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Food: Bambino's downfall rests in its sauce
Bambino's atmosphere felt like a even smelled like authentic Italian were lost in translation when my traditional Italian restaurant and it food, but somehow these feelings bowl of penne alla marinara arrived.
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It tasted more like cafeteria pasta than fine Italian cuisine.
On my end, the marinara sauce let me down. It tasted like mass-produced red sauce instead of an original Bambino's recipe.
I looked over the menu with a positive attitude. For one, I was famished and the aroma led me to believe I was in for a treat. My friend and I figured we needed to order appetizers to get a feel for everything Bambino's offered.
Bambino's fell short where it counted most. Great marinara sauce is essential for a great Italian restaurant. Anyone can cook noodles, but the sauces separates the ristorantes in Little Italy from the Olive Gardens. I cannot recommend an Italian restaurant with sauce issues in good faith.
We settled on garlic bread and one of my personal favorites, toasted ravioli. The appetizers came out quickly, partly because the place was nearly empty, but also because Bambino's can claim they have a capable wait staff.
— Mike Nolan
The accomplishments of the toasted ravioli and even the garlic bread left me excited for the main course. I ordered penne alla marinara with meatballs and my friend ordered fettuccine alfredo with shrimp.
garlic lovers might say it's delicious.
Cooked to perfection, the ravioli tasted great. It was not the best I have ever had, but I would recommend it to any anyone who dines at Bambino's. The garlic bread went a snitch overboard with the garlic, but I prefer garlic to be used subtly so
Mike Nolan/KANSAN
A dish at Bambino's did not live up to its fine Italian cuisine name. Kansan food critic Mike Nolan said the sauce tasted more like cafeteria paste than a Bambino's original recipe.