Food talk: Battle of the white pizza~

 

  I am a fan/ lover of pizza, specially white pizza or quattro formaggi. And so this post is about the battle of the white pizza.

 

  Every payday M and I indulge ourselves too good food, and every time we eat at an Italian restaurant or Pizza joint, we always try their quattro formaggi, to compare which has the best (in our taste) pizza. So, we’ve tried a couple from different places and here’s a run down.

   First up is: Pizza hut 6 or 7 Ultimate cheese pizza

  The name was enticing, it sounds like bursting with different flavors of cheeses and who can go wrong with Pizza hut right? When I want bready pizza, I go to Pizza hut.

    M and I was disappointed with this ( or maybe because we had high expectations, but hey can you blame us? )  It tasted more like a 2 cheese pizza to me, mozzarella and mild cheddar. But it was still worth trying if you haven’t had their ultimate cheese yet.

 

   Second: Joey Pepperoni’s – Quattro Formaggi

   It’s been a while since M and I ate here. Their Quattro was really divine, thin crispy crust with cheddary cheese (and it’s not the umay kind) but very filling. I highly recommend you try this.

 

   Third: Piadina’s – Quattro Formaggi

   Piadina’s version was different, it had a thin layer of white cheese topped with parsley. Very light and creamy, it’s hard to compare which is best between Joey’s and Piadina, I love them both. I’d definitely order this again and again when we get the chance to go back to Piadina.

 

   Last but not the least: Carlo’s Pizza

   We were able to try Carlos during our Tagaytay trip last year with our friends.  My eyes lit when I saw in their menu description: blue cheese. It wasn’t completely covered with blue cheese, just the right amount to tickle your senses. The crust was a little bit chewy but still crispy. The prices of Carlos are a pit pricey compared to Joeys and Piadina.

  Joey’s is affordable, Piadina is slightly affordable, Carlos is a little bit pricey. I remember their Calamri costs P200+ with only a few pieces of calamri, good for 2 persons or just 1 if you’re really hungry or just love calamri that much. The one at Red lemon grill, the restaurant in the hotel we stayed in is cheaper, tastes the same and more calamri’s to munch on.

 

  So, my verdict? among the 4 we’ve tried, which reins the BEST of them all??!

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   CARLOS PIZZA!

   The blue cheese won my heart, and even M liked it too~ it’s a winner! and a must try if you haven’t. I’m sure there are better quattro’s out there, but among we’ve tried, this is the best! If I remember it right, they have a branch at at SM MOA.

 

   Any fans of white cheese pizza? any recommendations? would love to hear them

 

 

  Till then!

 

 

Meow..Meow..

Weekend foodtrip at A’veneto

 

   Along with my date with M and S, we decided to eat at Avenetto for dinner. It was both S and I’s first time to dine out there. BF kept warning us that the servings are HUGE, but we or I didn’t pay attention to it. Here’s the food we ordered

                                                Family Appetizer P300+

    The platter consisted of sweet spicy chicken wings, crabsticks, potato balls, fries and the usual 2 dips of white and red sauce. The crabsticks and potato balls were the first to be wiped out in the platter. This is definitely worth ordering. The chicken was nice too, really crispy and not oily.

     I love anchovies and I was happy to see that they offer a slice of Howie (something) pizza for P90. It was so huge and I wasn’t even able to finish a slice. The anchovies were yummy, salty the way I like it.

   My friend S’s order, Carbonara, sorry no price available, but most probably not more than P200. I’d have to agree, their serving is definitely for sharing. I’m not a fan of white sauces too much, but when I tasted their version of carbonara, this sure was different to my palette. Different in a very good way. Next time, will ask M to bring me here. The bread was untouched though, didn’t look appealing.

    M recommended that we get their best seller the oil based pasta, instead of shrimp, we went for hungarian sausage for P265

    Really good, worth ordering. It’s now the kind of wow thing, but it’s good. Next time I’m going for the shrimp which costs P300+

 

    This pizza was called England something. M ordered a large one, this may look small but it was huge for a large sized pizza.

