Pizza = salad?

Sorry for the almost month delay since the last post, but I hope to have two posts in quick succession over the next couple of days.

"Try to look really excited" Da Chicco di Grano on Via degli Zingari, 6.  This place has become our "go-to" place in Monti as it is relatively cheap, good and has a great location near us.  It is huge so there is always space even if you can't sit outside.  I decided to increase the healthiness (or decrease the unhealthiness) of my pizza's recently and to branch out a little more so I tried this salad pizza on focaccia bread.  The problem with focaccia bread is that it is often brittle (see next post) so when you bite into the pizza everything falls off.  It is just too dry and thin.  It needs to be a little chewier. It was still quite enjoyable and you will notice the freshly squeezed orange juice next to my pizza attesting to my healthiness.  Overall it was good, nice fresh greens and buffalo mozzarella is just amazing all the time.

Price ~9      7.5/10

Service 8

Taste 7.5

Overall 8 

Trattoria Pizzeria Il lago e la luna.  Pizza wife and I decided to visit Castel Gandolfo which is near a volcanic lake (Albano) about half an hour by train south of Rome.  It is a beautiful location and we spent the day exploring and swimming.  Really worth a look and easy to get to from the main train station in Rome.  I was continuing with the somewhat healthy and thin crust theme and had a pizza with cherry tomatoes and cheese on a very thin crust.  (I also split my pizza with pizza wife so had much of her even more healthy pizza) It was a huge pizza but because the crust was thin and the toppings (far too) thin, it wasn't actually that much food.  We had a train to catch so we were pretty quick with our food and were there just as it opened and were the first ones served.  Not the best food but a nice location and quick service but a gigantic who obviously does love the food.

Price 10    7/10

Service 8

Taste 6.5

Overall 7/10

Da Francesco Piazza del Fico, 29 with pizza squire Ben and the new pizza wife and friend!  This place was incredibly busy so we were lucky to be not Italian and thus wanted dinner before 10pm before the rest of Italy descended on the restaurant.  The pizzeria is set in a very trendy and busy piazza just west of Piazza Navonna.  There weren't many pizza options and I couldn't resist going to my tried and tested 4 cheese. The pizza was actually very good and had almost enough gorgonzola which is saying something - so be warned if you don't like very much.  It had a good mix of medium thickness crust that I enjoy.  Doesn't make too much of a meal but doesn't feel like pita chips as many of the thin crust pizzas do.  There could have been more cheese as it didn't really reach the edge of the pizza but it was still good.  Service was average (as they spent most of the time avoiding us or hitting on our dinner companions) and many of the items on the menu weren't available.  But the appetizers were very interesting.  Good finger food.

 Price ~9     8/10

Service 6.5

Taste 8.5

Overall 8

Guest post by Danielle, the latest and newly certified pizza wife!

Tettarello

Pizza Margarita con buffalaFirst bite: Amazing.Thin crust, hint of basilCrust was a little bit salty and the edges a little crisp, but perfect that way. A little like eating chips, but I'm ok with that, since it is baked not fried. Naturally low carb, BC it's so thin. I also love that the crust wasn't soggy in any way, so I could pick up the slices to eat them.Not too much sauce or cheese, just right. The cheese was a little sweet, and very high quality, and flavourfull.The odd bite where you got a lot of cheese and sauce in one bite was amazing. I ate the whole thing and didn't feel full. It was just the right amount of pizza.

8.5/10

Stay tuned for some pizza adventures in Africa soon!