There are two things almost every kid likes to eat: ice cream(or FroYo) aaand? You got it! PIZZA!! Last summer, I wrote a blog post about my favorite FroYo place near me. One of my favorite parts about that post was eating all that ice cream. So, I did a similar research about pizza. I chose from four stores near me that serve REAL ITALIAN cheese pizza. Lots of restaurants have what they call pizza. But really, it’s not pizza. It’s more like a salty and cheesy doughnut which is great, but it is not pizza. But now is not the time to discuss that. The four stores I picked are Fratelli’s Pizza, Panatieri’s Pizza, Stelton Pizza, and Villa Pizza. I compared their prices for their medium pizzas and judged them on their taste. For taste, I judged the cheese, Sauce, Base (bottom of pizza), crust, and the overall taste.
Stelton Pizza ($11 for a medium pizza)
When I bit into the pizza, I found that the cheese on this pizza was very stretchy and yummy. There was a good amount of the sauce, and it tasted like good tomatoes. The base was thin and chewy. The crust was very well-cooked, almost so cooked that it was crunchy. The pizza smelt delicious! I found that the oil was literally dripping off the pizza in a small stream which was just too much for me. I really liked the air bubbles in the dough. Even though the sauce was tasty, and the cheese was fresh, the grease was a too much for me.
This pizza was very similar to the Stelton Pizza. The cheese on the pizza was very tasty, stretchy and stringy. I could taste the fresh herbs very well in the tomato sauce. There was a pleasant amount of it. The base was a little bit too chewy for me. However, it was not too thick which made the balance between the cheese, sauce and base perfect. The crust was crunchy and delicious. It was cooked just right. At the end of the crust, there were big, fat, airy air bubbles, which I absolutely loved. It was also very moist. When I got the pizza, the aroma of it all filled the air and my mouth started watering right away.
Panatieri’s Pizza ($12.83 for a medium pizza)
This pizza had a good amount of cheese. It wasn’t that stretchy, but it tasted good. The sauce disappointed me a little. I could not see tomatoes or taste them, and it was very bland. The sauce was there but if I could not see the orange color, I would not know it was there. Also, the herbs did not have much of a taste. I really liked the base of this pizza and it had the right amount of thickness. I really did not like the crust. It was just too crunchy, VERY dry, but it was not too brown. When I smelt this pizza, it smelled really good but the taste did not live up to it.
Fratelli’s Pizza (11.73 for a medium pizza)
The cheese on the pizza was stretchy, but it was not too chewy. There was a good amount of the cheese. As for the sauce, I really couldn’t taste anything. There were no herbs and there was not enough of the sauce. Also, I could not taste the tomatoes. The base had a good thickness, and the texture was pleasurable. The crust was terrible. It was hard, dry, chewy, and too brown. I found that the pizza was odorless. There were no good air bubbles which means the dough had not risen well with the yeast. It tasted really oily on one hand but pretty dry, because there is hardly any sauce on the pizza.
The Blind Taste Test!!!
This was my favorite part. After I tasted all the pizza slices and took notes on them, I had a blind taste test. First, I ate a bite of pizza without knowing what it was and then, I took another bite of another slice of pizza. I thought about which pizza tasted better. I then kept doing this with all 4 slices and ranked them from 1st to 4th.
Here is the list in order from best to worst. Drum-roll please… drdrdrdrdr
1. Villa Pizza :)
2. Stelton Pizza :)
3. Panatieri’s Pizza :(
4. Fratelli’s pizza :(
So the final winner is.....
Villa Pizza!!
Key: :) = On my Cool Lane
:( = Not on My Cool Lane
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