Thank you, that’s the ultimate goal 
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Shared a delectable roast pork banh mi from a very popular and highly rated Viet bakery. It was difficult to choose one, but I have a hunch that this won’t be our last visit 
We really are in culinary heaven here. Ate it al fresco 
on a nice little patio at the Italian market.
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Today’s take out lunch was spaghetti and baked chicken thighs in a creamy pesto sauce. It’s probably one of the best pasta dishes I’ve had in awhile.
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Details on the sauce?
I’m no sure what the restaurant put in the sauce other than cream and pesto. I think I detected a little lemon. There was a dried herb in the sauce as well - perhaps basil?
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I made a new batch of Bolognese sauce in the Instant Pot today to freeze this morning, and had some for lunch today with rigatoni.
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DRIED basil?
Why oh why.
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I’m not sure. I know pesto sauce is usually made with fresh basil but it looked like they added dried herbs of some sort. Maybe it was parsley? The deli I go to is really old school. There is a menu mounted on the wall behind the deli case with a list of sandwiches that are always on offer. There is a white board behind the cash with the specials written by hand but they don’t go into detail. So when I went yesterday they had a couple of sandwich specials and a couple of pasta specials and all that was written was “caprese sandwich”, “pasta with baked chicken thighs and creamy pesto” for example. I wasn’t expecting anyone on HO to ask me to elaborate so I don’t have the answers.
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Either would be a travesty. Dried parsley is about as flavorful as confetti, and dried basil has a weird flavor and off-putting texture to me.
But all that matters is that you liked the dish 
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Their Menu has some great Stuff on it!
If I am every in Philly…
Holla if you are before xmas this year 
Thanks but I can’t really imagine a reason that I would be in PA till may be the end of May.
Allentown would be most likely.
