/ck/ - Food & Cooking

What’s a food you’ve had that tasted amazing only one time/at one restaurant but is mid everywhere else

Hi /ck/, I've been making alla vodka sauce for a long time and I've varied the recipe a lot, I found that what works best is using simple and high-quality ingredients
Tomato puree, heavy cream, vodka, shallot, pancetta, basil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes is all I use. High quality ingredients are definitely more important than the number of ingredients you put in. I used to use American bacon in place of pancetta until I realized the flavors are too different, and it doesn't come out as well. Although the meat provides flavor sometimes I skip it all together and use bacon fat instead of olive oil to cook.
Also wanted to hear sauce recipes you use, ingredient recommendations, etc.

Penne alla vodka