Back again, this time for a girlie lunch. I was determined to try the pizza this time, and to my surprise, they didn’t come out too bad at all.
Food
I tried out the “new” Romana pizzas, which promises that the dough is rolled for longer to create a thinner, bigger and crispier base so that the bold flavours stand out even more. It is also made with mozzarella and their famous tomato sauce… Well, I decided to top my impressive sounding base with Pinglestone (£9.25) Smoked pancetta and a free range egg, topped with fresh watercress leaves and shavings of grana padano.. As they proudly state on the menu, this pizza recipe was created by their Alresford restaurant and won ‘Best International Dish’ at the 2006 Watercress Festival awards. Hmmm, it’s not as if they’d won a Michelin star or anything. The base was certainly impressive, so thin and so crispy, and charred just right at the bottom, however I’m not so sure about the topping. The tomato base was pleasant enough, the egg was too quality and had real egg flavour, but however it was cooked to well done. The watercress isn’t strong enough to stand up to the flavours, and the pancetta was a bit too salty, even with the tomato base. The grana padano was shaved on at the last minute, and because the pizza wasn’t hot enough when it was delivered, didn’t even melt at all. Still, I found it was better than GPC.
Rating - 6.5
Atmosphere
It was very busy again on Wednesday lunch. It was hard for our table to hear the conversation, since we were seated on a long table.
Rating - 1.5
Service
Pretty much the same. Our waiter was a bit cuter than last time, and was efficient.
Rating - 3
C-factor
I still think it’s expensive, especially when I can eat at a fancy restaurant for about the same. But for Canary Wharf, it is probably one of the better choices.
Rating - 0.5
Brownie Points - 11.5
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