “chop”. Ah, brings me back to when I was a child, when promises actually meant something…
DIY Pasta Option
If you’re someone who lives to DIY, you’ll be happy to hear that you can customise your very own bowl of pasta! Choose between six different sauces — Aglio Olio (S$6.90), Tomato (S$7.90), Cream Sauce (S$8.90), Pesto Sauce (S$9.90), and more.
Pasta options include Pappardelle Ricce — choose from the egg, beetroot, and mushroom options, and Spaghetti — egg, or squid ink options, and finally the Rigatoni — egg, squid ink, or eggless option.
If you think that’s a lot of pasta options, the choices of add-ons will wow you even more. Select your proteins, from Chicken Breast (S$3.50), Smoked Duck (S$3.50), Large Prawns (S$4.50), Scallops (S$4), and Salmon (S$4). You can also add on Tobiko for S$2, Roasted Tomatoes for S$1.50, and Truffle Oil for S$1.50 if you’re feeling extra boujee.
We chose the Aglio Olio option and the Pappardelle Ricce mushroom pasta, with Chicken Breast, Poached Egg (S$1.50), Broccoli, and Mushrooms (S$2).
I had mixed feelings about this combination. While the pasta’s texture was bouncy and firm, the Aglio Olio sauce tasted like it forgot to RSVP to the flavour party. It wasn’t like it was bad or anything, it just seemed like it was extremely shy to befriend Mr Garlic and Ms Chili Pepper at the flavour party.
We also assembled sides and a drink at S$4.90 for our Build-Your-Own-Pasta mission. The Tater Tots were delightfully crunchy, and light on the palate. As usual, this alternative version of fries is like your dependable friend of a decade — they don’t always make the loudest of appearances, but they’re always there, and guaranteed to be trustworthy.
For the readers who have read my article on Bacino Italian Bistro, you’d know that their Burrata knocked me out of the living realm for a few milliseconds. Since then, I have been in search of solid Burrata. I was elated to find it at Tangled, and with the affordable price of S$15.90, there was no reason to say no to the Burrata with Toast.
This burrata is served with toast on the side, surrounded by roasted tomatoes, fried beans, pesto and ponzu. Perhaps it is because in our line of work, the camera always eats first, so by the time we could taste the cheese, it was already far too curdy. Overall, it was a bold mix of flavours that didn’t exactly work for me. But who knows? It might work for you.
So head down today to any of Tangled’s outlets for a fun and casual meet-up with your loved ones, and let me know how it fares for you!
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