LASAGNE: can anyone point to a delicious, reliable takeout source? Eataly's SO disappointing!
Always searching for a really great lasagne to go. Since Vesuvio closed (which was pretty good, juicy and flavourful and meaty-cheesy) I have despaired! But I had read somewhere that Eataly's lasagne was great. As anyone who cooks will appreciate, lasagne is one of those dishes that takes a good deal of trouble to make, not to mention demands an instinctive "Italian grandma" sensibility which most of us do not possess. So I am always looking for a really good takeout lasagne portion or two. (For that matter a good restaurant serving - most in Toronto are abysmal imho). Anyway, encouraged by Eataly's excellent, somewhat unusual Tira Mi Su (very creamy and rich) I purchased three portions for a friends' dinner the other night. We all have quite different tastes - but taking our first fork-full, we all looked up at one another simultaneously and expressed disappointment. Tons of doughy pasta, bland tomato sauce, and barely ANY ragu or ANY cheese - really mingy quantities of each, and each fairly tasteless, overwhelmed by blah pasta and blah sauce. Reminded us of frozen supermarket versions, like the taste of slightly burned processed ketchup! To Eataly's shame, Loblaws' former high-end frozen lasagne (I write former as I haven't seen it for a year or so) was significantly better! And as I wrote, Vesuvio's is no more RIP.... Anyway, why bother with the hassle of parklng and the relatively high prices - this is the end of my imagined romance with Eataly. Would love to know if ANYONE knows of a decent lasagne easily available. Terroni's Sunday special - discontinued in their current limited menu - is good; but when you buy it frozen from their commissary, Sud Forno, not so wonderful.
