Tumea and Sons Restaurant

Another restaurant and another decision for this trial I used Tumea and Sons. This is another tiny, family owned restaurant on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa. This restaurant is what you think of when you imagine the old days of the mob and where they hung out. Since I was at a place with so much history, I decided to stay with a traditional Italian meal, Mostacholi. This simple Italian dish is comprised of Penne Rigate noodles, red sauce and mozzarella cheese. What makes their dish different than anybody else's is the sauce. It is a spicy sauce with a smokey flavor. To make this I had to do a little experimenting with the sauce, and this is the recipe that came closest to Tumea and Sons Mostacholi: Dining for one, you will need 1 6 ounce can of Contadina Tomato paste which costs 55 cents, you mix and heat that with 1 8 ounces can of Hunts tomato sauce with basil, oregano and garlic which costs One dollar and five cents. Once you mix these together, heat them until hot enough to serve. As you are waiting for this, boil a sauce pan full of water, then put 1 box of Penne Rigate noodles, which cost one dollar and five cents, in that water and boil until soft. Once both of these steps are done, mix the sauce and noodles, put them in a casserole dish and cover it with shredded mozzarella cheese which costs one dollar. Put this in the oven at 375 degrees until the cheese melts. Once the cheese melts, pull the food out of the oven, dish out and enjoy. My take on this dish is that it is cheap, a seemingly easy five minute meal that which anyone can make. My problem is that duplicating Tumea and Sons sauce is near impossible to duplicate. That is why I am telling  you to go experience the food at Tumeas, their red sauce cant be outdone and at 12.95 cents for salad, bread and Mostacholi it is expensive, but the taste is way better at Tumeas.