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On 11/09/03 11:47 +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > There's the palce right next to Sorrento on St Paul's Road which is > called, umm, something. Wood burning oven and wafer thing crusts. > > Base pizza are also not bad. And some people swear by Deliverance > although I'm ambiguous. Not what was asked for really, but for the more American-style pizza, we tend to use Papa John's these days. Less greasy and stodgy than Sorrento, and with the killer advantage of a good website you can order from, thus negating the need to speak to a human being at all. Geeks, eh? > For east in there's Strada and La Porchetta on Upper Street and I think > Carluccio's probably serve pizza. And if you're in the mood for > something a little different then Taruf, near to The Screen on the > Green, do Alscacian Tarte Flambee, a sort of flat pizza with a slightly > seeter cheese. It's difficult to explain but it's lovely. There's La Forchetta near the Business Design Centre too, which some people swear by for eat-in; preferrable to La Porchetta as I understand it. And, of course, Oregano, who do very nice Italian pizza, and are tucked up a little side street between Reckless Records and Masala Zone. La Porchetta seem to be expanding - they're opening a new branch soon on Roseberry Avenue, towards the bottom of Amwell Street, in the building that was a Chez Gerard until recently. > I would have thought the Alsacien restaurant would have thrived, but it > folded. And the Masala Zone, excellent in its Carnaby Street > incarnation, wasn't nearly as impressive in Islington. Seems to be quite > empty a lot of the time (except the one time I've been). When I went the food was... nice, but a little bland, especially for curry. The service was *appalling* to the point that I refused to leave a tip. I very, very rarely don't leave a tip - most of the time, bad service is more down to the management under-staffing the restaurant than the staff themselves, who are just regrettably over-worked. Masala Zone seemed to have twice as many staff as it needed, though, without any of them actually seeming to do their job. Very odd place.There's stuff above here
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