I <3 Carbs!

My diet has changed a lot over the years, but one thing has stayed the same.... I love starchy foods. I love carbohydrates. I like rice. I like pasta. I am not that different from most people in this. There's a guy in San Diego who loves carbs more than anyone else I've seen. He opened a restaurant devoted to one of the best ways to enjoy one starch - INSIDE OF ANOTHER!! It's a TORPASTA!!!

The Torpasta is the creation of Devine Pastabilities founder, Damien Devine. This man is a culinary genius. Just so you're clear, this is a hollowed out sandwich roll STUFFED with delicious pasta! The menu offers up pretty much every favorite pasta combo, and to be eco-friendly (and carb-obsessed) they even serve up the yanked out bread guts and make them into yummy, dippable garlic bread.



My favorite is Dayna's Vegan Special. The sauce is full of fresh spinach, and it has veggie meatballs that have a fantastic taste and texture - not quite as good as Margie & Nelson's tofu meatballs, but pretty damn good. The vegan bonus at this place is the shaker they'll bring to your table that is stocked with nutritional yeast. I don't know any good vegan who doesn't worship at the temple of nutritional yeast. If they don't.... they're dumb.... and they probably have a vitamin B deficiency.

The Giant Robot crew is in San Diego every year for Comic Con, friends, family and film festivals throughout the year. I think everyone is going to thank me when we start hitting this place up on a more regular basis. Since we don't have the resources to bring Nelson with us to make gr/eats favorites everyday, we cling on to great food spots in SD, and all the better when they have menu items that I can eat!

If you're down there, you need to try this for yourself. The best thing about this place is that it isn't just gimmicky food. I'd take trekking out to this place for a solid meal over schlepping all over LA for some lame food truck that has a Twitter account. In times like these, I'd like to see more people putting their hard-earned dollars towards businesses that play by the rules, and are aiming to be fixtures in their communities. Gimmick has never impressed me. Ingenuity and dedication always has.