It’s been one of those slow days.
I had wanted to plunge into the murky world of lodging houses in that stretch of the city known as Little Italy.
But that was not to be, so instead I went looking for the story of pizza which took me back to Naples, and memories of some very happy meals in the simplest of eating places.
At which point it would have been easy to slide into a list of pizza places, but there would be no fun in that, given none of us are getting back to Italy for a while, and anyway they are there on the blog.*
That said some of the best I have eaten in Varese came from the local Chinese restaurant round the corner, which is as it should be given that the chef had trained in Naples.**
Instead I will ponder for a moment on the all important topping. In our house that means just cheese and tomato sauce, although when wither Tina or Rosa want to indulge me they will throw on a handful of mushrooms.
And that is it ………… no forest of green stuff, no sweetcorn, no pesto, pineapple, or selected meats.
Which when you think about it, only detracts from the simplicity of pizza.
And sometimes we fry the pizza before adding the toppings which is one way they do it in Naples bringing the city to Beech Road.
Location; where ever the pizza is
Picture; last nights pizza, and others, from the collection of Balzano
*Pizza, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Pizza
** Ristorante Pizzeria Grand Mondo, 28 Via Cascina del Rosario, Varese
I had wanted to plunge into the murky world of lodging houses in that stretch of the city known as Little Italy.
But that was not to be, so instead I went looking for the story of pizza which took me back to Naples, and memories of some very happy meals in the simplest of eating places.
That said some of the best I have eaten in Varese came from the local Chinese restaurant round the corner, which is as it should be given that the chef had trained in Naples.**
Instead I will ponder for a moment on the all important topping. In our house that means just cheese and tomato sauce, although when wither Tina or Rosa want to indulge me they will throw on a handful of mushrooms.
Which when you think about it, only detracts from the simplicity of pizza.
And sometimes we fry the pizza before adding the toppings which is one way they do it in Naples bringing the city to Beech Road.
Location; where ever the pizza is
Picture; last nights pizza, and others, from the collection of Balzano
*Pizza, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Pizza
** Ristorante Pizzeria Grand Mondo, 28 Via Cascina del Rosario, Varese
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