                                                                     Before

                                                                           After

      Still a lot of food left. Before the pizza came, which came last, S and I thought there weren’t any food arriving anymore. There was enough on the table and when M said: “guys there’s still pizza ha?”  I said: “shit!” haha~ it was like we were drowning in food already. But the good thing is?

    Lot’s of take out to bring home. I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to make a more detailed review about this restaurant when it comes to prices, I’ll make another review next time when BF and I will eat here. But over all, it was a treat! and worth going back to. One thing though that I didn’t like about the SM Megamall branch, the doors were open and I find it warm inside. I hated it! Till our next food trip~

 

 

   Till then!

 

  Meow..Meow..

Food talk: Pizza bread

 

Quick post..

      I’ve been recently sick lately which is quite bothersome. So I woke up this morning and surprisingly had energy to make something for breakfast. It’s not really breakfast food, but I was craving for pizza. haha~

  Pizza ala vienna sausage bread. Initially, I wanted to use ham, but it needed to be thawed out and I’m lazy. It was nice, the pandesal used was from Bag of beans which mom bought the other day.

    The family appreciated it, even my little nephew. I should’ve grated more cheese though. Maybe next time~

    Till then!

 

   Meow..Meow..

Food review: Angel’s Pizza

 

   Food review.. Angel’s pizza

    I was actually surprised about Angel’s, we ordered the garden special and BBQ pizza, total was around P550 more or else, but that was because my officemate had a coupon.

              As soon this arrived I took a slice already, hehe.

   

    What I love about Angel’s

• very chewy dough, reminds me of Domino’s pizza. My officemate said Angel’s was the “localized” version of Domino’s, well I’m not sure about that.
• prices are affordable, you can get the big family size for P555
• wide variety of choices

     Well, toppings are the usual, I just love the chewyness of the dough and has zero oil (for those who are conscious).

   If you plan to order or dine-in they have branches at:  Fairview, Kalayaan QC
Malate, Makati, Pasig, Paranaque, Recto, UN Avenue, Dagupan City. For more details, visit their facebook page here.

  I am definitely looking forward to order their other variants like the Angel’s double cheesy melt, which is a one a kind pizza. They also have pizza in a dough, sounds interesting right?

I definitely recommend this for the pizza lovers with discriminating palates.

 

Till then!

 

Meow..Meow..

Food review: Day 2 at Carlos Pizza Tagaytay

 

   For our lunch on our day 2 vacation, BF and I ate again at Carlos Pizza, I enjoyed my pasta and pizza, BF only loved their pizza. Here’s what we had

                             Calamari P200+ with 2 kinds of dip

   I find it quite pricey, but it was really soft and the white dip, garlic something was really really good. It had a few pieces of calamari.

                                                        Bolognese

                                       Italian sausage pasta

     BF had the bolognese (as usual), I had the italian pasta. My order was okay, a little bit spicy (just the way I like it), the sausages were good too. Nothing special but still good and worth trying. I forgot the prices though, but it both costs less than P190

                           Quattro formaggi  - with blue cheese L-O-V-E

                                               Abruzzi – all meat pizza

      The quattro formaggi was to die for, maybe because I love blue cheese, the abruzzi was good too, we had left overs which we had as midnight snack that night.

    Overall…

    I’d give the quattro 5/5 spoons. For drinks we had the usual bottomless ice tea. The first time we ate there with our friends (on our first day) our total bill cost us P2,100 (our orders were the same pizza, 2 calamari’s and 4 bottomless ice tea’s) they have service charge plus VAT sales.

   For our lunch, it cost us around P1000+ something. As for the pasta, I’d give mine  3/5 spoons, I liked the pasta I ordered at Piadina better though.

   Here are pictures of the place, the first photos were taken on day 1 night time, the rest are day 2photos for our lunch date.

