Martorano’s Serves Up Nature’s Perfect Food for National Pasta Month
In honor of National Pasta Month, Martorano’s Italian restaurant at Rio Las Vegas is serving up special menu items each week in October featuring nature’s perfect food. Yes, pasta. And, yes, it’s perfect.
Because of this blog’s ongoing dedication to your culinary bliss while in Las Vegas, we forced ourselves to try all the specials to make sure you’ll love them. Conclusion: We’re confident you will.
Tubetti pasta is both scrumptious and adorable.
The restaurant’s celebrity cook, muscleman Steve Martorano, has concocted four powerhouse dishes, including the item pictured above (featured through Oct. 7), with traditional tubetti pasta and fresh San Marzano tomatoes, peas, onions and a Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese ($18).
For the week of Oct. 8-14, Martorano’s will serve a dish (see below) with Bucatini and cauliflower, combined with pistachios, raisins and fresh garlic, topped with toasted Italian bread crumbs and extra virgin olive oil ($25). Side note: Do you realize how difficult it is to find virgin olive oil in Sin City? We’re just saying.
You are correct in your assertion that on certain days, this blog's job doesn't feel like an actual job.
Hungry yet?
For Oct. 15–21, guests will enjoy a spaghetti and eggplant dish which also features San Marzano tomatoes and homemade mozzarella ($24). Yes, the mozzarella is made at the restaurant, and trust us, you can tell.
This San Marzano knew what he was doing.
The final National Pasta Month offering (Oct. 22-31) is a ziti baked with hot and sweet sausage, peas, onions, mushrooms, San Marzano tomatoes and ricotta ($28).
This sausage dish is lovely because it's not overwhelmed by a flavor that's too sausagey, which may or may not be an actual word.
Between bowls of pasta, one of the things you’ll want to inquire about is the two spoon serving technique, pictured below! This is old-school Italian-style service, baby. (Ask Jeffrey, the manager at Martorano’s, for a free lesson.)
Don't try this at home. Unless your home is in, like, Sicily or something.
All your Martorano’s favorites will also be available in October (hint: best pizza ever), of course. Learn more about this delicious restaurant offering at Rio Las Vegas.
