Kanchan B.
Yelp
My mother was in town visiting me, and I was showing her around my neighborhood, when this large sign with the words in English about "Warming up for an Opening" in the shopfront window caught my eye. There was an email address, and I'm always up for foodie adventures, and this place being local to me, I decided to check it out.
We made a reservation for 6-8pm on a Sunday, and on the appointed hour, presented ourselves to our lovely and bubbly server. After hanging our coats, we were seated behind the bar-stools, which looked out into the open kitchen. There was a lovely, big round pizza- oven and 2 chefs, one of whom was freshly making the pizza bases, while another handled the oven.
The server explained how it was a limited menu, with the chefs trailing a limited selection of only 4 menu items, and it might be that what we ate, wouldn't end up on the final menu. We were also offered a complimentary selection of drink, and decided to go with a non-alcoholic elder-flower concoction. With this drink, it wasn't mixed very well, because I didn't really taste anything at all till I was half-way done with my drink.
Foodwise, we ordered the following items:
1) Water (large) €3.50 - the water is co-branded with a charity, so loved that aspect of ordering the bottle
2) Burrata starter (€6.50) - HOLY DELICIOUSNESS! Absolutely recommend getting this as the Burrata cheese was AMAZING. Blistered cherry tomatoes and a beautiful basil oil as well as crisp toast was the perfect accompaniment to the cheese.
3) Nonno Vincenzo pizza (€12) - The server mentioned that this pizza was in honour of the chef's grandfather, and I loved the spicy salami! I hope they will have a Charcuterie Plate, cause when I came back next time, I'm for sure getting it! That SALAMI WAS SO GOOD!
4) Mortazza pizza (€14) - we were intrigued by the mention of the pistachio in this pizza and when it came, it was a white sauce base, so made a good contrast to the Nonno Vincenzo pizza which had a tomato base. This pizza was also milder in flavor, compared to the taste overload from Nonno Vincenzo, however I liked the contrast.
Our total bill was €36 for two people, which I thought was pretty good price per person for Amsterdam.
One thing about the table we sat at, was this it was also behind the bar stools which was a bit of an issue, in that it was a very narrow passageway and so folks as well as the server kept bumping into the back of my chair.
Overall however, am very glad this pizza joint has opened up in my neighborhood and am definitely coming back.
Yelp 38/ 2019