This place is in Raleigh, and has been around for a long time. They serve a
lot of vegetarian fare--and in fact, this pasta dish is the heaviest thing
on the menu.
It is shrimp and bay scallops with onions, a bit of spinach, bits of
tomatoes, small bits of feta cheese bits, and the lightest sauce--thin but
with just enough body, barely tomato-based. I wish I knew exactly what is in
the sauce. I'm sure there's olive oil, basil, and a little garlic. It could
be that this is all there is in it: simple is so good. It may be a matter of
proportion--I tend to be heavy-handed with the garlic, which would not work
at all with this dish. They served it with a basket of sour-doughish bread
in a variety of flavors, one pesto, one orange as though it had a bit of
tomato in it, one plain. And they serve iced herbal teas, a nice change. I
had red zinger, nice and strong. they served it with a syrup pitcher full of
cold sugar water, another thing I have not seen before. It was a really good
lunch, and the best I've had out in a while.
AND--on our way home we cruised through an old neighborhood to look at the
spring flowers and such, and there in front of a sweet little bungalow was a
whistle-clean 20-inch monitor with a sign that said "Free Monitor! Works!"
My friend heaved it into the back of my care and hauled it in for me, and I
hooked it up and it's GREAT! Mine is okay, but only a 17-inch. I think
somebody must have gotten a new flat panel. SCORE!