Vegetarian pizza?

When it comes to my pizza, I’ll try anything. It doesn’t matter if it’s bad tasting, or totally not palatable, as long as I get to try it once. I’m not exactly what you call an adventurous eater, but sometimes, the weirdest looking food turns out to be the most delicious. Like my take on the vegetarian pizza.

I’m a lover of cheese, especially when it comes to my pizza. In Singapore, there are many pizza places that serve good cheese pizza. I get excited whenever I see my piping hot pizza with all the cheese melted on it, especially if it’s a combination of mozzarella, gorgonzola and parmesan. That’s heaven in every bite.

But people are now becoming health conscious and restaurants know that. That’s why they started serving vegetarian pizza. I don’t have a problem eating vegetarian pizza. I actually like it. I like bell peppers, capers, olives onions and mushrooms on my pizza. I was at a famous Italian restaurant here in Singapore when they served me this pizza with arugula, mozzarella and just tomato sauce. I can’t believe that it was even better than the ordinary pizzas’ with meat on them.

Pushing it more is the fact that they’re also using gluten free dough for their pizzas now. At first I have a problem with it. Actually, I’m the type of person who appreciates the real content of the food. If it says use butter, I’ll use butter. I’m not going to find an alternative that says, it tastes like butter but it’s not. If you’re worried about the calories or anything else about it, then don’t eat it. Plain and simple. Why ruin something that was created for that very purpose?

But now, I’m slowly opening my eyes to these changes. There are so many variations right now in the market that it’s really hard to keep up. Gone are the days when you want pizza, they’ll serve it to you right away. Now, when you order a pizza, it’s like answering a census sheet. They ask everything, and the funny thing is you answer back.

I myself can’t believe it. Before it was just a matter of thick or thin crust? Now, it’s wheat, gluten free or regular. And I wasn’t even referring to the many toppings that are available now. Especially with the vegetarian pizza, it’s not just one dimensional now. The vegetarian community likes their pizza healthy and still appetizing.

Pizza has indeed evolved. And I’d say, bring it on.

A Skinny pizza experience

It’s been awhile since I thought about dieting. I mean how can I think of that when my hobby is eating? I’m not going to be shy and lie by saying I watch what I eat. I DO NOT. I like to indulge on food, especially when I’m eating my favorite think crust pizza. I love eating pizza, but I have a soft spot for thin crusts.

Italian food in Singapore is abundant. I have no problems hopping from restaurant to the other. I think I have my favorites in some of Singapore’s famous Italian restaurants. I spend money when I know I’m getting my money’s worth, but I’d rather starve instead of eating some half hazard –made pizza.

My friends usually eat at the Skinny Pizza in Orchard’s road. I think I ate there a couple of times already too, but service was bad for the few times that I was there. Last week, we decided to go there for some brunch. It’s actually lunch time but we all didn’t have breakfast yet, so for us, it was still brunch.

We all ordered the truffle fries for appetizers. No salad, we just like our truffles in the morning…er I mean lunch. The waiter asked us if we wanted the set menu. Why would we want that? We’re starving. But we did order the mushroom soup. I like their mushroom soup because it has real mushrooms in it.

Sharing is caring is the theme of this place. But how can you share your pizza when the crust is so thin. It’s like a thicker version of a popiah wrapper. I like how it doesn’t turn soggy. We ordered the English breakfast pizza with poach eggs. I sliced the egg in half that turned the yolk into a sauce instantly. It was so rich, it was borderline sinful.

My friend who’s pretending to be a vegetarian ordered the squid ink pizza crust. It looked like purple yam instead of jet black. But the toppings were great. The squid rings are tender to the bite. She didn’t like freshly sliced onions so we had them removed.

I’m glad that I came back. I forgot how good their pizzas are. I just realized that it was dangerous eating there because their pizzas are so thin that you wouldn’t notice you’re actually finishing the whole pizza. And while we’re eating I saw the next table eating a pizza with mozzarella, arugula, and fresh tomatoes on it. I wanted to go to their table and ask for a slice.

I would definitely come back to this place, even though service still needs to improve.