16 April 2010

THE BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD

If you go to San Francisco, don't miss TONY'S PIZZA NAPOLETANA at 1570 Stockton St, near Washington Park in North Beach. Late this afternoon, after I had explored the boutique stores on Fillmore, Joanne Weir and I lunched on a Margherita pizza with a bottle of Umani Ronchi Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2008. Tony was away in Naples defending his title as top pizza maker in the world, but his chefs produced this amazingly good pizza with a chewy thin crust, and ever so slightly charred on the edges to give it great smoky flavour. And it was topped with San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and garden fresh basil. I could have eaten two pizzas they were so good. And as we left Marni, the manager, handed Joanne a big bag of '00' flour that had just arrived from Italy. So maybe home made pizzas are on the menu at her place tonight as I had always thought Joanne was the best pizza maker in the world. (Until she took me to Tony's!)