OK, What's For Lunch or Tea Today?

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Originally Posted by Marco

:lolsign:

Aye, and that's just Roy's starter!

Marco.

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I'd need chips with it.

Like the look of the one with the doll's house coffee table :D

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Originally Posted by Marco

Lol - it might be what they call "pizza" in Brazil, and authentic on that basis, plus undeniably good (as I take your word for that), but it's not an authentic pizza, dude, based on the Italian version, which originated and was invented in Naples!

The base looks too 'bready' and not done in a proper wood-fired oven [mandatory for creating an authentic pizza], and there's nowhere near enough fresh tomato sauce or (fresh buffalo) mozzarella cheese.

*THIS* is an authentic pizza:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/AmAWaB.jpg

Or a similar example, but bigger picture:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/5FrJqm.jpg

Note the difference!;)

Anyway, I'm not surprised about the olive oil, as they have the right climate and conditions there to produce quality stuff, and it won't have travelled far.

Noted on Copacabana beach. The concrete jungle surrounding it is unfortunately representative of the times we live in. Like you say, it would've been nice to have seen it/been there in the 60s! I also take your point about the network of shops not being "nice".

It may not be 'pretty', in a tourist sense, but that's what makes it REAL, and I love that, as it's where you'll find the locals, which all adds to the colour and vibe of genuine Brazilian life. If we ever visited there, those are the sorts of places we'd be hanging out in:cool:

Plus, before we went, we'd have learned how to speak a few words of Spanish...

Anyway, major respect for finding a hi-fi shop:respect: Was it any good?:)

Marco.

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No it is pizza. Just because yours looks bigger and a bit puffed up and burnt around the edges does NOT make it any better.

I have eaten loads of pizza in various parts of the world including Italy like many people and made it.

You can't see the underside. It was brilliantly charred from the authentic, elaborate wood fired pizza oven it was made in. It was an inferrno in the room it was made in. So much so my wife had to get out.

All the key ingredients were bang on.

Just leave it at that Marco I don't see a need for an argument. But you are wrong. It tasted amazing, one of the best I have ever eaten, including examples that look very like your photo.

I have noticed you go too much on appearance without any idea of how stuff actually tastes. You simply cannot tell from photos. Consider that without any intended offence.

We need a pizza fight emoticon, LOL.

not keen on that stringy cheese. better with cheddar :ner:

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Originally Posted by struth

not keen on that stringy cheese. better with cheddar :ner:

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Now that isn't pizza but each to his own.

BTW I think the pizza shot I posted does look a bit shite. It's half mauled and cut up. But it was ace.

It's not an argument, daftee; it's a friendly discussion!

The base is more 'puffed up' in my example because the dough has been kneaded correctly (more air allowed in), thus it has risen properly, which in turn makes the base both lighter and crispier - exactly as an authentic pizza should be, and I say that as an Italian!:ner:

If the one you showed was served in Italy, to a native Italian, they'd chuck it at you, trust me!:D

You're entitled to your opinion dude, but I'm not wrong, so on this occasion we'll just have to agree to disagree:)

Marco.

There's a whole channel dedicated to:

https://youtu.be/3aIIzSsCjfI

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Originally Posted by struth

https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...Fmt93jnw/o.jpg

better with this monstrocity :eyebrows:

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that looks umptious. I bet the flavours are intense, but it's a heart attack waiting to happen. lol:

Here's an authentic 'puffed up' pizza (with fresh rocket leaves) I enjoyed this summer when I was in Italy [taken from my holiday pics thread]:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/u4bCw1.jpg

Light, thin and crispy, with plenty of fresh Buffalo Mozzarella and tomato sauce - and PUFFED UP to fuck:lol:

That doesn't really resemble what you had dude, sorry.

Marco.

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Originally Posted by mad-moon

that looks umptious. I bet the flavours are intense, but it's a heart attack waiting to happen. lol:

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Gawd that's is an abomination - you can't even see the BASE (fuck knows what it's made of) for all the cheese and topping!!:doh: :spew:

Enjoy what you enjoy folks, but THAT isn't pizza....:nono:

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Here's an authentic 'puffed up' pizza (with fresh rocket leaves) I enjoyed this summer when I was in Italy:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/u4bCw1.jpg

That doesn't really resemble what you had dude, sorry.

Marco.

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see, i'd send that back... its just flatbread with a smear on it.. i like a topping, authentic or not