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tcc – Pasta with Benefits

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Do you live to eat or eat to live?

For me, any food that doesn’t taste good just isn’t worth having. satay, grilled stingray, or a good curry. These are the kind of food that would keep me happy for a long time, but they are also undeniably sinful. Are scrumptious food always this unhealthful?

That brings me to the point of this post. Although it may be rare (to me anyway), healthful food CAN taste wonderful, too. And I’ve decided that each time I come across something that fits the bill I would highlight it here, along with its health benefits!

Here are a couple of picks from the pasta menu at tcc, starting with my personal favorite, the mentaiko (spicy cod roe) pasta. Salmon lovers, this one’s for you.

Mentaiko (spicy cod roe) spaghetti with salmon tataki
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When it comes to salmon the tcc chefs never go wrong. Just look at those huge slices! I love how the pinks, the yellows and the greens work together to form one colorful and appealing dish.

The fish has been quickly seared on the sides so the center is still quite raw and pinkish. It’s melt-in-your-mouth tender and velvety smooth! Served with a sunny side up.

Mentaiko (spicy cod roe) spaghetti with salmon tataki

The spaghetti is coated with mentaiko. Yummy yummy. According to the food trivia printed on the menu, cod roe is rich in zinc, which is essential to our sense of taste, smell and sight. It aids in wound-healing, too!

Health benefits aside, this pasta is super savory as well. You know when you eat something so delicious, you just don’t wanna stop? That’s exactly how I felt as I gobbled down the pasta, pausing only a couple of times to catch my breath. Yes, it’s that good. I’m not ashamed to admit that I also lapped up all the remaining sauce. *slurp* wouldn’t want any of it to go to waste!

Seafood Aglio Olio

Seafood Aglio Olio
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Being one of the three key pasta sauces along with cream sauce and tomato sauce, aglio olio is a popular choice amongst pasta fans. aglio is garlic and olio is olive.

As such, eating seafood aglio olio also means you are reaping the health benefits from the two spices. Olive oil, in particular, is rich in potent antioxidants that promote heart health and reduce cancer risks.

Cooked al dente, the spaghetti is well-tossed with minced garlic and red hot chili pepper flakes. It’s too bad they don’t put in enough ingredients. The lone 3 prawns and 1 scallop, while nice and plump, aren’t exactly what you’d call an ample serving.

As you can see, healthy eating can be enjoyable! Here’s another place where you can feast on delectable, guilt-free food!

tcc
Various outlets
www.thecoffeeconnoisseur.com

Also in this series

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tcc - Have a Berry Merry Christmas tcc – Have a Berry Merry Christmas
tcc - Christmas Eggnog tcc – Christmas Eggnog

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About the Author

Veron Ang is the founder and chief editor of Sparklette. She lives in Singapore and has dined and traveled across the world. She also runs Sparklette Studio, a web design and WordPress development firm. If you'd like to connect with her, head on over to the contact page or follow her personal updates on Twitter: @VeronSG.

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proud mom to maximus
June 25, 2009

hi veron
am wondering…u captured great pics..what camera r u using currently? tks
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- Veron
  June 25, 2009
  
  It’s the Canon IXUS 870 IS. I’ve no complaints!
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jessica
June 25, 2009

i love their mentaiko spaghetti, they put so much roe as compared to places like pasta de waraku! its really a burst of flavour in the mouth (: and the egg is always cooked very nicely with the yolk nice and soft. don’t remember them giving so much salmon though – which outlet did you go to?

i think the aglio olio is very good, just that tcc is not very generous with the seafood in that dish.
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- Veron
  June 25, 2009
  
  I went to the outlets at Bugis Junction and Funan. I think they gave me a more generous serving over at Bugis.
  
  You sound like a mentaiko pasta expert! Do you have any recommendations? So far I’ve only tried it at tcc. Theirs is pretty good, but I would love to try others, too.
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tony q
June 25, 2009

Good header hahaha!

By the way, V, you might want to participate in this travel tips contest, seeing how your previous trip went splendidly well. $300 Paragon vouchers to be won.

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Cheers,
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- Veron
  June 26, 2009
  
  That’s great! Thanks for sharing. I might just give it a go (by stripping bits and pieces from my blog posts haha). Let’s see if I can meet the deadline.
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auntielucia
July 6, 2009

I love mentaiko to pieces too… tks fr the heads up… i’ll be heading for the GWC outlet…
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- Veron
  July 7, 2009
  
  Ohh I love the Great World City outlet. The service there seems particularly good (although the last time I went was 2 years ago).
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aida
July 12, 2009

looks yummy……..
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indigo
July 5, 2010

i highly recc the curry beef spaghetti. very flavorful and beef is very tender. the tropical tamarind chicken is also great.for drinks i recc the frosty bailey.

they are having 1 for 2 sale now. available all-day till july.
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- Veron
  July 5, 2010
  
  Awesome, thanks for those recommendations! Just a few days ago, we took advantage of their “buy 1 get 2 free” promo and got the Mentaiko pasta and the tropical tamarind chicken! And yes, the chicken is wonderful!
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Matt
July 29, 2010

Hi Veron,
I liked your article, I must try it out sometime soon.

I am wondering if you know where I can buy White Cod Roe in Singapore. I really want to make Taramasalata but cannot find where to buy White Cod Roe.
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