April 27, 2007 (Friday): I seem to go for 'Italian' quite often. Tonight was no exception. I'd "whore's pasta". What an exciting dish, you might think. This dish was named, some chefs said, after local prostitutes in Naples; Pasta alla Puttanesca means "pasta in the way a whore would make it". Some think the name came from the spiciness and smell of the sauce. The sauce, by the standard in this part of the world, is not hot at all. It's a delicious blend of capers, tomatoes, anchovies, olives and garlic.
There are also others who interpreted that the low price for enticing customers to order it made it a dish of such reputate. A well-known chef rationalized it as a quick, cheap meal that prostitutes could prepare between customers.
The wine I served with it was Quecetto Chianti 2005, which I bought at the impromptu wine stall at the Japanese Association on April 22. The other wine that I wanted to buy was Maysanne but there was no stock left. I think most Japanese only enjoy the blancs.
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