These New Pasta Dishes Will Convince You to Have Lunch at Starbucks

(SPOT.ph) You may equate Starbucks with coffee breaks, but with the chain’s expanded meal selection, you could find yourself having your next breakfast or lunch here. Plus, they’ve recently launched Starbucks Signature Pairings, so you can have a nice hearty meal and your favorite beverage at a discounted price.

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Top: Classic Beef Lasagna, Bottom: Penne Pesto with Mushroom

Starbucks has added two pasta dishes to their menu: The Classic Beef Lasagna, deliciously cheesy with a red beef sauce, béchamel, and lots of gooey mozzarella cheese. For a meatless alternative, have the Penne Pesto with Mushroom, with button mushrooms sautéed in a creamy pesto sauce.

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Left: Arugula Pasta Salad with Creamy Parmesan, Right: Oriental Vermicelli Chicken Salad

The Bistro Bowl selection has also been expanded to include two new bowls. The Arugula Pasta Salad with Creamy Parmesan has fusilli pasta, fresh tomatoes, black olives, red bell pepper, and arugula with a creamy parmesan dressing, while the Oriental Vermicelli Chicken Salad has vermicelli noodles, sesame chicken slices, and crispy fried wanton strips. One great thing about the Bistro Bowls is that the ingredients are portioned out, letting you toss everything together when you're ready to eat, so you don’t get a soggy salad.

You can get the pasta dishes for P165 and the new Bistro Bowls for P135, but there's a P20 discount on your meal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with every purchase of a Tall handcrafted beverage. Who's up for a coffee and pasta run?

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