good morning!
There’s no such thing as a bad pizza, or so I thought.
I recently had the worst pizza of my life. A pizza so bad that I had to share it in the hoddle. I won’t say which restaurant served this because I don’t want to have any negative impact on them, but I was surprised.
It’s a nice restaurant that’s always busy and it smells incredible. But that’s where it ended.
The pizza I ordered had on it porcini mushrooms, pork cheek, stracchino cheese, EVOO, black pepper and rosemary.
It sounded promising, and the crust itself was quite nice. But the rest - not good. Not good at all.
The texture was probably the worst part. Soft on soft on soft. The mushrooms wereb seriously overcooked to the point of being mush - literal mush. And when you put that on top of a creamy cheese, it becomes way too soft to the point where the pizza lacks any texture.
I thought the pork cheek would add some nice texture and salty elements to it, but there was so little of it on the pizza. And the small bits I did get were too small to offset the softness of the mushrooms or cheese in any way. The rosemary did add some freshness to the pizza, but it couldn’t save it on its own.
I contemplated sending it back because as I kept eating it I felt like I was going to be physically sick from it. Instead I powered through, treating what was supposed to be a nice meal as a test of my gastrointestinal fortitude. I passed.
And now here I am, sharing the worst pizza of my life. Will I try this place again? Probably. There are a few things I wouldn’t go for. Certainly nothing with the porcini mushrooms. And I’m glad I didn’t order anything with truffle oil, although the smell of it was quite sickening (adding to my terrible experience).
And to think I almost went to Pupatella instead.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Epipen, by Beloved Binge
And now for your links:
Dan KP: “Angry Ange Postecoglou slams Spurs as ‘nowhere near good enough’ in Arsenal defeat”
Jack P-B ($$): “Why Arteta and Postecoglou adopted opposing football philosophies”
Jonathan Liew: “What’s the reality of this Tottenham team, supremely unlucky or unforgivably naive?”