The Spaghetti House Trattoria - South Bank, Brisbane

March 11, 2019

Trying to fit in dinner or lunch between movies may be hard sometimes when it comes to Southbank due to the hustle and bustle especially when there are events going on. Booked a table at Spaghetti House one night despite the fact that we usually would cook Italian ourselves at home instead of going out for it.

As we were seated at our table, it was not long until many more tables were being filled with diners.

Pappardelle Ragu d'agnello, slow cooked lamb ragu with cherry tomatoes. Instead of ordering a classic bolognese, we thought this would be a better pick. Although it might have been, it was still just meh to be honest in terms of taste wise overall. The ragu was more mushy and the pappardelle was slightly overcooked so it did have that extra softness that didn't need to be there in the first place.

I ordered the special they had that night, King Island Capesante, spinach linguine served with King Island scallops. Unfortunately it wasn't as great as it sounded.

The scallops weren't as big or huge as they'd described it when stating out what the specials of the night were. Although the linguine was cooked al-dente, the scallops was quite... tiny. Some of the scallops seemed to have been sliced into two or just hurt during the cooking process. It was also overcooked as it was rubbery when you bite into it.

Since it was not as big as I thought, I'd expect more quantity but sadly that also was not the case. There was more cream sauce and linguine than the number of small and thin scallops.