The man who ate a million slices

Trenton Nj, Delorenzo’s and Pops

2010-09-04T09:21:00.000-07:00

My pizza bible; everybody loves pizza eats highly of Delorenzo’s, and I can understand why. Like a cute girl from msp the more time and layers you uncover the more you enjoy this pizza/ person. This was an odd pizza experience, the sauce was splattered on top, and it was not exactly love struck first bite. It changed the consistency and taste/ texture consistency on the palate. The crust was a little too dry and crispy hot from the oven. The seasoning and flavor was there but seemed to be lacking. The more I sat enjoying myself and the jerseyite company it grew on me. The seasoning and salt built up on my palate and the crust softened. The sauce concentrated and browned without the usual blanket of cheese to palates delight. I never thought pizza would improve after sitting yet Delorenzo’s manages. Delorenzo’s was followed by a brisk walk to pops with a short layover at the kwik e mart for now and laters and a gallon of diet soda. The mustard pizza and cheese had slightly thicker crust, was seasoned well and overall was pretty balanced. Dijon mustard in a crust is a flavor/ pizza experience I was ignorant of but was incredible, the mustardy zing brought balance and a slightly sweet finish. When hot out of the oven it had an orange mustardy glow. I have never had anything like this before and am in awe of what I ate that day.
I would learn a few things on this trip; 1- Jersey pizza is called tomato pie and has sauce on top 2- People have been putting Dijon mustard in pizza crust for years and it’s intriguingly delicious. 3- I think 1.5-2.5 hours is the comfortable one way range of going to get pizza (New York to New Haven falls into that category)
For the past 2 years I’ve made a pizza trek while in Nyc the weekend of Nathans. Usually the pizza is more enjoyable than the contest. I don’t know what stops on the pizza train I will make next year, but I know it will be delicious.

East coast pizza tour Tocconelis and Anthonys

2010-07-25T13:56:00.000-07:00

Want to eat at tocco’s(as the locals call it)? Call ahead to order your dough. Want to eat at tocco’s with a competitive eater and his look a like understudy the natural? Pre order 3 dough balls. Sometimes when writing recipes one will fall in love with an idea. Flavor combination, preparation, play on words, or new take on an old flavor combination. The idea may be great but sometimes it can hinder the execution of a dish. I fell in love with the idea of preordering the dough, if they are in such high demand it must be some of the best pizza on the planet, right? I am glad I made the trek and it was delicious but was a little harsh around the edges, it was well seasoned but overall fell a little short. This pizza needs to be send to finishing school to iron out its tom boy and burping at the table tendencies. My mind interpreted the pre order ritual to not having salt on the table. If you don’t have salt on the table the food better be perfectly seasoned, I guess I figured if you had to pre order dough it would be close to perfect. Toccos was close to being really really good. As for Anthony’s it was delicious, good crust, seasoned really well and has the alternating sauce/ cheese rings. This was a few hours after tocco’s and my palate was still in sodium shock so my palate couldn’t give Anthony’s its due respect. It was delicious but I need to go in fresh palated.

The pizza of australia

2010-07-21T19:58:00.000-07:00

Ham and egg
Had to try it while on the continent, looks a lot better than it tasted. I would of liked a vegamite pizza better. At least there are only 4 more continents I have to eat pizza from

Frank Pepe’s

2010-07-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

White clam pie

Good for a hangover but not as a base for binge drinking. This is quite possibly the most unique and best executed pie out there.

a pizza video all chicagoans need to check out

2010-07-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFArBn2LXC8

My compadre jeff ruby did this video about testing pizzas in chicago. It's a must see!

Pizzeria Milan

2010-06-19T12:23:00.001-07:00

Chorizo pineapple

Hot damn this was an extreme case of sweet, salty, savory, and greasy. It puts that Hawaiin pizza abomination to shame. It's the traditional flavor mash up on whip its. And boy do pizza and whip its go good together, just ask erik the red denmark.

-pddb

Aurelios (nearing perfection)

2010-06-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

Aurelios (nearing perfection)

Childhood/ adulthood perfection(hit's the right taste buds)

Nothing puts the stress of working a shitty catering job or having a douche boss to ease faster then eating a fiesta size cheese from Aurelios. I would not be surprised if Jesus actually changed water into the Aurelios sauce, it’s just that good. Tell em joe or deep dish sent you.

a random pizza from minneapolis

2009-09-17T18:19:00.000-07:00

I think it's from the porter and frye, with a mustardy arugala salad on top, one of many reasons to visit the twin cities.

bacon pizza!

2009-09-17T18:15:00.000-07:00

This was good f ing pizza, with a whole slices of crispy bacon scattered throughout, almost like a heavily land mined bacon field.

Old Italian Proverb

2009-08-28T14:03:00.001-07:00

2 pizza's a day keep the doctor well paid.

Antica Pizza

2009-08-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

9/10

A well balanced pie, cheese is not too wet and the dough holds up. A very unique dough flavor and texture. It's charred but not burnt which is a hard line to balance. Seasoned perfectly, a little pizza cocaine sprinkled on top is not necessary but bloody good. It hold up to the hype and is worth the trip to ass crack andersonville.

chow

-pddb

http://www.deepdisheats.com

Top rated places

2009-08-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

Top 10 pizza

1.) Aurelios

2.) Frank Pepe’s

3.) Otto Enoteco

4.) Vito and nicks

5.) Difara’s

6.) Punch

7.) Pat’s Pizza

8.) Antica

9.) El Teatro

10.) Coal Fire

Top 5 "Me" Pizza

1.) Giordano's

2.) Peaquod's

3.) Lou Malnati's

4.) Art of pizza

5.) Burt's place

-pb

http://www.deepdisheats.com/

Falco pizza

2009-08-04T19:03:00.001-07:00

Falco's pizza

Half cheese, half pepperoni and green olive

(8/10)

This was pretty tasty, with the right amount of grease floating on top. The cheese was milky and exploded on your tongue. The olives were sup par so stick with the cheese. Better than home run inn pizza for sure.

2009-07-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

Margarita from Pizzeria El Teatro

(8.75)

Kick ass crust, great balance of flavors, and a motzarella taste with balls.

Difara's pizza in brooklyn

2009-07-16T23:20:00.000-07:00

First arrival into this pizza meca makes one wonder if this is what pizza was like when it first arrived on the scene over a century ago. What appears to be my italian grandfather is making a few pizzas before he goes on his daily walk. He is churning out some of the tastiest and most delectable pies. Like grocery shopping I wouldn't recommend going to difaros hungry because it will take a little time. But the wait allows you to see all the accolades and watch the master at work. He painstakingly assembles each pie to order using "no shortcuts" as he muttered his secret to myself and a friend. He grates all cheeses to order and snips fresh basil over the finished maseterpiece. A healthy drizzle of virgin oil pre and post cooking acts as the perfect flavor vehicle of all that is good and perfect in this pizza.
My suggestion is to make the trek to brooklyn and watch the old master at work. Think mr. myagy in a pizza dojo but the only wax on and offing is the removal of the oily goodness that
covers your lips and chin hopefully with your tongue.

pddb
-deepdisheats.com