Pizza Hut now offers two types of oven-baked pastas: Meaty Marinara and Creamy Chicken Alfredo. Both feature rotini pasta with sauce and cheese, and each comes with five breadsticks.
The TV commercial, in case you haven’t seen it, shows patrons at an upscale-looking restaurant, filmed by a hidden camera as they enjoy their pasta dinners. The chef then enters and asks if they are enjoying the meal. Of course everyone gushes over the food and he then tells them they’ve been sampling the new Tuscani Pastas from Pizza Hut.
Tuscani Pastas are available for home delivery. The pastas come sealed in aluminum foil pans. I was questioned whether pasta could survive the delivery process still warm, but the aluminum pan was carefully insulated in a cardboard box and it was still quite warm.
I ordered the Creamy Chicken Alfredo and was extremely skeptical about it being good. I expected to take a couple bites and then regret ordering and paying for it, but to my surprise it was actually really good! I thought it was flavorful and satisfying.
This is NOT cafeteria pasta. The Creamy Chicken Alfredo was rich, but not overly so, with decent-sized slices of chicken nestled in the thick sauce.
The size of the entree also surprised me. The portion would be great for dinner for two, with leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch.
Pizza Hut is likely to do well with these new menu items. It’s a nice change of pace and may well bring them in some new, more family-oriented customers.
Great stuff. Just what I needed to know.