SoHo Pasta 蘇活義大利麵坊
I Recommend ☆☆☆☆
Taipei restaurant offering: Pasta / Spaghetti / Risotto / Soup / Cold Noodles /
Panna Cotta Dessert
Address: No. 25, Ln. 260, Guangfu S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市光復南路260巷25號
Phone: (02) 2771-1887
Hours: 11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:30pm - 9:30pm Daily
Last Reviewed: 16 December 2014
SoHo Pasta 蘇活義大利麵坊 is one of those Taiwanese-style Italian restaurants that works well. They take Italian spaghetti dishes and mix some unique ingredients and Taiwanese sauce into it. One of the biggest problems about most Taiwanese-style spaghetti restaurants is that the sauce is watered down and bland. SoHo Pasta's sauces are watered down, but most of them aren't bland. Their dishes where the sauce was a little dull was because of a lack of powerful enough ingredients in the rest of the dish. However, said sauces were just slightly dull, meaning that you would probably be pleased with the taste till you get about half way through your dish and start to get a little bored with it (maybe not if you're Taiwanese and don't mind lighter flavors). I was first frightened when I saw the watery sauce on my plate, but was pleasantly surprised with my first bite. Just as long as there is flavor in the sauce, and there is in most of their sauces, the wateriness doesn't become an issue. I'm also very pleased to say that they don't overcook their spaghetti; it was served al dente (firm to the bite) on all of my four visits. SoHo Pasta knows the correct amount of cooking time for all their ingredients, leaving nothing too soggy or crunchy -- such attention to detail! Their risotto is much closer to Italian-style than their spaghetti dishes. The risotto dish I ordered on one of my visits was very good.
Free tea with sugar comes with each meal, but you have to get it yourself. I would much rather do this than pay a 10% service charge; nicely done SoHo. There is a B combo for each dish, which adds your choice of one of their five soups for NT$40 more. The soup by itself costs NT$60. They also offer the option of paying NT$40 more to get a larger proportion of your main dish. However, I can eat a lot and was easily full on their normal serving size. So having never upgraded the size, I'm not sure exactly how much more is given.
Vegetarian Options: They're in green text and marked with an asterisk symbol on the menu, which can be seen in the picture section below. However, I'll list them here regardless: Pine Nuts, Basil and Garlic with Chili Oil (NT$180), Fresh Tomatoes, Mushroom and Cheese with Tomato Sauce (NT$180), Seasonal Vegetables and Bell Peppers with Olive Oil (NT$180), Flaked Almonds, Asparagus and Raisins with Cheese and Cream Sauce (NT$210), Sausage and Oyster Mushroom Pumpkin Risotto (NT$210), Thyme, Assorted Mushrooms, Pine Nuts and Seasonal Vegetables Risotto (NT$250), and all of their five soup choices (NT$60 single order, or NT$40 with combo meal).
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Address: 台北市光復南路260巷25號
No. 25, Ln. 260, Guangfu S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106 Phone: (02) 2771-1887 Hours: 11:30am - 2:30pm & 5:30pm - 9:30pm Daily Chinese & English Menu Average Dish Price: NT$210 No Stupid 10% Service Charge Reservations Accepted Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions. SoHo Pasta |
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NTU Da'an location:
Address: 台北市大安區新生南路三段60巷3 No. 3, Ln. 60, Sec. 3, Xinsheng S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106 Phone: (02) 3365-3208 Hours: 11:30am - 2:30pm & 5pm - 8:30pm Daily Chinese & English Menu I was told that the proportions and prices for the dishes at this location were less than the Guangfu location in order to accommodate NTU college students. You can also see this to be true in the video below taken at the NTU SoHo Pasta location. No Stupid 10% Service Charge Reservations Accepted Click on the link below for their Google Map page for the street view and/or other visitor's photos. Afterwards, you can click the dedicated back button on Google Maps to view the destination on a full-screened Google Map for directions. SoHo Pasta NTU Da'an location |
In the first episode of Food In School National Taiwan University, 蘇活義大利麵坊 SoHo Pasta's location near NTU is visited 14:57 into the episode.
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