I'm a Pizza Whore

Mmmmm, maybe slut is a better word.  I don't get paid to eat pizza, but I'll eat any pizza, any time.  Truly.  And I'll enjoy it as well.  Pizza snob I am not, although some of you may think otherwise.  But let me be clear here for a sec.  Just because I have an opinion doesn't mean I am snobbish, or only expect to eat the best.  Or that your pie has to reach some lofty height for it to be worthy of my mouth.  Oh contrare monfrare (that's French, or close enough).  I am very opinionated, yes, I own that.  But, generally, my opinions are constructive and accurate, and I will explain exactly why they are like they are, and I can and have certainly changed my mind from time to time as well.  I am open, accepting, and honest.  A shitty pie one day doesn't mean that that same shit pie will be bad tomorrow, but it might.

Now back to pizza.  I fucken LOVE it!  And really, any pie any time.  Thick, thin, lots of toppings, none, sauce, no-sauce, cheese, vegan, raw, gluten-free.  Bring that shit on!  Now, if I am paying then I will be a bit choosier.  But rolling through someones kitchen and there's a Papa John's, that shit will be hit!

Soooo, as the story goes, once upon a time......

A few weeks back Hannah and I were hungry, Friday night (standard), and we were rolling through the list of places and things to eat when low and behold, someone threw out the idea of ordering a pizza.  Yes, yes we shall!  I don't want to leave the house and neither do you, let's have them bring us one!  But from where?  Who?  What?????  No, we can't, that sounds terrible.  But, when was the last time?  Maybe it doesn't suck?  But it's cheap, easy.  Fuck it, let's do it. 

DOMINOE'S bitches!

I know, terrible.  Just shut up and read.  Don't judge, damn!

OK, like I said, it had been a while, and I've seen the commercials, they've changed a lot, blah blah blah.  Hannah had the great idea to order a pretty bad combo, and we laughed for a while about it, then pulled the trigger.  Pepperoni and pineapple.  Yeeeeah boyeeeeee!!!!!!  And just for good measure bring some of them cheesy bread stuffs too!

First the pizza.  OK, I feel a little shitty even calling it pizza.  More like open faced cheesy-saucy-bread-sandwich, or something.  Evaluating on the basis of food, this did taste good.  Much too much bread, and the sauce was not good, but I did like that there was cornmeal on the bottom.  I liked that.  The rest, especially the combination (yes, all our choice) was not good.  Filling, not satisfying.  

I felt kinda dirty after.

The cheesy bread shit, however, was YUMMY!!!!  Exactly how it sounds, cheesy and bready.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, yeah, in the pizza category, terrible.  Nourishment, entertaining, glad we did it, hell yes.  

Didn't need to leave the house, hell yes!

Did we both go running for the shitter about an hour after eating, HELL YES!

DVA

Hillcrest Brewing Company, San Diego, USA, Pizza

This is a brief, mini blog as the focus of my visit to the Hillcrest Brewing Company was to catch up with a friend, and drink some beer.  Little did I know that HBC made pizza as well, oh lucky me!  So I took a few photos and will share them, and my comments, with you here.

I'll FOR SURE be doing a full in-depth review very soon.  I really want to get back there and pick this place apart.  For an initial visit though I was pleasantly surprised.

First of all, awesome beers!  When I was there, there was about 6 of their own beers on tap and another 8 or 10, or could have been more, of other breweries beers on tap as well.  I had about 4 of them, and I don't remember the names (sorry, I'll plug my brain in better next time....promise) and they were great.  I remember a red and a saison, but that as good as my memory gets, right now.

Now to the pizza.  When I asked the bartender what style of pizza they made, he offered that they are compared to Bronx, and many people think they are better.  Instantly I'm skeptical, but I went with it.  

Pepperoni pizza please!

So, yes, the pepperoni on it's own was fantastic (I'm talking about the salumi, not the pizza here, just to clarify a bit).  Very large slices, sooo greasy, spicy, yummy.  Wonderful.

The dough however had, and still does, have me a bit perplexed.  Certainly not NY style.  There was no pull, no tooth to the dough.  Yes, thin, crispy on the bottom.   But, like the douches up in Seattle, seems like they are using a bread dough recipe and trying to make pizza out of it.  The mouth feel is like bread, Wonder bread.  You simply bite into it and there it goes.  No Chew.  Please don't get the idea that I am putting HBC in the same category as the Seattle morons.  HBC makes no claim on Naples, or anything else.  They just serve their pizza, and for that they get a thumbs up.  

We also had one of their specialty pizzas.  Shrimp, Artichoke, a bunch of other shit, too much shit, kinda killed it.  And, as the focus was chatting and drinking, I completely forgot to take a photo..... duh, I know.  Next time.

Great beer.  A good pizza.  The dough/crust needs work though.  But all in all, I really can't wait to get back there and have another.  I want this pie in my mouth.

DVA