Now that one has the option of ordering à la carte and no longer be forced to take a multi-course tasting menu, I immediately switched to an all-pasta lineup by ordering 3 different pastas. They were ALL delicious.
I think this is the way I'll do it going forward. 3 pastas, all the time.
My wife only wanted 2 courses but had to take a minimum of 3 courses with à la carte, so I ended up with her dessert.
Full account of dinner is on my blog: https://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2024/11/pasta-pasta-pasta.html