Try This Easy Olive Garden Ordering Trick If You Crave Better Texture In Your Pasta - Tasting Table

"In order to optimize your noodle dish for texture, take stock of all your options when placing your order. One of the best Olive Garden ordering tips is that you can, in fact, swap the actual pasta shape in almost any Olive Garden pasta dish you want. That's right. Fettuccine Alfredo can become angel hair Alfredo. (And who doesn't love alliteration?) Five cheese ziti? Try five cheese spaghetti."

"Maybe you love twirling long noodles on your fork and never want a different pasta experience. Maybe you always order the chicken parm with spaghetti, but you're looking to shake things up - not a whole lot, but just the right amount, so you go for bucatini this time. If you don't know where to start, we have a list of the 18 best dishes to order at Olive Garden."

"There are several noodle options to choose from, depending on the dish, including spaghetti, fettuccine, bucatini, angel hair, shells, rigatoni, ziti, and gluten-free rotini. Shells, for example, only seem to be a listed option when ordering Alfredo, at least in the online ordering system, and rigatoni isn't an option for some dishes. You may have an easier time getting, say, shells with meat sauce, if you order in person, but you can also write your noodle preference in the "Add Special Instructions" section."

"Whether your request is honored or not may depend on the location's policies or the specific person preparing your dish. Among Olive Garden fans, there are many opinions about the best pasta shape, but there's a surprising amount of love for angel hair, even though some people suggest avoiding ordering angel hair pasta at restaurants. For many, the delicate noodle can't be beat."

Olive Garden offers options to customize pasta dishes beyond typical add-ons. Pasta shape can often be swapped for many dishes, allowing changes such as fettuccine Alfredo to angel hair Alfredo, or five cheese ziti to five cheese spaghetti. Customers can also choose long twirling noodles, or switch to alternatives like bucatini for a different bite. Pasta types mentioned include spaghetti, fettuccine, bucatini, angel hair, shells, rigatoni, ziti, and gluten-free rotini. Some shapes may appear only for certain dishes in online ordering, and others may not be available for every dish. Requests can be added through special instructions, but fulfillment may depend on location policies and the person preparing the meal.

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