The Best Seafood Pizza I've Ever Had

The title's cliché, I know! But there's no other way I can describe this pizza except that it was the best damn seafood pizza I've ever had! Mind you, I can't remember the last time I'd ordered a seafood pizza before I recently had this one at Guido's (hee hee). I love how the folks at Guido's pride themselves in not stinging out on the ingredients. I mean, this pie was loaded with good-quality calamari, shrimp and mussels and though pieces of fish would have also been good, I was heartily satisfied! Best of all, it didn't have any of that imitation fake crab sh.t on it! Peep my first Guido's blog post here.

[FOTO] Guido's Pizzeria Braunschweig

What a breath of fresh air Guido's was! As I've mentioned many times before, there aren't many places to get cheap & yummy let alone interesting & creative eats here in BS. It definitely ain't comparable to pizza from Napoli, but at least the pizza here's good enough for me to continue frequenting the place. They even sell "1/2 pizzas" you can order to-go from a window outside for as low as €2,65!



Located dead smack in BS's city centre, the small Italian pizzeria was decently busy for a random Monday lunch hour. I admittedly liked the cozy ambiance of the place. We ordered 2 pizzas: your good ol' classic Margherita and the "Special of the Day" Spinach & Garlic. Each pizza was around €5 which isn't too shabby at all. Excellent crust on 'em butttttt I do have some constructive criticisms. These pizzas need to pack more punch! If it's a Spinach & Garlic pizza, gimme echt Knoblauch Geschmack, please! And who really likes ready-made herbs & spices sprinkled onto a pizza these days?! Not I.

[FOTO] Goose Ristorante Pizzeria — Roma, Italia

Hands down, this place served up the best Italian food I've ever eaten. I mean the flavours were just so memorable and had so much depth goddammit. Take this appetizer above, for example. Olive spread, mushroom spread and artichoke spread — each on individual pieces of crunchy bread. All three tasted fresh/robust and there is no way in hell they could've been pre-made and taken from glass jars or tin cans. It's all about homemade errything at Goose. The mushroom spread still haunts my dreams, btw.



The pizza was great, but the pasta dishes at Goose are what really blew me away. Check out the fusilli dish above. It looks simple, but the mushrooms in the dish paired with the creamy/earthy sauce so well that I nearly died. I'm clearly exaggerating but good food must be praised, no?! OH, and the texture of the bucatini pasta — marvellous! With just the right amount of bite to it! Furthermore, Goose gets extra brownie points in my book because of 1. excellent service and 2. a cozy atmosphere (we sensed that a lot of locals also frequent the restaurant, which can never be a bad thing). A definite must-eat in Rome!

CAESAR PIZZA — Bimbo Deluxe

I love the whole idea of turning a classic salad upside down and slapping it into the form of a pizza! Bimbo Deluxe's Caesar Pizza is quite possibly the most interesting personal-sized pizza I've ever eaten. She's rich and racy and so deserves to be famous. And she possesses all the characteristics of a classic Caesar Salad!



PARM ― A Caesar Salad is only a Caesar Salad if it's topped off with salty shavings of real parmesan cheese. This pizza is topped off with salty shavings of real parmesan cheese.

BACON ― Though tasty, the slices of bacon on this pizza are sorta rubber-y. They need to be crispier and similar to the texture of crisp-tacular bacon bits we've come to expect to top off a Caesar Salad.

BABY COS LETTUCE ― Fresh to death-ness! The mound of leafy lettuce piled high atop this pizza is what makes it so visually stunning/appealing. Most Caesar Salads contain iceberg lettuce leaves, but texturally, I don't think iceberg lettuce would work as well atop this pizza.

ANCHOVIES ― Of the 25 bites it took me to finish this pizza, one of them consumed an anchovy, which was hidden somewhere under all the lettuce. Hmph, I don't like fresh anchovies on my Caesar Salad anyway.

CAESAR DRESSING ― A tad overpowering and calorific, but an absolute must in transforming this Pizza into a Caesar Salad. And what's a Caesar Salad without all the creamy, raw egg-y, oily dressing-y goodness, anyway?!

CROUTONS ― Sike! No, there aren't any croutons in this pizza. But this Caesar Pizza's crisp, thin crustiness sure fools the texture taste buds into thinking so!

Bimbo Deluxe ― $4 Pizzas!!!

$4 Pizzas | http://bimbodeluxe.com.au | Sun-Thurs 7-11PM + Weekdays 12-4PM + Sat 7-9PM

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This may very well be the best food-y deal I've come across in Melbourne. $4 for a decent-sized, thin-crust, gourmet-ish pizza. Who woulda thunk it??! Unfortunately, I didn't try all of the pizzas pictured above... only a few of them... but I was lucky enough to snap shots of all of 'em before my mates gobbled them down :) Woooooo mesmerizing. Tip: If you're very hungry, order two pizzas. If you're a wimpy chick, order one pizza. Try: the Il Greco pizza. I'd recommend it, but you might require somewhat of a salty tooth. The halloumi on the Il Greco pizza is damn salty, but its firm-tofu-like texture (I heart firm tofu.) had me on Cloud 9. OMG. Since the pizza's garnished with a lemon wedge, one squeeze over the entire thing just makes the flavours pop. I'm still planning to reach Bimbos again... Gotta try the incredible-lookin' Caesar pizza, goshdarnit! LEAFY GOODNESS.

Hampus + Hot Sauce + Michelle + André's arms

The Stop Community Food Centre — Italian Cooking Workshop

On August 11, I attended The Stop Community Food Centre's Italian Cooking Workshop. Held at the Green Barn on a beautiful summer day, we prepared Caprese Salad, Pasta e Fagioli, Roasted Veg, Fresh Pizza and Biscotti. Making our own personal-sized pizzas was the DOPEST though.

Made with 25% whole wheat flour + 75% white flour, the fresh pizza dough was prepared from scratch. Among other dishes, I helped make the tomato-based pizza sauce. The Stop's wood-burning oven baked our pizzas to crispy, crusty, burnt & blistery perfection. I topped my pizza with pesto, artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, black olives, onions and goat cheese [scroll up to see pics above]. Was THIS close to throwin' sliced pears onto that sucker, but refrained from it last min.