"shellfish pasta" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a type of pasta dish that contains shellfish as one of its main ingredients. For example: "The restaurant's signature dish is a flavorful shellfish pasta, made with locally sourced clams and mussels."
And if a large bowl of Shanghai lobster noodles fra diavolo was overdone one night in shellfish and pasta alike, it could not erase the memory of another night's success with the same dish, when it was deeply flavorful, luxuriously approachable.
What it goes with: Shellfish, seafood pasta and risotto, Thai or Indian food.
Pumpkinseed oil can be sprinkled on salads, pasta and shellfish, used as a garnish for game, wiener schnitzel and boiled beef, or mixed into vinaigrettes and sauces.
On Wednesday, Papagni laid on the meal her stepson had waited four years to eat – pasta with shellfish, followed by baked turbot – as dozens of friends and family members swarmed around him.
Sounds tempting, but we're detecting a bit of family bias considering the restaurant was blasted by critics including Steve Cuozzo, who sounded off on Joanne's "unspeakably fatty veal osso bucco" and "one-note orecchiette with shellfish" reminiscent of "flaccid" pasta handed out on the highways of Long Island.
Pair it with pasta or shellfish dishes.
It has nearly 2,500 square feet of dining space, including an Italian raw bar for shellfish, scapece and tartare, a pasta bar featuring hand-made macaroni, and two dining rooms -- done up in a style reminiscent of Tuscan villa meets AC Milan sports bar.
Another major calling card for the hotel is the dining: The popular Sunday Champagne Brunch (10 00am - 4 00pm) in the sunny courtyard, has caviar, shellfish, carved meats, fresh omelets, pastas, sushi, a wall of desserts and a bottomless glass of the bubbly on the menu.
Bears' Den (West Chocolate Avenue at University; 717-520-5442) ofroms entrees from $11.50 (pasta dishes) to $24 (shellfish steamer pot).
The emphasis is on local fish and shellfish while salads, sandwiches and simple pasta dishes make up the rest of the summer menu.
