Making Pasta with a Fried Egg

[blopez34]

I have been cooking a simple dish - essentially you make pasta (I like spaghetti or linguine). After it's cooked, I plate the pasta, drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle Romano cheese (my favorite for this dish) and top it with a fried egg.

Now, I have seen variations of this dish in different countries, but it was actually a Greek friend who told me about this. Does anyone know if this dish is common in Greece? My friend's family is from somewhere in the Peloponnese.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

My papou used to love this dish - it was one of his favorites. He introduced it to our family, and we kind of assumed that it was something he picked up on when he was in the war - I think he did some r and r in Australia. This was during World War II. Well, I have since learned that his family is originally from the Peloponnese and I think the dish may have originated there.