Pizza (Pizza) is a food that originated in Italy and is very popular around the world. Pizza is usually made from a fermented round bread covered with tomato sauce, cheese and other toppings and baked in an oven. The cheese is usually mozzarella cheese, but it can also be mixed with several cheeses, including Parmesan cheese , Romano cheese (romano), Italian country soft cheese (ricotta) or Monterey Jack cheese (Monterey Jack), etc. The store that sells pizza is called Pizzeria. According to statistics, there are more than 20,000 pizza restaurants in Italy. The world's largest pizza chain is Pizza Hut in the United States.
The author has traveled to hundreds of countries on five continents for decades, and I feel that pizza and sushi are what I eat the most. Let’s talk about the feeling of eating pizza!
In the early years in the United States, whether it was Hawaiian pizza or salami pizza, they were all my favorites. Especially during the football season, you can see a lot of support for the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners formed the Seattle Mariners when the league expanded in 1977. However, they have not performed much for many years since their establishment, and they have no championship record. However, since the Japanese video game leader Nintendo acquired the Mariners, the Mariners have begun to transform into a wealthy team.) Americans are sitting in the audience holding a large glass of Coke in their left hand and a large slice of pizza in their right hand, eating and watching. endless.
Later on, I started to feel that American pizza places too much emphasis on condiments, is too sweet and salty, and is complicated and lively. Instead, I started to like the plain Italian pizza .
The author once went to Hong Kong and visited several Italian restaurants that made good pizza. For example, Babacio opened on Wyndham Street in Central a few years ago and invited chef Roberto Machi to take charge of the cooking. The main product is Naples pizza (Pizza Napoletana), which won my heart.
Naples is the largest city in southern Italy. It is not only the capital of Campania, but also the birthplace of pizza. Restaurant introduction: Chef March left his hometown of Pisa when he was 15 years old and went south to learn from Davide Civitiello. Cividiano specializes in making local pizza and even won the Naples Pizza World Championship in 2013. Ma Qi was deeply inspired by his teacher and worked as a chef in , Laos, , and Bangkok, Thailand for 12 years. I came to Hong Kong many years ago to deal with passport matters. Within a week, I fell in love with this city and resolutely applied to be the chef of Babacio restaurant, bringing delicious food to gourmets.
I came to Babacio for the first time to dine. Starting from the Salome sausage , I ordered the "Piccante" from the traditional series on the menu. This dish has two characteristics of Neapolitan pizza. One is the thick sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes, and the other is the addition of mozzarella cheese that will linger after baking. Both are produced in Naples and The surrounding area provides the base and flavor for the pizza. The Salome sausage slices at the back were salty and took away the flavor, which reminded me to eat more lightly in the future.
When I came to Babacio again, my fingers were still wandering and thinking about the traditional series, and I ended up ordering "Crudo". In Italian , "Crudo" means "uncooked" and is used to refer to the fact that the Parma Ham used in this pizza is marinated and air-dried, and then sliced into thin slices and eaten raw. In addition, the condiments include rocket, which brings the aroma of sesame , and in addition to mozzarella cheese, Grana Padano cheese produced in northern Italy and matured for 24 months is added for seasoning. Overall, the cheese neutralized the spiciness of the rocket, and the ham slices were refreshing and more delicious than the salami.
When we arrived at Babacio, tasted Chef March's favorite - "Campana" from the white pizza series. This pizza uses Friarielli, a typical Naples green vegetable, which has a slightly bitter taste, and Salsiccia sausage, which has been cut off and broken into meat sauce. It has a slightly salty taste. The two are scattered among the light milky aroma of mozzarella cheese. It tastes very smooth on the throat.
Of course, there is also the pizza body that has not been mentioned yet. In my opinion, the "concave and convex" is another feature that allows the three pizzas to be dubbed "Naples". It all depends on Ma Qi's craftsmanship. First, he slowly kneads the dough that has been fermented for more than ten hours. He slightly presses the center with his palm and pushes it outward to unfold the dough. In this way, after baking, the round edges of the pizza are charred, thick and crispy, but as soft as clouds; the center is flat and concave, not more than 3 cm thick, but has hidden toughness, preventing it from falling apart when touched by a fork. .
describes the feeling of eating pizza and reminds me of the poems of delicious food. The Song Dynasty poet Su Shi " Huanxisha·Dry rain and slanting wind make the dawn cold"
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try the spring dish of polygonum antler and artemisia bamboo shoots. The taste of the world is pure joy.
It seems that our ancestors are the most particular about food, haha!