    I really find the place romantic, specially at night with all the Christmas lights

   The name of the place is One plaza, which isn’t too hard to find along the road

                  Outside a panoramic view of taal lake

            *this photo was taken day 1                          

 

      Right after our lunch, we took a jeepney ride going to halfway zoo, will post about it tomorrow. By the way, there are branches of Carlos Pizza in the metro, they have one at SM Mall of Asia, I strongly recommend the quattro formaggi, that is if you are into blue cheese ;)

 

  Till my next post!

 

 Meow..Meow..

Quick share post: Pizza hut Lechon Pizza

 

 

    Quick post…

      Finally was able to try Pizza hut’s Lechon pizza

  

   Worth trying out, definitely, sinful but hey, it’s Christmas. It’s one of the food laid on the table at the BF’s company party earlier.

 

    Christmas is almost here, will be MIA for a while, Merry Christmas everyone! Will be out with the BF next week for our 3 day vacation at Tagaytay. Take care!

 

Till then!

 

Meow..Meow..

Food review: Piadina – dinner date

 

   Food review…

      We were supposedly to try out the Lechon Pizza at Pizza hut, but sadly, it was out of stock and it was only around 8PM. It was disappointing, the waitress told us that it was their best seller, so we opted to go somewhere else. We found Piadina at the 2nd floor of Robinson’s Galleria. It wasn’t our first time to eat here, but it seems the better choice at that time. Here’s a look of the ambiance

                          The BF playing with his new toy (Samsung digi cam)

   It was an open space area, just wished it had comfy couches.

    Food we ordered:

     For appetizer we had the Grissini – bread sticks with cheese dip

                                                                  P140

                                                                   the dip 

      For this order, we both rated it 4/5 spoons. It was really good! the cheese was not overpowering nor the umay kind. It was M who chose this and we sure weren’t disappointed. The bread was crunchy, good for sharing.

                                 Pizza – Quattro Formagi P350

    M and I loved Joey Pepperoni’s quattro formagi and we had to compare it with Piadina. This is waay different, Piadina’s formagi was not cheddary, but the cheese was very light and creamy (creamy light). This was a winner for our taste, we both rated it 4.5/spoons. We weren’t able to finish it, so I had them wrapped which will be my food for work tonight.

   

   I didn’t like their chili oil though, it tasted like the kind they use on siomai’s, so I skipped the chili oil and ate it as is.

On to pasta…

                                                     San Giorgino P180

 

   This was my order, there are 3 kinds of pasta dishes; meat, veggies and seafood. Because I was craving for salad, I went with the veggie pasta. The servings was big. The San Giorgino had tomatoes, fresh sun dried tomatoes and mozzarella, really yummy. Maybe a hint of lemon or olive oil and a little more garlic would definitely make this even yummier, to have a contrast of taste so to speak. But regardless, I enjoyed my order.

                                                        Bolognese P200

     M ordered this, it wasn’t in the menu but they said they can make one. Well, M is not into Italian pasta’s since it has a thin base. He likes a thick sauce (yung tipong kumakapit sa noodles), I don’t know how this tasted like, but he gave it a 2/5 spoons. That’s him, hehehe..

     Lastly, we had bottomless ice tea’s, and I was really happy about it because it was always refilled and cold. But that’s because there were only a few diners that ate at that time.

                                                       Regular Ice tea P70

   Here’s the chili oil I was talking about earlier

 

   Overall, the BF and I enjoyed our dinner, the pizza was good, the grisini and my veggie pasta. Total bill cost us P1,100~ we were definitely surprised, it was like we ate at a posh restaurant already (well almost). But it was because of the VAT.

My verdict: 4/5 spoons I definitely recommend the Grissini and the Formagi pizza.

Oh, and here’s a picture of us with my new hair cut, I just added some bangs and a simple layer

Till then!

 

Meow..Meow..