SpagheTei – Whimsical Spaghetti, Japanese Style

I have tasted the food at SpagheTei at a Tasting Plate Vancouver event a while ago, and I have been meaning to go back there. My new lunch buddy Jac has been pretty excited about trying different types of food in Downtown, so I decide to take her to SpagheTei. They don’t have a lunch menu but they have a Happy Hour menu that’s available from 11:45am to 2:30pm, featuring 4 of their popular spaghetti dishes ($9.80 each). If we call Double Meat Sauce and Tomato Cream are both Italian spaghetti dishes with Japanese twists, Barayaki and Mentaiko are just the opposite, which are more like Japanese noodle dishes but using spaghetti instead!

Barayaki simply replaces the soba noodles in Beef Yakisoba, one of the most popular dishes in any generic Japanese restaurant in North America, with speghetti. The rich flavours from super thin slices of fatty beef, along with ginger, soy, and Mirin, pack quite the satisfying where can i buy xanax texture and taste in the noodles.

Barayaki
Barayaki

Jac’s Mentaiko is another take on another dish commonly found at Izakaya joints, Mentaiko Yakiudon. Texture wise, I prefer the thin spaghetti noodles, which go much better with delicate seafood components, over the thick and chewy Udon noodles, to carry the beautiful umami flavour from Mentaiko (cod roe).

Mentaiko
Mentaiko

We were a little surprised that the Pesto Garlic Toast came before the meal arrived. It was so light and delicious, and we finished it in no time. I would definitely love a bit of that toast to go with my pasta.

Pesto Garlic Bread
Pesto Garlic Bread

Overall, I found those dishes very tasty, and much lighter than the traditional Italian pasta dishes. The portion of my Barayaki could not be more perfect for me.

Spaghetei
Spaghetei
happy hour menu of Spaghetei
happy hour menu of Spaghetei

Website:

http://spaghetei.com/

Location and other reviews:

Spaghetei Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

One Comment

  1. Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences with the readers like me. Actually I am new in the town after reading your write up I plan to go there for enjoy the food. Really its a great place the taste of food is yummy and the sitting area is also very comfortable and peaceful. Specially the Pesto Garlic Toast is really the perfect one I ever eat.

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