Pasta Moon

So Pasta Moon has been a long hyped destination in HMB that we finally got to try. They had moved to a brand new large location that renovated a barn or depot. The ambience is great. High ceilings in a rustic wooden structure, plenty of lights, comfortable chairs, etc. Compared to their previous spot, it must be at least 4~5 times larger. The highlight is obviously the handmade pasta. And the pasta, tagliatelle, linguine, etc., do not disappoint. They give a home-made texture, they're very hearty, and again, you can feel that this isn't your commercial everyday pasta whther made in Italy or local. And to make things absolutely clear, the tagaliatelle bolognese is phenomenal. It is simply made as if your mother would. With love, with hearth, and warmth. The issue is with everything else.

Great (albeit expensive) pasta; lovely setting. As for the non-pasta dishes, can be hit or miss. Pizza - paper thin, like eating a large bland pappadam with tomato sauce. The tiramisu, disappointing. The spinach asparagus purée with dumplings-tasty.

The clam chowder was really good, although it was a little bit more soup-based than I'm used to but was still marvelous. I highly recommend. The pizza was very good. I completely enjoyed the crust but my two friends thought it was strange.

Everything we are was excellent! The dessert was spectacular. My wife said her favorite ever at 56 years old. Layers of lemon custard, passion caramel sauce, lemon sorbet, topped with a toasted Italian meringue.

The waiter we had didn’t know a whole bunch about the menu. We are vegetarian so there was one app, one pizza and one main course that we could eat. Menu is very meat forward. We got the Mediterranean pizza and it was super thin and didn’t even hold its shape, got floppy in the middle. Flavors were pretty flat too. We did enjoy the drinks and vibes of the place. Won’t be going back.