Italian Passion.

There are institutions and then there is Glenside mental health facility, Lucia's is the former and is well and truly treated with an untouchable treatment.  We picked up some produce and slipped by Lucia's for a black coffee (very, very Italian) and a milk / thick shake with some Minestrone soup and a Papadelle with napoletana sauce.  The Minestrone was the perfect solution to a widening gap on a cold morning at the Central Markets, the Pasta was luscious, with great texture. The sauce however was a real let down, lacking any sort of passion, the sort of passion you might find in an Italian staple like a Fiat 500!  Not even cheese and seasoning could save the splitting failure.  I will return and order the same again and be heartily comforted as usual, but on this occasion there was disappointed - perhaps not unlike a italian engineering perhaps?

Giles