Restaurant Review: That Place 4 Pasta & Pizza

By Sherman Chan,
Special to The Post

So we made it out to Pizza Thursdays at That Place 4 Pasta & Pizza place.  With the grandparents present, we were able to sample more than a couple of dishes too.
We started out with Focaccia Bread and a large Caesar Salad. The focaccia was soft and fluffy. The salad’s romaine hearts were fresh and crisp and had a nice balance of flavours.
We also shared the Fried Calamariwith roasted red pepper ricotta dip. The dish was well-prepared. We loved the accompanying dip.
We shared three pastas including the Fettuccine Fumato with smoked duck, sweet corn and wild mushrooms, in a creamy alfredo sauce with truffle oil.  The pasta was al dente and could've used more duck. The Spaghetti Amalfi with shrimp and scallops in a rose sauce was the best of the three. 
I ordered the Linguine all Vongole, but it could have had even more salty brininess (more clam juice?). We had That Pizza featuring a whole-wheat crust topped with prawns, brie, mushrooms, olives and pesto. The salty olives did not overwhelm the prawns and pesto.
 For the kiddies, we ordered the Five-O with prosciutto cotto, pepperoni, Calabrese sausage and bacon, which was overloaded with toppings. We weren't able to finish what we ordered.  Since it was pizza Thursdays, our bill was quite reasonable. We might just return to That Place and take advantage of their Pasta Tuesdays as well.

Sherman Chan is the #1 ranked food blogger on the Vancouver portal of Urbanspoon.com. Read more of his reviews at www.shermansfoodadventures.com .

That Place 4 Pasta & Pizza
932 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam, BC

The Good:
• Decent eats
• Friendly service
• Pasta Tuesdays and Pizza Thursdays ($7.99)

The Bad:
• This might be picky, but I didn't like the half-dark and half very bright (near the windows) dining room.
•  Pastas could use a touch more salt.

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