March 16, 2012 - Nolita - Bonifacio High Street Central
Yes, It's been a while since the last Fridate post and there's still a lot more restaurants lined up for sharing with you guys. Hopefully by the end of the week, we'll be back on track.
Anyway, Last March we heard that the same owners of Borough (Podium) opened a new restaurant that is also New York themed. When you think of New York, pizza always comes to mind. This is mainly because of many Italian immigrants who settled down in New York. Italian food became part of their culture and Pizza was obviously one of them. When you go to New York you'll see Pizza joints everywhere. Different names like Lombardi's, Ray's, Little Lusso's, Artichoke, La Familigia are all around the city and all serving good pizzas. Whatever brand the pizza may be, there's that one distinct feature that makes it a New York pizza and that is the thin chewy crust. It's not like the Shakey's kind but more chewy and a little more thicker than that. New York to me is like my home away from home since my Mom lives there so I'd like to think that I've eaten a fairly good amount of authentic New York style pizzas. This being said, I was really excited to try out Nolita to really see if they managed to bring home one of my favorite types of food ever.
LJ was also very excited because whenever I was in New York I'd tell him about the Pizza and how good it was and all the different flavors I've tried.
Nolita: Short for North of Little Italy. A neighborhood in downtown NY.
Interesting menu right? Where can you find pizza flavors like Broccoli and Cheese?
What really got me all excited was the Wild Mushroom Walnut Blue. When I saw that they had a pizza with bleu cheese I knew I had to have it. It was delicious! I was impressed with the pizza dough, it was soft and chewy. The toppings were hefty and the cheese was stringy. The slice of pizza was the usual size of a pizza slice in New York which is huge. Another thing that made it feel authentic to me was the paper plate. For some reason, whenever I'd eat Pizza in New York, I would be standing and holding it on a paper plate.
One thing that I noticed though or not notice were the walnuts. Where were they? haha. Probably covered by the gooey cheese.
This was LJ's pizza. It had sausage, onion and chili. Another great choice of pizza flavor. The meat lover LJ was very happy with the sausages and it's kick of flavor on top of the cheese. One minor set back about these pizzas were not the taste but the price. 250 Pesos for a slice? Expensive but I think it's worth it. You just can't have it everyday unless you want to be fat and bankrupt.
Another thing that gave it that authentic feel was the self service in the restaurant. Lining up and choosing your pizza while looking at the chef make the dough and toppings looked so familiar to me. Another plus was that the Italian Chef behind the counter was cute. (Sorry LJ! :p)
You got to have beer with your pizza!
We tried their angus beef burger which we didn't like. It was dry and tasted plain. Must stick to the pizzas next time.
We had a cannoli for dessert! It's a fried pastry bread shaped like a tube and filled with sweet creamy ricotta. This one had pistachios and dried fruit. It's a great way to end our meal.
Almost forgot to mention that we bumped into our friends who were having date night as well. Hi Joey and Joanna! :)
Happy tummies!! :)
Nolita did it's best to bring New York style pizzas to Manila. You could really taste the quality ingredients used. We'll be back for sure!
I hope you guys try this place! Cheers!
