Tonight.

[Caran]

We went to a pizzeria restaurant, decided on boring fish and chips. Told fryer wasn't working so no chips. Only mash. I decided to have carbonara, waitress gave a spiel about an egg. When it came there in the middle was a raw egg yolk. No way could I eat that. Waitress laughed when. She saw it was. Left on my plate. I told her (je ne compare pas) she laughed at me. We had a discussion on the word for uncooked, I told her raw. She was pleased to add a new word to her vocabulary. Who on earth would eat a raw egg yolk with a meal?

[Mamyalynne]

Should have had the steal tartare instead Caran ;-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/steaktartare_88981

[Mamyalynne]

Steak - oops

[Caran]

That's just as bad Mamya, i like my meat reasonably well done.

[ummmm]

Carbonara uses raw eggs. It cooks in the heat of the pasta so maybe they thought you'd mix the egg in yourself.

[Caran]

Ok ummm, that explains it, I thought it would co e cooked.

[ummmm]

I've never seen an egg yolk left whole though. Did they add cream or was it traditional carbonara with no cream?

[Old_Geezer]

Weird. Seems like the egg is supposed to be whipped into the sauce not dumped on top. https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Spaghetti_alla_Carbonara

[murraymints]

have had that raw egg thing too Caran..in the interior wilds of Spain...DIY whip in job , egg cooks on heat from Pasta...