There are very few foods that are as popular as pasta
No matter where you go, you'll get pasta for sure!
Even when you go to somebody's house for dinner, it is one of those dishes that people cook all the time!
Red sauce, white sauce, pink sauce, arrabiata, carbonara...
...and never ending types of pasta
From the smallest stalls to the best restaurants in the country...
...everyone's serving this famous Italian dish!
In today's Pasta Day special episode, we're serving two different kinds of pastas...
...at two very different places to find out which one is the best!
Desi pasta or authentic pasta?
Pasta was first eaten in China and not in Italy
In fact...
...the Chinese have been eating pasta since 5000 BC
China's flat noodles have become Italy's pasta
And the same pasta is now known as Punjabi Pasta in India!
Do you know that there are more than 600 varieties of pasta?
And every variety is different!
For example, thick and hollow pasta...
...are made in thick sauce!
And thin pasta is made in thin sauce!
But in India, desi pasta is very famous
You'll get many types of pasta in Italy, but in India you'll majorly get red, white and mixed sauce!
Today we're at NSP to try one of the most authentic examples of desi pasta
Billu's Hut!
Anyway, this is the famous Punjabi Pasta from Billu's Hut, NSP!
There's a slice of cheese on top of it
So, basically this is how desi pasta is...
...it's creamy, oregano on top!
It's simple to make, you can make it at home!
And tastes delicious
So, now we'll taste this
It's really creamy and tangy!
It's spicy!
Will try it with the cheese now
This is comfort food, when you're chilling and watching a movie at home...
...order this to eat!
The spices in this are special Indian spices...
...these are the things that you won't get in Mediterranean food!
Punjabis and Italians aren't really different
20 years ago, when Chinese food was introduced in India...
...we didn't know the authentic Chinese food at start
We had chowmein, manchurian, the things that changed in India!
Same thing, pasta is Italian but any Italian who eats this will not recognize it!
It's really tasty!
Right now, this area is less crowded because nobody wants to be on camera
But it's basically always full to the brim!
In winters...
...this whole area gets crowded...
...enjoying pasta and shakes, by the way their shakes are also famous!
Even I'll have one shake!
Billu's people roam here only, always ready to take the order!
It's not just pasta in the sauce, there are quite a few...
...vegetables in it like broccoli, sweet corn, capsicum...
...sweet corn in pasta is always nice!
Oh! Very nice!
They've put Chocopie on top!
Nice touch, I like it!
Basically...
...what I like is that, this Punjabi Pasta is orange in color
White pasta, red pasta, mixed orange pasta...
Also, because orange is the color of butter chicken!
And butter chicken is the flavor of Punjab!
So, this is the accurate color for Punjabi Pasta!
Which one do you like, desi or authentic?
Tell us in the comments!
But anyway, now we've tried the desi pasta...
...now let's go to our second location, where we'll try some authentic pasta!
Different style!
See you on the other side!
Let's go...
...to our second location!
Actually, the office provided us a car this time! Very exciting!
Let's go!
Carefully!
Anyway, we tried Billu's Hut's pasta today, it was very tasty, very creamy...
...and very tangy, it was giving me loads of Indian flavors!
I felt like I was having kadhai paneer that was made into pasta!
The Punjabi Pasta was very nice, very spicy...
...and it's very economical, it's best for the college students!
One pasta will cost around Rs 110!
Not bad!
But I like the original Italian Pasta more!
This is very good as comfort food!
But to have real pasta...
...we're going to...
...according to me one of the best Italian restaurants in the city...
...Artusi Ristorante e Bar!
The name is also Italian!
Can't wait to try some of their delicious pastas...
...and compare desi flavor with the proper Italian flavor!
This is how Italians speak!
So, this might be a really fancy place, but that's not why we're here
We're here to see how actual authentic Italian food is!
How actual authentic pasta is!
Now, I am just waiting for my food to arrive!
I am so excited, can't wait!
One more thing has been checked off on my bucket list!
We're having the most authentic pasta!
This is the Tortellini with Parma Ham & Pork!
You'll hear authentic names in an authentic place...
...and authentic names are sometimes hard to understand!
But yeah, you can educate yourselves
My God!
It's so good, so wholesome, so hearty!
Pasta is perfect!
And...
...lamb chunks add the slightest flavor that you want!
So good!
So tasty!
I always wanted to eat here!
A couple of no-nos on my list when you're eating pasta, firstly...
...if you're having any kind of Italian food, you put ketchup on my table, I'll stab you with this knife...
...you put oregano in your pasta, I'll stab you!
Oh God!
I am genuinely so happy, guys!
When you're eating pasta, you need to eat the authentic pasta, the thing is the taste is not just...
...there's barely any sauce in it! We call it sauce, they call it condiment, there's barely any in it!
What you want to taste is the dough!
And that's the best! That's the actual pasta!
I am in love, guys!
I feel like Shah Rukh Khan from DDLJ right now!
This place was named after Pellegrino Artusi
Mr. Artusi wrote a cookbook which was the first cookbook written after the unification of Italy!
It was written in Italian, and at that time Italian language was newly introduced!
And the cookbook had all the nearby regions in it!
And it's one of the most influential cookbooks of all the time because he's considered the God of Italian food!
And which is why the name of the restaurant is his name! And I can say that this is the most...
...delicious Italian food I've ever had!
Oh my God!
It's giving me like tingles down my spine!
These are the real flavors of the Mediterranean...
...it's not the flavors of our country!
I can understand if you find it a little bland or doughy...
...because this is not something that we're used to, we're used to that kind of spice!
We don't want...
Papparoti
We want...
...we don't need Papparoti, we need Pritam!
This is the Papparoti to your Pritam, which we had earlier
For the love of my life, I am now going to weep over this beautiful pasta!
And after that, I'll tell you that which was my favorite
If it wasn't obvious already!
So, after having both of those exquisitely delicious pastas...
...I have the answer!
And I think you already know after looking at my expressions that, which one was my favorite!
Artusi!
It was so delicious and beautifully crafted!
And the parma ham, I just...
Anyway, it's an experience of a lifetime, I urge all of you guys to go...
...the other place that we went to is very good, but...
...you won't get the culinary bit there!
That place is more of a comfort food place for college goers!
Anyway, in our previous video...
...the CR Park video, you guys really commented about...
...the fish girl! You really liked her a lot!
I'll make sure that all the comments reach her!
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I am Shashank and you've been Served!
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