S&B Instant Pasta Sauce by Chef Ochiai

When instant food is mentioned, one will instantly think of Japan.
Japanese can proudly say that they one great inventor of instant, a good example will be instant noodles. For me, I like to explore their retort pack instant pasta sauce. Japanese creates alot of fusion with pasta, they have their special way of preparing food all over the world and never too apart from original.

In Japan, there is an Italian Chef that inspires me alot and he is Chef Tsutomu Ochiai, owner and chef of La Bettola. He loves sharing his techniques and do not over complicate method of cooking pasta. (I have watched him on TV). When I saw his collaboration of pasta sauce with S&B, I immediately bought and tried out.
The first S&B pasta sauce I bought was arrabiata pasta sauce. Arrabiata is an Italian word for Angry. Why? It was made with rich fruity ripe tomatoes, garlic, red chillies and olive oil. Simple yet packs alot of punches.
My second choice was the "Uni" (Sea Urchin) pasta sauce, I chose it because I like sea urchin. The box contained two retort pouches. One with the sea urchin and another was cream sauce. The only thing I could figure out was the difference in retort timing during the packaging process. I boiled my favourite De Cecco Fettuccine to pair with it but found out that Taglierini would be a better choice. (Taglierini picks up the sauce better) Here is the outcome of the taste, sauce was packed with flavour of the sea, a rich sea urchin sauce.

("Uni" pasta is the best seller at La Bettola)
The pack contains a good amount of sea urchin and the price is just 380円, definitely a good buy.

I really look forward to my next few purchase which will be included in one of the URL below.


S&B Pasta
http://www.sbfoods.co.jp/products/catalog/products.php?CGLCODE=00700&CGMCODE=00200&CGSCODE=00100

LA BETTOLA
http://www.la-bettola.co.jp/

De Cecco
http://www.dececco.it/EN/