Lunch @ Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Prepping the parmesan wheel by scraping the cheese ... Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Then comes the boiling hot fettucine straight into the wheel ... Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Mixing it all in the wheel to create a creamy cheese sauce ... Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Fettucine with a parmesan sauce ... ready to be served ... Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Mom's not happy to have her lunch interrupted for a selfie 😉 ... Basta La Pasta — Alsancak, İzmir.

Lunch @ Basta La Pasta

October 17, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

With Deniz leaving Türkiye tomorrow, the three siblings and Mui took mom to an Italian café for lunch.

Basta la Pasta is small — maybe 6 or 7 tables. The menu is simple — a variety of fettuccine dishes and two or three other pastas, including lasagna.

Delicious … and we all enjoyed the preparation of fettuccine in the Parmesan wheel.Read more